Senior Manager, Natural Capital Tax Advisory

The successful candidate will be part of our Corporate Tax team, responsible for managing a diverse client portfolio, encompassing the delivery of both corporate tax advisory and compliance services. There is the expectation that a large proportion of the work will be focused on the Natural Capital sector, however there will also be opportunities to assist on other advisory projects that the team are undertaking. You do not necessarily need to have direct experience in the Natural Capital sector as this is such a new and rapidly evolving industry.

The ideal candidate will need to bring a wide skill set of experience in tax advisory projects, a keen interest to learn about Natural Capital and a passion for the work that they are helping deliver. There will be the opportunity to work with a number of the country’s leading Natural Capital businesses, including those engaged in Rewilding, Biodiversity Net Gain, Carbon sequestration, Landscape Recovery Schemes and Natural Flood Management projects. These clients share a deep passion for delivering positive impact for the environment whilst making sure that their business models are financially sound and provide their investors with a commercial return.

Saffery is already established as a leading advisor to this sector and there is now a need to grow our specialist capacity to service our existing clients as well as work with new clients in this rapidly growing sector to help them realise their goals. The successful candidate will have expertise in tax advisory work particularly tax structuring projects and will likely have worked advising businesses in a wider property sector such as real estate funds, infrastructure or landed estates. They will have experience of coordinating advice from specialists such as VAT, employment and stamp taxes and managing projects with a number of stakeholders and contributors.

Part of the role will be business development, both in terms of helping market Saffery’s services to the Natural Capital sector, as well as developing and growing the wider team to help strengthen the firm’s offering in this sector. This is a challenging and interesting client facing role, which will include exposure to a range of clients.

The responsibilities

• Frequently dealing with challenging technical issues, the candidate can expect the role to encompass the following areas amongst others:
• The successful delivery of tax advisory and structuring projects, including working with accounting colleagues to understand the accounting for Natural Capital which is a rapidly evolving area which Saffery as a firm are at the forefront of.
• Typical projects could involve advising on the best structure for a Natural Capital project considering the tax implications for a number of stakeholders with varying objectives and tax profiles.
• Advising on a range of technical areas such as the taxation of trading and investment businesses, capital allowances claims, R&D tax relief, transfer pricing, substantial shareholdings exemption, Capital Gains Tax and the deductibility of interest including the Corporate Interest Restriction, and Withholding tax, with the support of specialist colleagues where required.
• Delivery of stand-alone tax advisory projects, including structuring, acquisitions and disposals, transaction support and due diligence.
• Detailed technical research and responding to ad-hoc technical queries from clients and other teams.
• Helping to identify and deliver advisory opportunities within the allocated client portfolio.
• The successful delivery of tax compliance and tax accounting projects to clients in the Natural Capital sector, including working with the accounts team to provide the necessary corporate and deferred tax disclosure for inclusion in statutory accounts.
• Supervising, mentoring, and reviewing the work of junior team members.

We live by our potential meets personal mantra and understand that everyone has different requirements in terms of their ideal portfolio. Working with your line manager, we will develop a mix of work that suits your own individual needs.

The team

Our Corporate Tax team spans our 9 office locations and comprises 7 partners and over 100 professionals. The Corporate Tax teams deal with a large portfolio of companies operating in a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, technology, retail, recruitment, financial services, hospitality and property. These clients range from smaller owner-managed businesses to large and complex listed groups, as well as charities and not for profit organisations.

You

The role would suit a qualified individual (for example ACA/ACCA/CTA) with several years post qualification experience in corporation tax. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Strong UK tax technical skills;
• Ability to analyse tax technical queries and provide robust advice and solutions;
• Project management skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines and monitor budgets;
• Responsibility for the delivery and quality of work;
• Excellent communication skills;
• A clear client focus with a commitment to building strong client relationships;
• Ability to work collaboratively in different teams;
• Coaching and mentoring skills to develop other team members.

Reward and 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; and Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme.

About us

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.

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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.