Corporate Tax Manager in Royal Tunbridge Wells

Why Evelyn Partners Tunbridge Wells?  

Located centrally within Tunbridge Wells, our office at Brockbourne House offers convenient access to key transportation routes, such as the A26 motorway and Tunbridge Wells Railway Station. Additionally, we provide on-site parking facilities. Situated at the heart of the town, we are within walking distance of a wealth of amenities, including cafes, restaurants, shops, and green spaces.

We pride ourselves on fostering a supportive and inclusive environment, prioritising learning, and development to nurture your career ambitions. Joining our team means gaining exposure to a diverse range of clients, industries, and projects, enabling both experience and knowledge growth. Collaboration is key to our success; our team actively share insights and learnings to ensure continuous improvements. With a commitment to internal progression, combined with our continuous growth, there is ample opportunities for promotion.

Job Description  

What will you be doing?

We’re seeking a talented individual to join our Corporate tax team in Tunbridge Wells, which is responsible for tax compliance and advisory services for a wide range of business clients. The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of clients and managing more junior members of staff as necessary. You will also provide assistance to Directors/Partners in both client work and in the management of the group and you will actively be involved in and look to seek out working on special assignments and advisory projects where appropriate.

As Corporate Tax Manager, your responsibilities will include among others

• Manage portfolio of businesses including OMBs, SMEs and larger corporates
• Undertake corporate tax provisioning, compliance, and advisory work for your portfolio
• Ability to get involved in variety of business tax work (e.g. ad-hoc advisory, international tax matters, R&D tax credits, awareness of VAT and employment tax aspects)
• Opportunity to assist with transactional and due diligence work
• Give exceptional client service and be responsible for maintaining regular contact with client team
• Liaison with Partners, demonstrating strong management skills
• Appraisals/monitor staff performance
• On the job training for junior staff on a one-to-one basis
• Ensuring Evelyn Partners procedures are followed taking account of institute and HMRC guidance, where relevant
• Ensuring department KPIs are met around billing and recovery targets
• Reading; internal meetings; internal and external seminars and courses
• Acute awareness of what other parts of the firm can do, to encourage cross-referrals

Key Skills and Experience

• Significant corporate tax experience gained within the profession and or industry
• Technically capable tax adviser who is able to assist in complex client work
• Demonstrable experience of managing people and clients
• Appetite to develop business development skills to assist with the growth of the business

Professional Qualifications and Education

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CA) and/or tax advisor (CTA)

Key Competencies

• Client focus – ability to deliver consistently excellent client service
• Commercial awareness - delivers value to client and team profitability
• Teamwork - organises and supports others
• Good communicator - both written and oral
• Problem solving - positive attitude to solving problems and delivering outcomes
• Enthusiastic and keen business developer

As a colleague here at Evelyn Partners, you will have access to benefits that include:

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependant)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients.  At Evelyn Partners we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation.  It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment. 

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process.  Please let your Recruiter know.