Tax Manager, Partner Tax

Practice Group / Department:

Partner Affairs and Tax - London

Job Description

We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. At Norton Rose Fulbright, our strategy and our culture are closely entwined. We know that our expansion will mean little unless it is underpinned by truly global collaboration and we understand that pioneering work only takes place when our people have room to move and think beyond boundaries. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do.

The Team

Norton Rose Fulbright are seeking a Tax Senior Manager/Manager to undertake a mixed role across

Partnership tax matters. This is an opportunity to be part of a fantastic team of tax and accounting

professionals. The team is based in London and works on territories across Europe, Middle East, Asia and

Australia (“EMEAPAC”) with responsibility for providing tax advisory and compliance services to the firm and

assisting across all Partner tax and financial matters.

Partner Affairs and Tax has a strong supportive culture with training and development at the heart our

continuous improvement philosophy.

The Role

The role will report to the Head of Partner Affairs and will have involvement in partnership tax, partner tax,

international tax and corporate tax issues. The role will suit someone with strong compliance and operational

skills and flexibility is needed as is a ‘hands-on’ approach particularly during busy periods.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Preparation / review of:
• Partnership profit sharing calculations and tax reserving calculations
• UK Partnership tax computation
• Corporation Tax computations for the firm’s UK corporate entities
• Year-end tax work
• Reconciliation of Partner Tax Reserve balances
• Involvement in the UK Tax Return Process
• Managing tax equalisation arrangements
• Involvement in international tax issues, e.g. overseas territories, double taxation relief claims, transfer
  
  

pricing, withholding taxes

• Supporting local finance teams in managing local tax filings and local tax audits
• Support with Country By Country Reporting
• Dealing with ad hoc queries
• Support on advisory and project work
• Review and improvement of processes
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Desirable qualifications include CTA (or overseas equivalent) /ATT
• Practical experience of UK Partnership tax and working in a professional services environment
• Must be a team player with effective communication and influencing skills
• Self-review, discipline and intellectual curiosity
• Strong numeric skills and attention to detail
• Ability to plan, prioritize and manage own workload to work accurately under pressure to ensure deadlines are met.
  
  

High and focused energy levels and an adaptable approach to working on other projects

• Strong experience in the use of Excel- INDEX MATCH, Pivot tables etc.
  
  

Skills And Experience Desirable

• Personal Tax experience, including UK partner returns reporting profits from partnerships
• International tax experience
• Experience of Partner tax provisioning
  
  

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential.

Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.