Corporate Tax Manager

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About Us


Armstrong Watson are a trusted and leading independent Accountancy and Business Advisory firm based in the North of England and Scotland. Our services and advice are all centred around our Quest to support our clients to achieve prosperity, a secure future and peace of mind, which cannot be achieved without the expertise of our dedicated and valued colleagues.


With approximately 700 colleagues situated across 19 offices, our people and our culture are at the heart of what we do. We recognise the unique impact we have on not only our clients, but also our colleagues, and the communities in which we operate. Our success is dependent on every colleague embracing all four of our core values: Honesty, Humanity, Trust and Passion.


The Role


Our Tax Consultancy service line is run as a national team and supports our clients from all of our offices. As a result of continued growth, we are now recruiting a Corporate Tax Manager to join our Tax Consultancy Service Line based at our Glasgow office.


The main elements of this role will include:

Being responsible for detailed/ technical review of more complex corporate tax computations prepared by junior colleagues and reviewing their work
Providing training and mentoring for Tax Assistants, Tax Seniors and Tax Assistant Managers
Monitoring work progress, recoveries and billing for their client portfolio
Assisting in the delivery and proactive tax planning advice for clients
Liasing with clients and the wider AW teams to deliver corporate tax consultancy compliance and advisory services
Involvement in recruitment process for the team, including our graduate intake programme each year
Formal line management for Tax Seniors or Trainees
Please note that we will not be accepting candidates from agency suppliers in connection with this vacancy.


The Candidate


In order to fulfil the responsibilities of the position, we would like candidates to be / have:

CTA qualified and have a minimum of 2 years experience in Corporate Tax Compliance / Advisory work
A full UK driving licence (essential)
Experience of using Alphatax (desirable requirement as opposed to essential requirement)
Experienced in dealing with clients and ensuring they receive an outstanding level of customer service
Confident when communicating (in both verbal and written forms) because you will need to be able to deal directly with clients and ensure they receive an outstanding level of customer service
Excellent teamwork skills to be able to communicate with your own team as well as the other AW teams throughout all the offices
Able to deliver tax technical training / development sessions to the team