Senior Corporate Tax Manager

Location: Flexible between Remote and London, Southampton Street

Alliotts are an accountancy and tax advisory practice who can trace their origins back to 1869. With offices based in Guildford and Central London, they offer a full range of accountancy services with specialist teams who advise on business strategy and corporate finance; a strong Media team and China Desk are amongst its niche offerings.

Alliotts joined the Shaw Gibbs Group in September 2024, a growing top 40 accountancy practice who provide expert solutions for entrepreneurial businesses and private individuals.

At Alliotts, our culture is built on the belief that true value comes from excellence and care. We hold ourselves to high standards, guided by our core values, which shape how we work, behave, and interact. This ensures we consistently deliver value to our clients and support their success.

The Shaw Gibbs Group has several offices in Central and Southern England and have ambitious plans to expand our business. To support the organisation’s growth, we have created a new opportunity for a Senior Corporate Tax Manager to join our London (Southampton Street) corporate tax team. This is a permanent full-time role with hybrid working options.

The Role

The Senior Corporate Tax Manager will have overall responsibility for the compliance for a small number of corporate tax clients including large companies, owner managed businesses, groups and sector specific companies. The role will be approximately 80% advisory and 20% compliance work.

Qualifications and Experience

• CTA qualified or ACCA/ACA qualified plus relevant experience
• Significant experience in a corporate tax role in industry or within a professional practice (Essential)
• Experience of working in an accountancy practice (Essential)
• Experience of managing own client compliance portfolio (Essential)
• Experience of dealing with detailed HMRC enquiries (Essential)
• Demonstrates ‘expert level’ of understanding of own technical/professional function
• Experience of working on long term client relationships and of working on a fee basis with clients
• Experience of managing people
• Highly proficient in computer software
• Knowledge of CCH and Alphatax would be advantageous, but full training will be given

Skills and Personal Qualities:

Leadership and Planning

• A clear understanding of the Firm’s wider goals and vision
• A clear vision for the Alliotts’ Tax Service for clients
• Excellent communication skills – able to communicate openly and honestly at all levels

Self-Management

• Able to demonstrate an astute use of initiative to solve problems
• The ability to work to timescales and meet deadlines
• Ability to plan and organise tasks / priorities effectively
• Gives appropriate attention to detail and has the ability to think laterally to provide a comprehensive approach to tax advice

Client Satisfaction

• The ability to utilise technical expertise to contribute to the development and broadening of the service for clients
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain client relationships.
• Good communication skills with the ability to explain complex matters to clients clearly and concisely.
• Working on a broad range of ad hoc tax consultancy assignments is a considerable part of the role. This may include reorganisations, R&D tax, share schemes, property hive ups, international tax etc.
• Identifying tax planning opportunities and following these through with the Tax Partner and the relevant partners
• Overall responsibility for the compliance function for a portfolio of corporate tax clients. This includes:
• Preparation and review of corporation tax returns for a range of complex clients
• Monitoring tax return progress to ensure timely completion and submission to HMRC
• Advising corporate tax clients of tax liabilities due on a timely basis
• Liaising directly with clients to ensure both accurate and prompt completion of tax returns and submissions
• Communicating effectively with client’s both orally and in writing
• Dealing with all client queries promptly and efficiently
• Reporting to the client partner on all matters relevant to the client’s tax affairs
• Management of Work in Progress and timely billing
• Supporting the wider tax team and mentoring and developing junior members of staff
• Travel to the Guildford office and client sites when required
• Opportunity to join a longstanding firm with a rich history and strong employee culture, that has recently merged with a top 40 accountancy practice
• Access to an international alliance ensuring a wide range of interesting international work and opportunities for travel if desirable
• A supportive working culture with an open plan hot desking office for all staff and senior leaders
• 20 days’ paid holiday (increased by 1 day for each full complete year of service to 30 June up to a maximum of 5 days) + Bank Holidays + 3 or 4 Christmas closure days
• Opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• Remote / hybrid working to encourage a healthy work-life balance
• Opportunities for progression and specialism in areas of focus
• A volunteering day per year paid by the firm
• Ongoing training and development support
• Mental health team in the workplace and on demand counselling service available for staff 24/7 to support their wellbeing
• Ongoing technology initiative to ensure the Firm maximises the use and benefit of available technologies and AI to embrace change so that we don’t stand still