Corporate Tax, Senior Manager in Bristol

The role involves providing direct support to the partners by managing the corporate tax affairs of an existing portfolio of primarily owner-managed business clients. The mix of work will be varied as the client base spans a full range of business sectors, including property, innovation, farming, financial services, sport & entertainment, and not for profit.

You will be involved in tax planning and advisory projects across this diverse portfolio of clients, such as property transactions, capital allowance claims, R&D tax credits, and cross-border transactions. There will also be opportunities to work on stand-alone tax advisory projects such as structuring acquisitions and disposals, group reorganisations, due diligence, and structuring equity incentives. The role includes some staff responsibilities and work planning, reporting directly to client partners. Ongoing training will be provided, with opportunities to attend the firm’s annual tax conference and both internal and external training sessions.

The Southern Group consists of four offices based in Bristol, Peterborough, Bournemouth, and High Wycombe, with 30 corporate tax staff working in the Southern Regional Group, including one Partner, three Directors, and three Senior Managers.

Candidates must be proactive, resilient, and able to market their skills and those of the firm, both on a one-to-one basis and in presentations. They should be innovative with vision, creativity, and flair, possessing the confidence and professionalism to establish credibility at all levels. A commercially minded approach and a clear perception of client requirements are essential.

Candidates will require recent practical experience of running a corporate tax portfolio and providing tax advice to owner-managed businesses, with a detailed and up-to-date working knowledge of corporate tax issues. While technical skills are important, this position also requires a team-oriented and flexible personality, alongside experience in organising the delivery of tax work, problem-solving, and the ability to use initiative. The individual must be able to assess the tax issues of private companies from both the company structure and the owners' perspectives. Applicants should preferably be CTA and/or ACA qualified.

Reward and Benefits include a 35-hour working week with a hybrid working policy allowing flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (core hours are 10-4), excellent benefits including a contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover, and great flexible benefits and family-friendly policies. Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan, paid in December, and eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme are also included.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are top priorities. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, ages, sexualities, disabilities, or neurodivergences, as individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm, and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.