Tax Manager (Financial Services)

• Grant Thornton’s Financial Services (FS) Tax practice provides tax advisory, transactions and compliance services to a variety of clients in the Financial Services market ranging from large international banks, asset managers and insurance companies to UK based private equity and alternative funds, as well as start-up fintech companies
• The FS Tax - Large Corporate team sits as part of the wider Financial Services Tax team, and you will be responsible for managing the full suite of tax compliance and advisory services for your own portfolio of large corporate clients and global institutions
• The industry is dynamic, technically demanding and global, giving you the opportunity to work on domestic and international structuring, transactions and UK tax compliance and advisory matters, in addition to working with the wider Grant Thornton International network
• Part of the role will focus on working alongside the partner group in building out the practice, building strong client relationships within the current and target client base
• Working in practice means that the job is, by its nature, different every day and we want someone who is actively looking for this challenge. An agile approach to working with different projects and people is therefore essential
• As a Manager in FS tax focused on large corporates you will:
• Take ownership of providing highly technical tax advice to large corporate institutions and complex global businesses across their full range of operations
• Deliver partnership tax and corporate tax compliance services to these corporate FS businesses, ensuring their tax reporting obligations and compliance deadlines are met
• Assist with investor reporting to enable clients to effectively communicate taxable results to their individual investors
• Develop and lead your own diverse client portfolio, ensuring a high level of client service
• Work closely with our colleagues cross the Grant Thornton’s tax practice, Financial Services Industry and international network to identify opportunities from both new and existing clients
• Actively contribute to business development activities by proactively managing existing relationships and pitching work to new clients
• Proactively train and develop more junior members of the team, including through the delivery of bespoke training sessions
• Have a thorough understanding and adhere to the firm’s risk management and quality procedures

Benefits

• Income protection
• Matched pension
• Life cover
• Private medical, including anytime access to Doctor@Hand and Stronger Minds
• Professional subscriptions

Excellent interpersonal skills are required in addition to strong oral and written communication skillsIt would be great if you also had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the wayStrong tax technical skills and an interest in the financial services sector (previous experience of working with one of the asset classes (private equity, venture capital, private credit) is preferred but is not essentialJoining us as a Manager the minimum criteria you’ll need is a professional qualification (CTA / ACA / ACCA or equivalent), and to be confident managing a portfolio of corporate clientsSelf-motivated and strong team playerA track record of leading projects, with a focus on accountability, high quality and timely deliveryFamiliarity with Alpha tax, CCH personal tax, Power BI, Microsoft Office, and other relevant softwareMix of corporate and partnership tax compliance experienceExperience of coaching and developing more junior team members

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