Personal Tax Senior Associate/ Assistant Manager in Edinburgh

We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Associate or Assistant Manager with a focus on the management of the personal tax compliance cycle. The role includes the provision of ad hoc advice related to the annual compliance cycle to our growing portfolio of individuals, trusts, partnerships, LLPs across a range of sectors, particularly landed estates and rural businesses. As a training office, there is also an expectation that the candidate would support the development of more junior staff in on-the-job training.

Key characteristics and skills required:

• A positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• A high level of motivation, ability and commitment.
• Previous relevant experience of management as they will be managing their own portfolio whilst also being responsible for reviewing the work of more junior tax staff.
• Experience in the delivery and management of personal tax compliance services.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills are essential to ensure all deadlines are met.
• Experience in the provision of tailored advice, including inheritance and capital gains tax planning, international tax aspects, and trust planning.
• A broad base of advisory experience to permit work in most if not all of the above areas.
• Land based issues form a significant part of the current workload.
• Professional services background.
• Confident communicator to colleagues, partners and clients.
• Comfortable working on their own initiative as well as being a good team player.
• High attention to detail and the ability to work in a timely manner.
• Excellent IT skills.

The Personal Tax team consists of over 120 employees spread over 9 UK offices (Bristol, Bournemouth, High Wycombe, Peterborough, Edinburgh, Inverness, Leeds, London and Manchester). The team delivers exceptional quality compliance and advisory services to a wide range of high-net-worth private clients, including those with UK and offshore interests, property owners, business owners, partnerships and trusts.

Rewards/Benefits:

• A 35-hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (our core hours are 10-4).
• Excellent benefits including 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.

Saffery LLP is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK’s 15th largest accountancy firm. When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title. We’re a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We’re committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset – our people.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. 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 hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.