Corporate Tax Assistant Manager

At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance. A true alternative.

With over 5,000 people in the UK, and a presence in 150 global markets, we're on an ambitious journey, from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. And with that comes the opportunity to help redefine what our industry looks like, and what you want from your career.

Corporate Tax AM

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Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals. The Corporate and Multinational tax team specialises in working with large complex businesses to navigate the ever-changing corporate tax landscape, manage tax risk and ensure compliance with relevant tax laws and regulations. In everything we do our aim is to deliver tailored, proactive and value add service to our clients.

We combine technical expertise with a commercial approach, to build a strong trusted adviser relationship with our clients.  We work with sophisticated tax teams, which means that the work we do is technically challenging and international. We have ambitious growth plans and are looking for a curious, self-motivated and enthusiastic Assistant Manager with a UK corporation tax background to work within our team.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role 

As a member of the Corporate and Multinational tax team, you will have the opportunity to work with a varied client base, from listed groups to large Private Equity backed businesses.

As a Corporate Tax Assistant Manager you will:

• Be advising a broad range of clients on a range of tax issues, covering a range of compliance and advisory projects.
• Manage the preparation of tax provisions and returns, and ensuring tax reporting obligations and compliance deadlines are met and a high level of client service is provided
• Be responsible for preparation of tax technical advisory reports
• Support on day-to-day client communications and, together with the senior team, deliver solutions for client advisory projects.

• Manage budgets, WIP and overall day to day running of client projects
• Provide on the job support and coaching to junior team members

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining us as a Corporate Tax Manager the minimum criteria you’ll need is a professional qualification (ATT, CTA, ACA, ICAS or ACA) with post qualification experience, and an ability to manage a recurring portfolio of tax clients. 

It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.  

• UK corporation tax technical skills, including experience with both tax provisioning and advisory projects.
• Experience in preparing corporate tax computations, including an awareness of the hybrid and other mismatch rules, interest deductibility, controlled foreign companies regime, Pillar 2, etc 

• Self-motivated and strong team player. Curious and driven to learn.

• Strong oral and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with Alphatax, Power BI, Microsoft Office, and other relevant software

Knowing we’re right for you 

The culture at Grant Thornton is what sets us apart, we’re known for our inclusive culture and creating environments where all our people can flourish. The things that set you apart, we value them, and this helps us all to perform at our best.  

Our values are the unwavering principles that shape our daily behaviours and decisions, alongside our drive to do the right thing. We’re looking for people who align with our values and are purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind. You can learn more about our values in practice here.  

It’s not just about our culture and values, in addition to a competitive salary and reward package, us you’ll also get: 

• Tailored development programmes and access to coaching  

• Flexible bank holidays – allowing you to celebrate the days that are important to you  

• Benefits including pension, life assurance and private medical, additional holiday purchasing and health benefits 

• Any benefits giving you access to shopping discounts, gym memberships, financial advice  

And more. Visit our benefits section to read more.  

How we work 

We have a trust-based way of working, driven by responsible people who have the best interests of our firm and our clients at heart. Our how we work framework gives flexibility in where, how, and when we work to deliver the best results for our clients, whilst helping you keep a balance between work and life. Life is more than work, the things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles.  That is how it should be. 
 
We’re looking for people who can help drive the business forward, who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be. 

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