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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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Senior Tax Manager
This is a unique opportunity for a tax professional with experience advising landed estates, rural businesses, trusts and high-net-worth individuals. The role combines technical tax work, advisory projects and senior client relationship management, with real scope to influence service delivery and strategy within a highly regarded private client team.Bristol -
Senior Tax Manager
This is a high-level opportunity for a technically strong tax professional to manage complex business tax matters for owner-managed businesses, SMEs and corporate groups, combining compliance oversight with advisory and planning work. You’ll work closely with Partners and senior stakeholders, contributing to client strategy, technical excellence and the continued development of the firm’s business tax offering.Bristol -
Senior Tax Manager
This is a senior, specialist role for a tax professional who enjoys working on complex and sensitive matters, acting as a trusted adviser to clients and leading engagements involving HMRC correspondence, negotiations and settlements. You’ll work closely with Partners and senior stakeholders, supporting clients through enquiries while helping to shape and develop the firm’s HMRC-focused offering.Bristol -
Tax Manager
This is an excellent opportunity for an employment tax specialist to work closely with owner-managed businesses, SMEs and larger organisations, advising on PAYE, NIC, benefits and share schemes. The role offers a strong mix of technical work, client interaction and advisory exposure, alongside the opportunity to influence and develop the firm’s employment tax offering.Bristol -
Senior Corporate Tax Manager
This is a senior opportunity for a technically strong corporate tax professional to manage complex client relationships, oversee high-level compliance and advisory work, and support the strategic development of the corporate tax function. You’ll work closely with Partners and senior stakeholders, with real influence over client work, team development and service delivery.Bristol -
Corporate Tax Manager
A leading accountancy practice in Bristol is seeking an experienced Corporate Tax Manager to take responsibility for a growing corporate tax portfolio and play a key role in delivering high-quality tax services to a broad client base.Bristol -
Tax Manager
This role is ideal for a VAT specialist who enjoys working closely with clients, providing technical guidance and supporting advisory projects across a varied client base. You’ll play a key role in managing VAT matters for SMEs, owner-managed businesses and more complex entities, while working closely with senior leadership on technical and strategic issues.Droitwich -
Tax Senior
This role offers the opportunity to work closely with high-net-worth individuals, owner-managed business owners and private clients, delivering high-quality personal tax compliance alongside exposure to advisory and planning work. It is well suited to a Personal Tax Senior who enjoys client interaction, technical work and long-term progression within public practice.Droitwich -
Corporate Tax Senior
This role offers the opportunity to work closely with owner-managed businesses, SMEs and corporate clients, delivering high-quality corporate tax compliance while gaining exposure to advisory work. It is ideal for a Corporate Tax Senior who enjoys technical work, client interaction and wants to continue developing within a supportive public practice environment.Droitwich -
Tax Manager
This is an excellent opportunity for a Tax Manager to join a well-established accountancy firm in Exeter. You’ll manage a varied tax portfolio, deliver both compliance and advisory services, and play a key role in supporting clients and developing the wider tax team.Exeter
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To succeed in Tax Accounts, you need a healthy mix of interpersonal skills and an acute eye for detail. You also need to be reasonably computer literate.
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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