Assistant Manager – Corporate Tax

Direct Partner access. Real client involvement. Genuine variety.

You’re CTA qualified, working in a dedicated corporate tax role and looking for somewhere to deepen your technical work and grow into advisory but not get pigeon holed into a particular area or lost in a large team. This role might be exactly the move you’re looking for.

You’ll be working alongside Graeme Blair, our Corporate Tax Partner, in a brand new role sitting at the centre of how Corporate Tax is delivered across the firm. Collaborating with our Audit & Accounts team during engagements, in client meetings, on client site where it makes sense, and contributing to advisory pieces with Graeme directly.

There’s no drowning in a client portfolio dealing with the same work again and again. That’s not how the Corporate Tax offering works here. Instead, you’ll use your experience supporting work across the firm, giving you exposure to a broader range of clients and projects from the outset. At this stage of your career, that breadth and the technical depth is the ticket.

Here’s how Graeme describes it:

Picture a Venn diagram — the Audit team’s corporate tax work on one side, the more complex advisory work on the other. This role sits right in the middle.”

That’s the role in one sentence. You’ll prepare and review corporation tax computations alongside the Audit team during engagements, attend client meetings as the corporate tax voice in the room, and pick up advisory work with Graeme on the more complex pieces.

It’s the kind of combined exposure that’s surprisingly hard to find. In larger firms you’d typically be siloed into either compliance or advisory. Here you get both, alongside a Partner who knows the work inside out and is invested in your development.

What the work looks like

Collaborating with the Audit team

• Preparing and reviewing corporation tax computations within audit engagements, on site where required
• Attending client meetings alongside auditors, contributing the corporate tax view directly to clients
• Acting as the day-to-day corporate tax point of contact for the audit team, working with Graeme on the complex stuff
• Supporting audit planning and helping shape engagement scoping
• Helping develop the audit team’s corporate tax awareness through coaching and structured training

Working with Graeme on advisory

• Supporting advisory engagements through technical research, analysis and preparing client recommendations
• Getting involved in group restructures, transactions (acquisitions, MBOs, EOTs), international tax, capital allowances and tax planning
• Taking on more advisory ownership over time as your experience and confidence grow

You won’t be expected to lead from day one, but the involvement will grow quickly and is determined by your experience and technical knowledge gained to date, with a clear progression path into a Corporate Tax Manager role and beyond as your experience builds.

Who we’re looking for

This role will suit someone who:

• Is CTA qualified, with experience gained in a dedicated corporate tax function
• Has a solid technical grounding in the core areas: group relief, capital allowances, SSE, CIR, the basics of international tax, and understands how corporate tax interacts with the financial statements
• Has had exposure to advisory work, whether within a compliance-led role or alongside more senior colleagues
• Isn’t just comfortable getting into the detail, but thrives on it, working things through properly, and contributing to more complex work as their experience develops
• Isn’t fazed in client-facing situations and takes ownership of their work
• Knows when to seek input rather than guess

Particularly strong fits will have:

• Dual qualification (CTA with ACA or ACCA)
• Experience gained within a mid-sized practice
• Some exposure to PFI work or pension buy-ins
• A track record of working cross-functionally with audit teams
• Exposure to tax-related aspects of M&A, MBOs or EOTs

The practical bits

Salary: £55,000 – £65,000 per annum. 
Hours: 35 per week
Location: Hybrid, 3 days office / 2 days home
Holiday: 33 days

Interested? Submit a copy of your CV and our talent team will be in touch. Everyone who applies will receive a response.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, experiences and identities, including those from underrepresented groups.

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