Private Client Tax Manager

Manager/Senior Manager/Director

Based in Ipswich

Working hours Flexible

Starting from £47,000

This role is graded at Level 7, 8 or 9 within our job grading framework.

Larking Gowen is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Private Client Tax Manager/Senior Manager or Director to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership and direction to our Private Client Tax team, ensuring that we deliver exceptional service to our clients.

Responsibilities

Technical

• Provide tax advisory services to clients, including managing tax compliance and planning projects
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, ensuring their tax needs are met
• Manage a team of tax professionals, driving growth and direction to maintain the highest delivery of first class quality and market leading services
• Monitor and ensure compliance with relevant tax legislation and regulations
• Stay up-to-date with changes in tax law and regulations, ensuring that clients are informed and prepared for any changes
• Participate in business development activities, including proposal writing and client presentations
• Review and sign-off on high risk tax returns and other related documents
• Work collaboratively with other departments within the firm to ensure seamless service delivery to clients. Driving forward the Firm’s values and visions with Partners across the firm

General

• Lead client contact in place of the partner
• Responsibility for work planning across the team
• Involvement in the recruitment and development of members of the team
• Developing the team to ensure long term capability, utilising necessary leadership and management skills, promoting consistency with the Firm’s values
• Embrace the Firm’s vision, mission and values and translate these into day-to-day actions to lead and develop others

Business development

• Actively seek out opportunities to develop and grow business within the private client tax team
• Involvement in business development activities including developing a strong referral network, writing marketing materials for client and potential clients. Involvement in seminars
• Maintain up-to-date understanding of client’s affairs to spot planning opportunities
• Maintain good working relationships with clients
• Awareness of the wide range of Larking Gowen services and ability to spot opportunities to potentially sell those services
• Develop a strong internal network to develop
• Active involvement in office marketing events, when appropriate, acting as an ‘ambassador’ of the Firm

Task management

• Ensure the Firm carries out its professional duties properly
• Managing the Firms’ risk
• Acting as a mentor for other members of the team
• Consistently achieve deadlines and understand the commercial implications of actions relating to productivity, recoverability, fee income and client service

Training

• Attend training courses as identified in order to develop both technical and personal skills and keep records for compliance purposes

Other Responsibilities

• Adheres to the Firm’s risk management policies and procedures
• Undertakes other duties to meet the demands of the business

Desirable

Education and qualification

• CTA, ACA, ACCA, (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential:

• Significant experience within practice
• Strong business acumen and commercial awareness
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop a team
• Proven ability to adapt quickly to changing deadline and priorities
• Experience in business development with a track record of securing clients
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Ability to respond to risks in an appropriate fashion

Desirable

• Undertaking firm-wide responsibilities
• Experience of the use of CCH