Corporate Tax Senior Manager

Job Title: Corporate Tax Senior Manager

Location: Hybrid Working – London N3 / EC4M

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 35 hour week (Flexitime)

Reporting to: Corporate Tax Director

Salary: £64,000 - £72,000

About BKL

BKL is a Top 40 accountancy and advisory business supporting a diverse client base, from entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals to ambitious owner-managed businesses and multinational groups. With a legacy spanning over 130 years, we’ve evolved into a modern, purpose-driven business that balances profit with impact.

We are proud to be a certified B Corp, reflecting our commitment to sustainability, transparency, and responsible governance. As a member of DFK International, we support clients locally and internationally with cutting-edge expertise and a personal touch.

We believe all clients deserve the same level of care, innovation, and excellence.

Your Opportunity

The Corporate Tax Senior Manager role is a pivotal position within the organisation, responsible for both advisory and compliance services. This role involves delivery of tax services to our clients, managing the team and overseeing the flow of work whilst ensuring technical competency.

As Senior Manager, you will be directly responsible for preparing and reviewing corporate tax advice to clients. You will undertake final reviews of tax computations and be responsible for the team’s budget and recovery targets pulling in support from Managers and Assistant Managers where needed. Additionally, the role requires effective communication of technical issues, winning and billing for additional work, working across service lines and building client relationships.

The Senior Manager also plays a crucial role in team management, development, and recruitment, as well as identifying new business opportunities and managing client risks.

This role gives you the chance to make an impact with ambitious clients, develop your expertise, and grow your career within a supportive and collaborative environment. You’ll gain exposure to a wide variety of work, be encouraged to innovate, and benefit from a clear progression pathway.

How You’ll Make a Difference

Tax Advice

• Our aim is always to provide advice of the highest possible quality which meets our clients’ needs. This means that the advice you provide to clients will be technically sound, meet the client’s objectives, be easy to understand, reflect consultation with both the client and other advisers, as necessary, give the client enough information from which to make a decision e.g. pointing out alternatives, any risks or any conditions to be met and any potential downsides; and be timely.
• Delegate advisory tasks where appropriate and manage workloads etc to meet client deadlines
• Liaise with tax specialists in the firm where appropriate
• Agree budgets and scope of work with the client either alone or working with the partner.

Compliance work

• Manage the flow of work and workload within the team
• Planning client work with technical competency in mind; ensuring that colleagues are appropriately matched to clients and that colleagues are provided with the right level of experience to aid their progression
• Trusted to undertake final reviews of tax computations, before they go to Director/Partner level for final sign off
• Responsible for the budgets of the team as a whole and ensuring recovery targets are met
• Managing client expectations (both internal and external) and ensuring they are satisfied with the service they are receiving from the team
• Quoting for new compliance only work
• In depth knowledge of professional area and broad knowledge of others
• Managing and effectively communicating client risks on technical projects

Project work

• Responsible for the budgets of the team as a whole and ensuring recovery targets are met
• Able to clearly communicate technical issues and solutions, including highlighting risks, in both email and report communications.
• Able to accurately and concisely draft clearances and reports which are technically accurate, which can then be reviewed at Director/Partner level before going to clients
• Feedback to Partner or Director on any negative issues that may affect client relationships
• Continuously anticipate and manage client expectations
• Winning and ensuring fees for additional work performed are agreed and billed
• Identifying inefficiencies in processes and presenting alternative so…