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Personal Tax Senior

Lochead Sandford Recruitment Limited
Posted a day ago, valid for a month
Location

Dunfermline, Fife KY12 7HT, Scotland

Salary

£35,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
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  • Our Client, a well-established tax and accountancy firm, seeks to recruit an experienced Personal Tax Senior for their growing tax team, offering flexible part-time or full-time options of 3, 4, or 5 days a week.
  • The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 5 years of current UK personal tax experience, with ATT qualification or progress towards it being advantageous but not mandatory.
  • The role includes preparing UK tax returns for high-net-worth individuals, assisting with advisory and tax planning, and mentoring junior staff, while maintaining strong professional relationships with clients.
  • The position offers a competitive salary along with benefits such as life assurance, a contributory pension scheme, and a discretionary bonus scheme, with a focus on work-life balance and a 35-hour work week.
  • Hybrid working options are available, and the firm provides ongoing training and support to help you advance your tax career.

Our Client, a long established tax and accountancy firm, who provide a range of tax, business advisory and compliance services to clients on a global basis, seek to recruit anexperiencedPersonal Tax Seniorto join their growing tax team on a part time or full time basis- flexible re 3, 4 or 5 days. They offer a most supportive and friendly culture.


Our Client offers an extensive client base, ranging from those with more straightforward tax affairs, to those with interesting and complex positions where careful consideration needs to be given to both the UK and sometimes international tax issues and the involvement of trusts, and they pride themselves on the quality of their advice and taking time to understand and work closely with themto build long-lasting relationships.


Ideal Person:


With the tax expertise and guidance of their senior team, our Client can ensure you progress to the next level of your tax career. You will be an enthusiastic individual, keen to develop your tax career ideally with a minimum of 5 years current UK personal tax experience. ATT qualified or studying towards ATT would be an advantage but our Client would certainly not exclude those QBE. You will have good IT systems experience and a quality client focus and excellent team working skills.


Duties


Your main duties will relate to the preparation of UK tax returns for high-net-worth individuals and business owners.

Assisting with advisory and tax planning work for clients with a focus on recent and proposed changes to tax legislation.

Reviewing tax returns prepared by junior staff will also be required and acting as a mentor and good role model to more junior team members.

The role will involve working closely with the firms principles and Senior Tax Manager.

You will have a portfolio of clients where you will be encouraged to build strong professional relationships with clients, again working closely with the firms principles where required.


In the role you will be given training and on-going support from your colleagues but will be expected to take responsibility for your own workload and ensuring that you are prioritising your work correctly, so jobs are completed on time.

Key skills:


Good technical knowledge that can be applied in practice.

Know the importance of being client focused

A team player happy to support colleagues.

An effective organiser with attention to detail

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Effective time management and commercial awareness to deliver work on budget and meet sometimes conflicting deadlines.


Why join:

Good Benefits


As well as offering a competitive salary and interesting work our Client knows work life balance is important, so the office closes at 2.00 p.m. every Friday with a 35 hour week.


Varied tax work and scope to further develop.

Hybrid working will also be available once fully integrated into the firm.

Life assurance cover of 4 times salary

Contributory pension scheme with the opportunity to salary sacrifice.


Free on-site parking

Commission on introduction of new clients to the business.

Discretionary bonus scheme

If required or desired, study support will be provided towards professional tax exams so you will enhance your ability to successfully pursue a professional tax career.

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