Senior Tax Manager

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At Brodies LLP, we value and respect all colleagues as individuals. As a UK law firm headquartered in Scotland, we believe that the experiences and perspectives of a diverse workforce that reflects our communities, and the clients we serve, allows us to see the world through many lenses.

As the largest firm in our jurisdiction measured by income, directory rankings, and lawyer numbers, the progress we continue to make is testament to the commitment of our colleagues.

In the last three years, our firm's revenue has grown by 20%, and we have welcomed almost 100 new colleagues. Today, we have more than 800 colleagues and offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, London, Abu Dhabi and Brussels.

JOB TITLE

Senior Tax Manager

REPORTING TO

Neil Ritchie, Director Of Personal Tax

JOB PURPOSE

You will lead the provision, management and delivery of tax compliance for a diverse and growing portfolio to assist with planning work for a dynamic and motivated Personal & Family Team.

You will provide tax advice to the existing portfolio of individuals, partnerships, executries and trusts on general tax matters. You will also assist with queries from across all the offices on tax issues ranging from income tax, CGT, IHT, VAT & LBTT.

You will have experience in looking after the tax affairs of entrepreneurial and high net worth individuals and families to provide a bespoke service advising on a variety of tax planning matters such as business structuring, business and asset disposals, potential inheritance tax liabilities and estate planning.

CORE TASKS

The role holder will work with existing clients to reduce their overall tax burden and to develop a portfolio of new clients through the conversion of internal and external referrals.

This will involve:

• Being responsible for the management of our compliance function, along with the line management of a highly dedicated team who you will assist and guide in their professional development.
• Implementing and developing the Controls and Compliance framework to ensure it is operating effectively.
• The delivery of a full range of tax services and the ability to identify and mitigate tax risks.
• Identifying and communicating any instances of non-compliance to Business Managers, collaborating with management, operational teams, and internal stakeholders to implement improvement plans and draw upon industry best practices.
• The development of client relationships through both proactive and reactive interaction with the client.
• The review of complex tax returns and providing tax solutions for our clients
• The role holder will perform collaboratively with the team to provide guidance, motivation and consequently improve team performance. They will oversee and support managers with the day-to-day mentoring of tax graduates.
• The role holder will review and appraise current working practices, identifying areas for improvement and implementing processes and procedure changes as and when required to allow for efficient and smarter working practices.
• Identification of skills of the team, optimising use of existing skill strengths
• Identify areas for improvement and skill gaps, devising improvement plans through training, motivation etc.

The role holder will support any Marketing or Business Development initiatives including:

• Preparation of regular blogs to ensure profile of tax services at Brodies are raised.
• Build client relationships with existing clients and grow the client base.
• In house seminars to promote the tax services and encourage cross selling

As the Senior Tax Manager within Brodies you will:

• Receive challenging, on-the-ground experience in a fully advisory role, meeting clients, and helping them to operate in a tax-efficient manner.
• Carry out bespoke technical research for a range of complex advisory projects.
• Produce high quality tax reports to advise clients and liaise with HM Revenue & Customs on their behalf.
• Be actively involved in client meetings, concisely and confidently answering client queries.
• Build internal networks and take an active approach to cross-selling wider products solutions whilst working inter-departmentally.
• Keep up to date with and monitor developments in UK and International tax regulation.
• Lead advisory work for a significant portfolio of personal tax clients, including tax compliance and planning projects.
• Monitor all commercial aspects of portfolio management for your selection of clients, ensuring expectations, deadlines, and budgets.
• Build trusted client relationships, proactively handling queries and problem solving.
• Line management of a trusted and dynamic team, including workflow management, reviewing work, and providing training.
• Interpret changes to taxation legislation and provide trusted advisory to clients and colleagues.
• Champion your own professional development, undertaking regular training opportunities.
• Support business development strategies, including preparing proposals, actively seeking out opportunities, and assisting with marketing initiatives.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Working closely with dynamic individuals is an important part of the role and you'll need to be able to build rewarding relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. Ideally you will be CTA or CA qualified, with 10+ years' experience in tax planning and compliance allowing you to have the technical expertise and insight to advise our clients accordingly.

This position will suit a forward-thinking candidate who is keen to stay at the forefront of industry trends. You will possess excellent attention to detail, and the ability to deal with competing priorities and meet deadlines.