Location – Aberdeen
A career within Corporate Tax services will provide you with the opportunity to help clients meet their tax obligations while managing the impact tax has on their business.
The role
As a Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
- Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
- Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
- Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
- Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions.
- Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
- Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
- Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.
You will be attached to our client’s Aberdeen office, but will work as part of their national Energy Tax team, giving you exposure to clients and deals across the UK. You will also get the chance to develop relationships with counterparts across the globe, given the firn’s international client base.
Our client prides themselves on their inclusive culture, value diversity and the uniqueness of each member of their team. Diversity, inclusion and fair work access are their core values. The team is fully supportive and actively encourages flexible working. The firm will work with you to agree the right balance and arrangement that works for you and them.
You will be responsible for the delivery of tax services to large Energy clients. Prior experience of UK ring fence taxation is desired for this role, and you will have a ready-made portfolio of clients in the upstream sector, as well as other Energy clients.
Key responsibilities
- Working with the Director team to develop client relationships and identify opportunities for the firm
- Managing a portfolio of Energy clients, being their primary contact for day to day tax matters
- Management of other teams (eg compliance) to ensure smooth delivery across all areas of corporate tax to your clients
- Varied advisory projects, including but not limited to – corporate restructuring, debt / equity reorganisations, corporate interest restriction, overseas and domestic permanent establishments, loss utilisation, etc
- If desired, delivery of tax due diligence and structuring to support M&A activity, either on existing clients or alongside the firm’s financial due diligence team
- Leading a team of more junior staff to help them develop and grow
- Staying current on sector developments and considering how this impacts clients
- Developing internal relationships with the wider Energy team’s line of services specialists
- Managing investment in client and related financial metrics.
Skills and attributes
- Practice-trained finance professional, with relevant qualification (e.g. ACA/ACCA/CTA).
- Experience of advising large corporate clients on UK ring fence tax matters.
- Proven client relationship skills and effective management of internal teams.
- Strong interpersonal skills and sustaining relationships over a period of time.
- Demonstrated business acumen through an interest in and either experience of sector issues or an enthusiasm to learn ultimately being confident discussing these issues with clients.
- Clear communication, and the ability to summarise complex tax matters.
- Ability to manage your own time and work to deadlines.
- Commitment to developing self, proactive mindset and desire to make the role your own.
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