Corporate Tax Senior Manager – Tax Compliance and Operations

at  Wilson Wright

Job Title: Senior Manager – Tax Compliance and Operations
Location: Hybrid Working (London EC4M 3 days/Remote 2 days)
Days/Hours worked: Monday-Friday, 35-hour week (Flexitime)
Report to: Corporation Tax Director
Direct reports: TBC

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT:

Established 130 years ago, Wilson Wright is now part of BKL an accounting, tax and business advisory firm based in London.
As a longstanding member of DFK International, a worldwide association of accounting firms, we can support our clients globally when the need arises.
Traditionally, we were an audit-focused firm. However, over the past decade, our tax practice has grown, and we now offer our clients a range of highly specialist tax services including tax dispute resolution and tax transactions in addition to our audit, accounting, and wider business advisory solutions.
Our clients range in size from small sole traders to multinational groups. We believe they all have one thing in common; they want cutting edge technical excellence with a hands-on, professional, and personal service that they can rely on to add value and deliver results.
Our holistic approach to service delivery means that our clients always have a central point of contact with a person who understands their issues.
We are proud of our people-centric culture. By providing the support, guidance and motivation needed to grow and develop, our culture fosters a close-knit team working together to deliver complex and exceptional work for our clients.
Our purpose is to Make it Count: we aim to inspire and support each other to be at our best, so we can make a lasting difference to our clients, the community, and our firm. We also pay lot of attention to our culture and how everyone feels about working at Wilson Wright. Take a look at this video showing what some of our employees think about our working environment https://www.youtube.com/embed/Izh8sNb4AHM
If you are looking for a role where you will be challenged and supported to learn, develop, and grow, come and join us

WHAT WE VALUE:

• We deliver exceptional client service.We take great personal pride in helping our clients to achieve their goals.
• We are one team, together we make it count.People are our greatest asset and together we all work as one team.
• We do the Wright thing.Integrity is central to everything we do. Clients depend on us and trust us to do the right thing
• We all strive to be the best we can be.
  We set high standards in everything that we do and hold ourselves accountable for achieving them.
  Day to Day Responsibilities Include but Not Limited to:
  We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Corporation Tax Senior Manager to step into a new and exciting role within our growing corporation tax team. The successful candidate will be working with complex clients across multiple sectors and will take responsibility for the corporation tax compliance and day to day operations of the team. Reporting into the Corporation Tax Director to provide key metrics regarding deliverables, performance against budget and updates to the processes and policies applied to scoping, quoting, preparing and de-risking the tax compliance process for our audit clients.

Your work will include:

• Scoping and quoting for work
• Reviewing tax computations/returns/tax notes
• Advising on all compliance related matters (tax payments, capital allowances, group relief, deductions allowance etc)
• Managing and overseeing all aspects of corporate tax compliance for our audit clients
• Leading and mentoring a team of more junior staff ensuring they have the relevant skills to support you within this role.
• Ensuring the correct procedures are in place to meet all upcoming deadlines and filing requirements.
• Working closely with the audit team to manage workflow timelines making sure the tax compliance process falls within that.
• Help to spot opportunities and where appropriate, work on the ad hoc advisory pieces which are generated from the portfolio of clients.
• Work with our transactions team to understand the implementation of any advice given in the year and ensure the relevant disclosures have been made on the tax returns.
• Drive process improvement across the firm
• Ensure that team members are aware of upcoming changes that may impact clients and drive marketing campaigns where additional advice may be needed across the board.
• Managing team budgets
• Work alongside our TDR team where clients receive HMRC enquiries.

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS REQUIRED

• CTA qualified (desirable) but may also be qualified by experience.
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrable project and staff management experience.
• Experience using tax software, such as CCH and Alpha Tax, as well as cloud bookkeeping and accounting software to retrieve financial data.
• Experience leading, scoping, and quoting for tax compliance work.
• Ability to manage a varied portfolio of clients, spanning multiple sectors including international groups.
• Highly proficient with the use of Microsoft Excel, including (but not limited) to data cleansing and analysis skills.
• Ability to obtain the relevant information from clients to prepare well-considered, technical, de-risked corporation tax computations.
• Ability to prepare accurate quantitative financial analysis with suitable and intelligible control mechanisms.
• Ability to implement effective audit processes and trails to maintain accurate and verifiable records to support the firm’s ability to efficiently access and leverage internal records and workings.
  In addition to the responsibilities listed above, you will be required to undertake GDPR training to fully understand the regulations and ensure all work is carried out in a compliant manner. As part of any recruitment process, the Firm collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The Firm is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations. Wilson Wright is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified candidates eligible to work in the UK.
  Job Title
  Corporate Tax Senior Manager – Tax Compliance and Operation

Please refer the Job description for details