Corporate Tax Manager (Experienced)

Overview of Firm PKF Littlejohn is one of the leading challenger firms in the UK with offices in London, Leeds and Manchester. We are also an active member of PKF Global, an international network of legally independent accounting firms that gives us an on the ground presence in 150 countries around the world with access to more than 20,000 people across 440 offices globally.

We provide a full range of audit, accountancy, tax and advisory services, and are experts at simplifying complexity. We are particularly well-known for working with complex clients with challenging issues in fast-moving and highly technical areas, such as the insurance industry, the global capital markets and the not for profit sector. Our aim is to understand people, the organisations they run, and what matters to them, so we can simplify complexity and help them achieve their ambitions.

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Introduction to the Division Tax The division provides VAT, Corporate Tax, Transfer Pricing, Personal Tax, Global Mobility and Employment Tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients and prides itself on the quality of service, high degree of professionalism and personal approach that is offered to each and every client.

The division has a growing number of Corporate Clients, with the team regularly involved in a number of transactional pieces of advisory work, across a variety of sectors and covering a variety of taxation issues. These can impact both the company and individuals, for example, demergers, restructuring, acquisitions and disposals.

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**Responsibilities** Purpose and aim of the role The role requires an ambitious, capable and experienced manager who operates with a degree of autonomy and technical confidence to join the growing Corporate Tax [CT] Team.

The successful candidate will support Senior Managers, Directors and Partners in delivering high-quality tax compliance and ad-hoc advisory services to clients, while also assisting in the development and supervision of more junior team members.

The role holder may bring specialist skills but will primarily be responsible for assisting with the management of a condensed portfolio of clients in a variety of sectors in conjunction with more senior members of the team. The successful candidate should have experience reviewing straightforward corporation tax returns electronically with minimal input from senior members of the team, and the ability to recognise when further guidance or escalation is required.

As the team continues to grow, there will be opportunities for growth and future progression for a strong and ambitious candidate.

Client **Responsibilities** The Corporate Tax team works with a broad range of clients across multiple sectors. Under the supervision of more senior team members, the Level 2 Manager will be responsible for:

Portfolio management and client delivery

• Managing a portfolio of CT clients with delegated responsibility for service delivery, deadlines, and overall quality
• Acting as a primary client contact for day to day matters, maintaining strong, long term client relationships
• Liaising with audit and accounting teams to coordinate work plans, timetables and deliverables
• Proactively managing filing deadlines, data requests and client communications
• Ensuring the timely delivery of signed accounts to the iXBRL team and monitoring downstream compliance processes
• Reviewing and approving corporation tax computations, returns and supporting schedules, escalating issues where appropriate
• Reviewing tax provisions and tax accounting adjustments, ensuring technical accuracy

Technical And Advisory **Responsibilities**

• Applying strong technical knowledge to identify risks, planning opportunities and advisory angles
• Assisting with routine to moderately complex advisory assignments (with oversight from senior team members), including:
• Group restructurings and business reorganisations
• Share schemes and employee incentives
• International aspects of UK corporate tax
• Tax efficiency and strategic planning reviews
• Preparing high quality written reports, technical analyses and client facing advice
• Supporting more complex advisory and transactional work led by Directors and Partners
• Assisting with tax due diligence assignments, including review of findings and contribu…