Employment Tax Manager – £52k

Our client is recruiting a manager who will be responsible for co-ordinating their team, managing projects and multiple assignments in a timely and effective manner. In the role you will deal with day-to-day client matters and liaise with team members as appropriate. They need you to research technical issues and present the findings effectively, whilst demonstrating the use of key reference and the relevant legislation. Effectively manage projects and multiple assignments, ensuring that the work is completed within the specified timeframes and to the required standard.

Our client is a well-established and growing top 15 firm with a strong reputation for providing a high quality service, with areas of technical expertise in the following areas: Corporate Business, Non Profit, Pension Funds, Professional Practice, and Private Clients.

Responsibilities:

• Work effectively within a team environment, assisting others in the team with managing projects, the budget, and the timetable and client expectations.
• Provide an efficient and proactive service to clients and ensure that the clients’ needs are fully met.
• Produce work of the required standard in a timely and effective manner for Partner/Director, which requires no further input on straightforward factual matters and dealing with complex matters in conjunction with other members of the team.
• Promote the firm’s services to clients through good cross selling.
• Identify opportunities for adding value to clients by the provision of complimentary services offered by the firm and taking action to ensure the opportunities are acted upon.
• Act as client relationship manager on a portfolio of smaller clients.
• Manage the department’s monthly billing process.
• Assist other department’s staff in the office/s with Employment Tax related queries, as and when required.
• Develop and maintain professional working relationships at all levels, both internally and externally, including colleagues, senior management and clients.
• Undertake all tasks in the department, office and firm, which may be necessary in achieving overall goals and objectives of the firm.

Skills Required:

• ATT qualified or with equivalent level of proven experience; CTA desirable but not essential.
• Experience of acting as the first point of contact for the client and able to resolve client issues unless they involve technical matters of fact or opinion.
• Work effectively within regulatory compliance structures.
• Has an appropriate awareness of the risk involved in this specialism of work.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills at all levels, both verbally and in writing, with internal and external clients; and facilitate the team culture by documenting and sharing information.
• Ability to understand the needs of the client and act accordingly.
• Ability to act as client relationship manager on a portfolio of smaller clients.
• Ability to manage the department's billing process.
• Ability to produce accurate and thorough work of a quality standard is paramount.
• Effective time and project management skills, being able to manage multiple assignments within the required timeframes.
• Excellent IT capability – understanding of the application of IT systems to improve work practices.
• Commitment to their personal development, being willing to undertake the necessary training to fulfil the main duties and skill sets of the grade.
• Able to deal with change in a positive manner.
• Positively articulates the goals of the firm, advocate for the firm.
• Is pro-active and enthusiastic, looking for business opportunities and methods of improving service delivery.

Technical Skills Needed:

• Employer compliance reviews, internal audit or Health check work.
• Status of workers.
• Due diligence work.
• P11D dispensation.
• Class 1A NIC and P11D reporting.
• Expenses and benefit tax treatment.
• PSAs.
• Remuneration planning – previous exposure to bonus, share scheme and salary sacrifice planning is desirable.
• Construction Industry scheme.
• Assisting clients with the preparation of various statutory forms, including P11D’s, share scheme reporting.