Corporate Tax Senior - #1800795

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 800 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

As a result of growth, we are now recruiting several Corporate Tax Seniors to join our Tax Consultancy Service Line based at our growing Leeds office.

As part of the role you'll prepare tax returns and accounts for our audit clients and work on a variety of advisory projects and corporate finance work such as sales and acquisitions. You'll also attend client meetings and conduct Teams calls, helping you build strong relationships.

You'll have the opportunity to develop and enhance your leadership capabilities by overseeing graduate trainees, delegating tasks and developing your reviewing and managerial skills. We encourage team members to participate in graduate recruitment days and attend young professional events. If you're interested in being more externally facing, we'll support you in these endeavours.

You'll be joining a collaborative and supportive team environment committed to professional growth and success.

The main elements of this role will include:

• Taking responsibility for the preparation, completion and submission of tax computations on a varied portfolio of clients
• Supporting clients with their ongoing compliance needs
• Assisting with the preparation of Research and Development Tax Credit claims
• Identifying planning and advisory opportunities from a compliance portfolio and supporting the manager and partner/ director group in taking these forwards
• Liaising with clients and HM Revenue & Customs as and when appropriate. This could include visits to client premises to prepare tax computations
• Having involvement with and being responsible for the other annual filing obligations (such as Employment Related Securities Filings / Non Resident Landlord Scheme etc)
• Dealing with adhoc corporation tax queries from the wider firm when required
• Supporting Tax trainees in the team to help them develop their knowledge and complete tasks

The Candidate

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

• ATT qualified as a minimum but ideally, have completed already, or be in the process of completing the CTA qualification
• A full driving licence (desirable)
• Corporate tax compliance experience for a minimum of 2 years
• Experience of using Alphatax (desirable)
• Some advisory knowledge and experience in identifying advisory opportunities
• 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

The Benefits

In return for your hard work helping us shape our future growth and development; we will provide a competitive salary and a positive benefits package which includes:

• Employer Contribution Pension Scheme including Life Cover (4x salary) and Income Protection
• Competitive Annual Leave entitlement plus Bank Holidays
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme allowing you to buy up to 5 additional days each year
• Smart Working Policy, giving you the ability to balance home and remote working
• Health Shield Cash Plan (cash back on a range of Health benefits and discounts on holidays, fashion and entertainment)
• Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 confidential support for wellbeing and health)
• Paid flu jabs and eye tests
• Introductory Commission Scheme (financial reward if you refer a new client)
• Employee Referral Scheme (financial reward if you refer new AW colleagues) enabling you to claim up to £2,500 for each referral
• Ongoing access to online training courses and materials
• Paid professional membership fees
• Charity of the Month
• Colleague of the Month
• Subsidised social events throughout the year

In addition to all the benefits you would expect from an award winning employer, you will be given the utmost encouragement and support to develop your career further.

When you're with us... we're with you.

Please note that we will not be accepting candidates from agency suppliers in connection with this vacancy.