Accounts and Tax Manager in South West London

Accounts and Tax Manager

Salary:£70,000 to £90,000 DOE

Hours:9.30am – 5.30pm

Hybrid:3 days in the office

South West London

Prestigious and highly successful professional services in South West London is recruiting a Accounts and Tax Manager to join their team on a permanent basis.

This exciting role will require the Accounts and Tax Manager to provide advice to the firms lawyerswith tax advice and tax reporting for trusts and estates, including the preparation of estate accounts and annual trust accounts using CCH.

The firm is inclusive, multi-cultural and social. You will enjoy many team building activities including winter ski holidays, summer & Christmas parties, and Friday night drinks! The working environment is nurturing and supportive giving you the opportunity to develop your professional career.They encourage you to attend training courses, gain professional qualifications such as the STEP qualification, accountancy and tax-focused qualifications, such as ATT or CTA.

Working in amazing modern offices in Southwest London with lovely social open plan facilities. Minutes walk from an amazing high street, close to local tubes, trains and bus routes. The high street features a variety of boutique shops, restaurants, bars and trendy cafes catering to all your lunch and after-work drinks requirements. Apply today to join this amazing company!

The role:

The work is accounting-based yet will require someunderstanding of the tax treatment of estates, trusts and individuals.The work will include analysis of property and share portfolios, discretionary trusts, life interest trusts, family wealth management, and also general tax and accounting advice on other specific matters.

There will be an element of work involving thepreparation of trust accounts, trust tax returns, trust administration and Trust Registration Service.

Key Responsibilities and Duties include:

• Assisting staff with the preparation of full and detailed estate accounts (STEP format), estate tax returns and beneficiary income statements.
• Preparing 60-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) returns for estates and individuals.
• Preparing Non-resident CGT returns.
• Co-ordinating tax payments and clearance for individuals, estates and trusts.
• Assisting with preparation of accounts information for Inheritance Tax form IHT100 returns for Trusts.
• Reconciling to third party and internal accounts records.

Qualifications & Experience of the Accounts and Tax Manager:

• Ideally, you will have at least 3 years experience in a practical accountancy backgroundandwant to develop your professional skills, working towards qualification of a relevant professional accounting or tax body and / or become a STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) member.
• Have Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax practical knowledge.

Previous experience of using CCH Personal Tax software, CCH Trust Accounts software or similar software is an advantage.