Corporate Tax Manager / Associate Director

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

11/17/2024

The Grant Thornton (NI) Tax Team is a growing team of over 80 specialists with deep industry, sector and technical knowledge. Our Corporation Tax Compliance client base is experiencing exceptional growth across all industries and sectors, with a strong focus on OMB’s and large groups, both in the local market and on an international scale.

We are therefore seeking a Corporate Tax Manager/Associate Director to join our ambitious team. As a Manager/Associate Director, you must demonstrate depth of technical knowledge in your own service area and apply this knowledge to develop solutions to complex technical issues together with managing and leading a team in demanding assignments on a day-to-day basis.

Excellent opportunities exist for ambitious and driven candidates to progress within the firm. The position attracts a competitive remuneration package and ongoing career development.

Main Responsibilities

Note that the responsibilities may be tailored depending on if the role being considered is for Manager or Associate Director.

• Manages portfolio of clients that are sizable in both scope and scale by providing intelligent and creative solutions to client tax issues both reactively and proactively, presenting solutions to increasingly complex technical issues.
• Helps lead our Corporation Tax compliance offering to large UK corporates including large UK groups as well as UK corporates in multinational groups.
• Demonstrates a sound understanding of all the specific tax issues associated with large corporates including corporate interest restriction, Country-by-Country reporting and SAO.
• Actively manages financial operations of the team and meets own financial targets set.
• Takes responsibility and ownership of the client relationship and understands the need of their business.
• Participates in the tendering process for new client pitches including developing personalised proposals for each potential client.
• Consults on a variety of technical areas, including the ability to identify those able to provide support in relation to technical risk.
• Writes, and communicate on, high quality tax deliverables, tailored to specific needs of the client.
• Has a sound awareness and adherence to the firm's risk management processes and procedures.
• Leads, manages, motivates and coaches managers and junior team members by inducting effectively, giving regular feedback and completing timely appraisals.
• Proactively manages own career, seeking out opportunities to work on a variety of assignments to build on existing experience.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the full range of the firm's products, services and capabilities and seeks to participate in business development activities and contributes to sales pitches, for own team as well as the wider firm.
  
  

Skills And Attributes

• ACA/ACCA and/or CTA qualified.
• Significant post qualification experience of working in a corporation tax department of large practice.
• Strong technical knowledge including in relation to tax issues affecting large corporates.
• Approachable and respected member of the team who takes a proactive interest in the team's performance, development and wellbeing.
• Capable of working on your own initiative while taking responsibility and ownership for wider team issues.
• Proven ability to identify opportunities for clients and ability to build trusted relationships with all key stakeholders.