Corporate Tax Technical Training Manager in Guildford

As one of the world's largest networks of audit, tax and consulting firms, RSM delivers big ideas and premium service to help middle-market businesses thrive. We are a fast-growing firm with big ambitions -- we have a clear goal to become the premium adviser to the middle market, globally. This vision touches everything we do, motivating and inspiring us to become better every day. If you are looking for a firm where you can build a future and make an impact, then RSM is the place for you.

Make an Impact within our National Tax team at RSM UK. Our national tax service line supports a wide range of businesses with tax compliance and advisory services, fostering a culture of individuality, collaboration, and positive change to drive success for both our people and clients. When you become part of our tax team, you’ll discover a culture celebrating individuality, fresh thinking, flexibility and collaboration, whilst not only embracing change but impacting it. We’re simply not a one-size-fits-all firm and work hard to create an environment where our people can make a difference - to themselves, their career, their teams, and to the success of RSM and our clients.

The tax technical training team sit within our national tax service line and work close with the technical officers, as well as across tax service lines. Joining our team, you will work closely with the Senior Manager to plan, develop and deliver elements of the corporate tax training programme. The primary focus of this role will be to lead the redesign and delivery of our Tax training programme for the firm’s student and qualified staff up to manager level, with some involvement in training for more senior staff (supported by the Senior Manager).

This is a fantastic opportunity to work hand-in-hand with our Early Careers, technical training leads, digital and client facing teams to pool expertise from across the business and co-create a training experience that is immersive, as well as commercially focused. This role plays a vital part in shaping the technical capabilities of our tax professionals. By delivering premium quality, commercially relevant training, you will help ensure our corporate tax team is equipped to confidently advise clients in a fast-evolving tax landscape.

You’ll make an impact by:

• Leading on the early careers training plan.
• Collaborating with stakeholders across the firm to design a refreshed early careers training programme.
• Developing and delivering engaging and commercially focussed corporate tax technical training sessions for student and qualified staff up to manager level that focus on the real-life application of tax rules.
• Collaborating effectively with client-facing tax colleagues to identify training needs that exist and design appropriate learning solutions.
• Managing and continuously improving the existing programme of training courses.
• Coordinating blended learning programmes that include both in-person and online delivery.
• Delivering regular tax updates to the wider tax practice alongside the Senior Manager.
• Working with colleagues across other Consulting and Audit, as well as other tax service lines to provide corporate tax training updates.

What we are looking for:

We value diverse experiences and perspectives. Here’s what we’re looking for in our ideal candidate, but we are keen to hear from you even if you don’t meet all of the below:

• Professionally qualified.
• Experienced in Corporate Tax, with a strong technical knowledge.
• A confident presenter who possesses the ability to break-down complex technical concepts in a clear and engaging way.
• Passionate about learning and development, with a genuine interest in early careers training.
• An excellent communicator who can collaborate with stakeholders across tax and training teams to identify relevant training needs.
• A strong project manager who can independently manage their own workload and multiple projects.
• An innovative thinker who can suggest appropriate learning solutions to meet the training needs of the business.

What we can offer you:

We recognise that our people are our most important assets. That’s why we offer a flexible reward and benefits package that will help you have fulfilling experience, both in and out of work.

• Hybrid working.
• 27 days holiday (with the option of purchasing additional days).
• Lifestyle, health, and wellbeing including financial wellbeing benefits such as financial tools, electric car scheme and access to a virtual GP.
• Access to a suite of 300+ courses on demand developed by our inhouse talent development team with structured continuous learning opportunities and clear career progression paths.

Diversity and Inclusion at RSM: At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client's needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That's why we're working together to ensure our firm's principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.