Tax Technology Senior Manager

at  BDO

IDEAS | PEOPLE | TRUST

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world.
We’ll broaden your horizons
Our North Tax Technology team works with a range of clients, from entrepreneurial start-ups to recognised high street names and global corporations. We offer services including helping businesses draw up their tax technology strategy, tax configuration elements of an ERP implementation, automation of tax processes, to data analytics, and more. So, there’s plenty of variety from one day to the next. Whether building great relationships with clients or colleagues, you’ll be supported by a team that brings out the best in you.
Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients’ needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you’ll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth.
BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You’ll be providing Tax Technology services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you’ll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career.
We’ll help you succeed
Our clients trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with clients and building long-lasting relationships.
You’ll be someone who can work pro-actively, managing your own tasks, but you’ll also be confident collaborating with others, communicating regularly with Directors, and BDO’s Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to our clients.
The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the sale, management and hands on delivery of tax technology projects to a portfolio of clients. You will work with Partners and Directors in relation to client work and in the management of the North Tax Technology Team.

PROJECT INVOLVEMENT:

• The role primarily is a delivery focussed position. We are looking for experienced practical candidates with experience of running a multitude of wide-ranging concurrent projects from complex large projects to smaller projects. Experience in within tax transformation programmes is desirable but not essential. The focus is on running the project management office (‘PMO’) within the team.
• The successful candidate will have been involved with and led successful technology projects with hands on technical experience, either while working in house or as a professional advisor.
• To act as a key contact for the client, together with Partners and Directors. This will involve responding quickly to and anticipating client requests and needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of our tax technology services, and maintaining regular contact with clients
• To take responsibility for the delivery of tax technology services on all projects for your client portfolio
• To manage a portfolio of clients including reviewing and controlling work in progress and proactively billing
• To review work prepared by more junior members of staff and assist with their technical development
• To liaise with relevant technology firms and HMRC
• To ensure assignments are completed within agreed budgets and keep the client and Partner informed of extensions to scope and over-runs
• To plan junior staff allocations in order to give them an appropriate spread of experience
• To ensure that the firm’s risk and quality control procedures are adhered at all times
• To identify risk and technical matters and raise these

REQUIREMENTS:

• Working knowledge of leading tax provision tools
• Strong VAT technical or corporate tax accounting technical skills.
• Strong knowledge of VAT or corporate tax reporting obligations across multiple industry sectors with experience of working within a VAT or corporate tax reporting function preferred.
• Strong IT skills with working knowledge of tax software vendor provision solutions
• Experience of working closely with clients to deliver tax technology solutions preferred but not essential, incorporating process and technology change. Knowledge of how to scope out and deliver projects and understand the key steps to project delivery. Have experience of what documentation needs to be prepared, how to manage client expectations.
• Good project management ability
• Junior staff management experience
• Ability to profitably manage a client portfolio and develop new clients
• Identify opportunities to add value to clients through additional tax services
• Experience of dealing directly with clients
• CTA and/or CA/ACA qualified or equivalent preferred
• Demonstrable post qualified tax technology and / or tax advisory experience
  You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.
  At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.
  We’re in it together
  Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.
  Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.
  We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.
  We’re looking forward to the future
  At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.
  Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions
  We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better

The role also requires the individual to actively seek and keep the Partners and Directors informed about any developments with existing and new clients.