Senior Trusts & Tax Manager

Location

Guildford, Surrey | United Kingdom

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Our client is a leading UK and international law firm which provides high quality legal advice tailored to both businesses and individuals. We address the specific objectives of each client through a flair and technical expertise and offer a personal service founded on a strong team ethic.

Today, they have offices in London, Birmingham, Guildford, Singapore, Paris and more.

They have 140+ partners and over 850 people in total.

They are now eager to recruit a Senior Trusts & Tax Manager for their Guildford office.

Responsibilities:

Our team in Guildford is looking to hire a senior trusts and tax manager. Candidates should have good communication and organisational skills and be motivated to support a successful and growing team with an interesting and diverse client base.  The role offers excellent quality work in a collegiate and supportive environment and candidates should be committed to developing their technical skills with the support of active mentoring from colleagues and the firm’s Knowledge team to service clients and develop their own careers as well as to mentoring and supporting the development of more junior members of the team.

• To undertake fee-earning work and provide a profitable contribution to the work of the division. To contribute to the successful development of the firm in line with the business plan and firms commonality of purpose. To deliver a high quality commercial legal service ensuring personal compliance with quality standards and professional ethics. Provide direct assistance to the Trust and Tax Director and tax/accountancy support to the wider Private Client team. Lead on client relationships, progressing matters to successful conclusion. Liaise with clients, intermediaries and tax authorities in a clear and relevant manner. Identify and advising on tax-planning opportunities for clients. Supervision and preparation of:

• Trust and estate accounts Company and personal, estate and trust tax computations HM Revenue & Customs forms associated Various accounting reports for UK and overseas tax compliance matters

• Assist in overseeing the team’s caseload of individuals, trusts and estates. Preparation of tax forms including SA100, SA900, IHT100, CT600 Preparing CGT calculations Preparing trust accounts Preparing estate accounts Preparing 60 day CGT submissions Preparing non-resident trust tax pool calculations

Assist and provide tax advice to clients of the firm Support in business development opportunities for the team Support development of Trainee Tax and Accounts Manager.

Qualifications:

• Enthusiastic and motivated to learn at a fast pace, with the desire to further increase

Knowledge and progress to leadership positions.

• A strong team orientation, working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve the teams strategic aims.
• Competent user of business information systems and in particular advanced user of MS Excel. Must have completed ATT qualification, along with having specialist knowledge of relevant area of law. Expected to have completed or begun CTA qualification

• Receptive to facilitate and support change
• Comfortable working under pressure with the ability to plan and prioritise work; appreciation of fee earner needs and constraints; commercially aware
• Achieve the competencies for an Associate level member of the team. 

The firm operates a hybrid agile working policy allowing employees to work from home (or another UK location) for at least 50% of their time.  Individuals can also apply for other flexible working options either at the time of recruitment or during the course of their employment.

At our firm, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is a priority and at the heart of everything we do. We actively want to attract a diverse workforce and welcome applications from everyone, from all backgrounds. We are committed to promoting an inclusive culture where everyone can be their full selves and experience being seen and heard.

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Salary

£90k per annum