Manager - Corporate Tax (Financial Services)

London, England, United Kingdom

4/1/2025

At S&W, we help our clients thrive by simplifying the complex, illuminating new paths, and shaping solutions that make a difference. As one of the UKs top 10 fastest-growing accountancy firms, we have been a trusted partner since 1881helping businesses and individuals meet challenges and seize opportunities across generations.

Built on expertise and driven by ambition, we provide a comprehensive range of services, including tax and accountancy, advisory and assurance, corporate finance, and restructuring. We are defined by our purposeto help navigate challenges, unlock potential, and achieve the extraordinary.

Job Description

What you'll be doing

This role will provide tax compliance and advisory services for a wide range of business clients. focusing on our financial services clients.

The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of clients and managing more junior members of staff as necessary.

You will also provide assistance to Directors/Partners in both client work and in the management of the group. You will actively be involved in and look to seek out working on special assignments and advisory projects where appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

Client work

• Manage portfolio of businesses including OMBs, SMEs and larger corporates
• Undertake corporate tax provisioning, compliance, and advisory work for your portfolio
• Ability to get involved in variety of business tax work (e.g. ad-hoc advisory, international tax matters, R&D tax credits, awareness of VAT and employment tax aspects)
• Opportunity to assist with transactional and due diligence work
• Give exceptional client service and be responsible for maintaining regular contact with client team
• Technically strong
  
  

Staff Management and development

• Liaison with Partners, demonstrating strong management skills
• Appraisals/monitor staff performance
• On the job training for junior staff on a one-to-one basis
• Dealing with staff questions
  
  

Compliance

• Ensuring Evelyn Partners procedures are followed taking account of institute and HMRC guidance, where relevant
• Ensuring department KPIs are met around billing and recovery targets
  
  

Personal Development (Technical & Other)

• Reading; internal meetings; internal and external seminars and courses
• Acute awareness of what other parts of the firm can do, to encourage cross-referrals
  
  

Key Skills And Experience

• Significant corporate tax experience gained within the profession and or industry
• Technically capable tax adviser who is able to assist in complex client work
• Demonstrable experience of managing people and clients
• Appetite to develop business development skills to assist with the growth of the business
  
  

Qualifications

Key Competencies

Client focus - ability to deliver consistently excellent client service

Commercial awareness - delivers value to client and team profitability

Teamwork - organises and supports others

Good communicator - both written and oral

Problem solving - positive attitude to solving problems and delivering outcomes

Enthusiastic and keen business developer

Professional Qualifications And Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CA) and/or tax advisor (CTA)

Additional Information

Additional Information

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• Fully funded training towards professional qualifications
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Eye care support