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Are you just starting out in your Tax career, or are you a Tax Partner with 20 years’ experience under your belt? Either way, we’ll help you to find the right Tax job to fulfil your needs. Our aim is to match you with a Tax Accountant which suits your long-term objectives, not just to place you in the first role available.
We work with most Top 20 accountancy firms along with the key regional players UK-wide. Our dedicated consultants are among the most knowledgeable in the industry. More than that, we’re committed to providing the best advice to support you in reaching your career goals.
Many of our clients are happy to create the ideal role for a talented Tax Senior, Tax Manager or Tax Partner, regardless of whether they have an advertised vacancy. Take a look at our Tax Jobs advertised here. If you don’t immediately see the perfect match but are hungry for that next career move, why not challenge us to tailor the perfect role for you?
Why choose Public Practice Recruitment Ltd for Tax Accountant Jobs and Careers?
- We’re specialists recruiters, working exclusively for accountancy firms. We also help hundreds of tax accountants every year to find new tax accountant job opportunities.
- Thousands of Accountancy firms from across the UK engage Public Practice Recruitment Ltd. They value our unrivalled ability to source the very best candidates for tax accountancy practices across the UK.
- Our experience – over 15 years of specialist recruiting for literally hundreds of UK accountancy firms.
- Our unmatched track record of successful appointments demonstrates our dedication to giving candidates the best, most thorough support in attaining their career goals.
- Our team works rigorously. We leave no stone unturned to match the right tax accountancy skills with the right tax accountant job with the right practice.
- Are you a tax accountant? Then we’ll use all our skill and know-how to help you achieve your long-term career goals.
Latest Tax Accounts Jobs
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Tax Manager
An established and growing accountancy practice is seeking an experienced Tax Manager to take ownership of a substantial personal tax portfolio. This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident professional looking to manage their own client base while working within a supportive and technically strong team.Grays -
Tax Senior
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Tax Senior in Wakefield to join a well-established and highly regarded accountancy practice. This Tax Senior job is ideal for a tax professional with strong experience in personal tax, corporate tax, tax compliance and advisory services within accountancy practice.Wakefield -
Tax Manager
A highly regarded independent accountancy practice is seeking an experienced Tax Manager in Saffron Walden to join its growing tax team. This Tax Manager job is ideal for a CTA, ACA or ACCA-qualified professional with strong experience in personal tax, corporate tax, trust tax, tax compliance and tax advisory within accountancy practice.Saffron Walden -
Tax Semi Senior
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Tax Semi Senior to join a growing accountancy practice in Huddersfield. This role is ideal for a developing tax professional looking to build on their compliance experience while gaining exposure to advisory work and a varied client portfolio.Huddersfield -
Corporate Tax Manager
As Corporate Tax Manager, you will oversee a portfolio of corporate clients, ensuring compliance requirements are met while identifying tax planning opportunities and delivering advisory support.Banbury -
Corporate Tax Manager
A well-established and growing accountancy practice in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Corporate Tax Manager to join its expanding tax team. This is an excellent opportunity for a corporate tax specialist looking to manage a varied portfolio while delivering high-quality compliance and advisory services to a broad range of businesses.Birmingham -
Tax Manager
A well-established and growing accountancy practice in Huddersfield is seeking an experienced Tax Manager to join its expanding tax team. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified tax professional looking to manage a varied portfolio of clients while playing a key role in delivering both compliance and advisory services.Huddersfield -
Tax Senior
This Tax Senior vacancy in Southend-on-Sea is ideal for a tax professional with UK accountancy practice experience who is looking to take ownership of their own portfolio while gaining exposure to advisory work.Southend-on-Sea -
Assistant Client Manager
You will work closely with a diverse portfolio of agricultural and rural business clients, delivering a blend of accounts, tax compliance and advisory support. The role offers significant client interaction, technical variety and the chance to build your expertise within a specialist agriculture and rural business team.Exeter -
Senior Client Manager
This position suits someone who enjoys building trusted relationships, providing practical advice to farming businesses and leading a team within a supportive, collaborative environment.Exeter
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Tax Senior
Tax Seniors are employed within accountancy firms otherwise known as public practices or accountancy practices.
A Tax Senior will work on client tax activities, such as tax planning, tax compliance and preparation of corporate and personal tax returns.
The role of Tax Senior comprises both advisory and compliance aspects. A Tax Senior understands tax legislation, legal compliance and its impact on a business. They must be commercially aware and be capable of identifying opportunities to minimise corporate taxation as well as their clients’ personal tax bills.
Responsibilities include liaising with HMRC and completing all required government tax documents.
Main responsibilities
These can include
- Identifying business risk
- Reporting and presenting findings to the business, making recommendations for solutions and improvements to policies / procedures
- Understanding the commercial objectives of the business
- Liaising with client FDs or other company directors
- Liaising with external advisors
Ensuring the business complies with all relevant internal requirements, industry regulations and government legislation - Leading, managing and developing the team of junior employees
- Helping with other tax matters and projects
- Enabling businesses to fulfil their commitments to international and government compliance
The ideal skill-set
- Experienced and qualified (CTA/ACA/ACCA/ATT or similar)
- Knowledge and experience of UK GAAP and International Auditing Standards (UK and Ireland)
- Ability to supervise, lead and inspire members of tax staff
- Results driven – excellent tax planning and organisational skills
- Exceptional analytical ability and experience at making taxation recommendations
Tax Manager
Main responsibilities
Delivering a full range of tax services in compliance with laws and regulations within the required timeframe
- Building relationships and interacting with clients to provide excellent tax planning, consulting and expertise
- Providing innovative tax planning and reviewing complex income tax returns
- Identifying and mitigating tax risks
- Coordinating accounting staff and assessing their performance
- Managing tax provision and tax compliance process
- Improving processes by developing or implementing best practices
- Managing and coordinating tax audits
- Maintaining tax balances on the general ledger
- Preparing tax papers handling all information data requests
The ideal skill-set
- Excellent knowledge of tax compliance, tax accounting and all types of tax returns
- Knowledge of tax software
- Ability to meet deadlines, face challenges and solve problems
- Exceptional client service, plus the ability to develop client relationships
- Strong leadership and management skills
- Analytical skills
Tax Partner
Main responsibilities
These are likely to include
- Direct multiple engagements and serving the tax needs of a varied client base
- Assuming a leadership position – mentoring and supervising staff
- Engagement planning, organising and delegating to maximise efficiency, achievement of goals and maintaining productivity.
- Developing and motivating team members – providing counselling, leadership and career guidance.
- Responsibility for tax returns and ensuring adherence to Practice guidelines and policies.
- Responsibility for all aspects of customer relations.
- Consulting and leading multifaceted client activities.
- Providing full spectrum of business and tax guidance to all clients.
- Participating in corporate structure, divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, litigation support, earnings and profit analysis, inventory and other tax accounting procedures.
- Representing the Practice to HMRC
- Responsibility for management, leadership and development of complete service tax practice.
- Performing as key client contact for tax queries.
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