Senior Tax Manager (FTC)

This is a unique opportunity for experienced tax advisers who want to work with large and complex clients in a fast-paced environment where they can thrive and have a real impact. We’re ForrestBrown, a firm of chartered tax advisers specialising in research and development (R&D) tax, helping to amplify the benefits of scientific and technological advancement across a range of innovation-focused tax reliefs.

Our team has substantial experience and technical expertise, which, combined with our passion for our clients and entrepreneurial spirit, helps us deliver outstanding results for a wide portfolio of innovative clients. We have offices in Bristol, Scotland and London and are proud to be one of the largest specialist R&D tax teams in the UK.

Over the last ten years, ForrestBrown has developed a diverse client portfolio, providing market-leading advice to businesses of all sizes across a broad range of sectors, to help them access innovation incentives to fuel their growth. We are proud to already count FTSE-listed and S&P 500 businesses amongst our clients.

We are looking for an experienced tax advisor, with a track record in delivering innovation incentive advice for large businesses to help us manage a portfolio of clients, focused on complex claim preparation, and to help contribute to the further development of our reputation in this area, helping to leverage opportunities for further growth.

Additionally, as part of our market-leading service in R&D tax incentives, we provide consultancy services to our broad client base. This includes services such as enquiry support, providing proactive engagement with HMRC, negotiating and reaching settlements, mediation and ADR, as well as assisting with more complex tax disputes.

Our unmatched technical expertise means we are well placed to support clients with further appeals, and successfully defend decisions all the way to tribunal. For the right candidate, they’ll also be involved in our broader consultancy solutions from full claim reviews, due diligence projects and bespoke innovation strategy projects.

Working with a team of experts across our business, you’ll need to take the time to understand our clients’ individual challenges and help identify the right bespoke solution for their business - equipping them with the tools to increase the value and efficiencies within the claim process, support planning and forecasting of accurate R&D activities as well as assisting them in assessing and managing risk.

More broadly you will also direct the resources required to deliver on these complex projects and manage the delivery of excellence at every touchpoint of the claim. Teamwork and collaboration will be essential in this role. You will work closely with our multidisciplinary team of accountants, lawyers and sector specialists across our offices to deliver bespoke, market-leading advice to our clients, supporting them in finding unique solutions to their innovation funding challenges.

If you’re looking for a change, and the opportunity to make a real difference and feel the impact of your work, this role could be for you. To be successful in this role you will be either ACA or CTA qualified with a proven track record of delivering R&D tax advice for large businesses ideally with one of the leading accountancy or tax practices.

You will be comfortable developing relationships with large and complex businesses and be genuinely interested and energised by the chance to uncover new opportunities and help our business grow. You’ll need to be entrepreneurial and proactive, a team player and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

If you are a self-starter that is looking to use their tax experience in a different environment, where your passion, ambition and excellence can be rewarded, then you could be exactly what we are looking for. We welcome applications from candidates that appreciate flexibility in their work schedule.

At ForrestBrown, our culture thrives on collaboration, learning, and celebrating success together. While we embrace flexibility, we operate with a predominantly office-based structure, where employees in Bristol spend Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in our vibrant offices, with hybrid working options available for the remaining days. Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for employment visas at this time. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship.