Role and Responsibilities
The successful applicant will be:
- A client-facing individual, responsible for building internal and external relationships to win projects and drive sales growth independently and as part of the market team.
- Leading engagement teams locally and nationally to prepare capital allowances claims, elections and allowance statements.
- Leading by example in client relationships, technical quality and service delivery.
- Leading projects and solving problems by advising clients in the application of complex legislation to real life situations.
- Leading people, including coaching and developing junior staff.
- Progressing business development opportunities and pitching for work with both new and existing clients.
- Delivering comprehensive proposals and participating in presentations and pitches as required.
- Ensuring the junior engagement team keeps documentation up to date and manages junior team members.
- Sharing knowledge.
- Proactively managing business development opportunities.
- Providing technical assistance to other parts of the firm.
Skills and Qualifications
- Tax, accounting or surveying qualification.
- Strong academic background.
- Thorough knowledge of capital allowances tax legislation.
- Experience working on transactions (due diligence, structuring and modelling).
- Experience managing a junior team.
- Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills to assist clients in applying complex legislation to real life situations.
- Excellent communication skills; must lead capital allowances discussions and explain complex concepts.
- Capability to review reports produced by junior colleagues to ensure high quality.
- Significant project management experience and the ability to manage own workload and delegate to staff.
- Tax and accounting qualifications are not essential but welcome (e.g., CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent).
Country: United Kingdom