Private Equity Tax Director

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high-growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

You will be joining a fast-growing Private Equity funds tax team, working with great clients and a market leading group of people from a diverse range of backgrounds. We are looking for someone who is willing to be a leader, and who is keen to learn and develop – the team will support you to help build your career, deliver great service to high quality clients, and win in the market.

At BDO we are proud of our Workable hybrid working framework – we have core team days, and an expectation that team members will be at our Baker Street hub for at least 2 days a week, but otherwise you will have substantial freedom to plan your balance of time in the office and time at home.

You will be responsible for dealing with all matters relating to the running of your portfolio of clients, supported by partners in the team and working with colleagues. Your portfolio will include asset managers, investment partnerships and fund management structures.

• Help to drive the private equity strategy of BDO by building your profile in the market, overseeing top quality tax advice and compliance, getting to know your clients and their issues, and looking for opportunities.
• Run client relationships - acting as a key point of contact for clients, ensuring the team respond promptly to, as well as anticipate, client requests/needs, and maintaining regular contact with clients.
• Oversee a portfolio of clients, taking responsibility for delivery of tax compliance and advisory services supported by managers and the junior team.
• Deal with interesting and varied tax issues.
• Recognise and seek out business and sales opportunities and work with the Partners to develop these.
• Develop your own network of contacts internally and externally, supporting your own career development and the growth of our business.
• Actively participate in the management of the group.
• Be responsible for coaching and developing managers and more junior members of staff.
• Actively share knowledge and experiences with others in the firm.

• Qualified ACA/CTA (or equivalent) with demonstrable post-qualified experience.
• Ideally the candidate would have relevant experience in a partnership tax compliance and advisory role or a corporate and personal tax compliance and advisory role, with experience of dealing with private equity funds and management structures.
• Involvement in and ability to deal with interesting and challenging tax advisory projects. Alternatively, significant experience in private equity tax compliance or a combination of the two.
• Ability to manage a client portfolio.
• Experience of dealing with client senior management.
• Involvement in business development activities with new and/or existing clients.
• Self-motivated with excellent communication.
• Experience of supervising junior staff.
• A commitment to technical and personal development, with the drive and ambition to progress in a supportive environment and fulfil your full potential.

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions.

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.