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This great opportunity will involve managing a portfolio of personal tax returns. There will be a requirement to prepare complex personal tax returns and review simpler tax returns prepared by junior members of the team.
You will be the primary point of contact for the majority of the clients in your portfolio.
Responsibilities also include assisting senior staff with advisory matters on personal tax matters, including preparation of advisory reports.
Why Menzies?
At Menzies, our culture is our cornerstone. We blend technical excellence with genuine care for our people and clients. With a National presence and over 1000 colleagues in the UK, we’ve built a culture based on shared values and mutual respect. Here’s why you’ll love working with us:
Why Join Us?
At Menzies, we know that success starts with our people. That’s why we offer:
Career Development: From learning opportunities to career coaching, we’ll help you achieve your goals.
Competitive Benefits: Private medical cover, pension matching, and enhanced parental leave, to name a few.
Flexibility That Works for You: Agile working is embedded in our culture.
Perks That Go Beyond: From volunteering days to wellbeing initiatives, we care about your whole self.
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Preparing complex personal tax returns.
- Managing a portfolio of personal tax clients, ensuring key deadlines are met.
- Assist junior team members with training and queries.
- Reviewing simple tax returns prepared by junior team members.
- Identify and support advisory opportunities.
- Manage client relationships.
- Assist with wider compliance obligations of the tax team. This may expand to include CGT returns & calculations, IHT returns, trust regulations, etc.
- Any other ad-hoc duties that may be required, including assisting with advisory work in a range of areas, e.g., residency/ domicile issues / property issues/ IHT, trusts & estates.
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ATT qualified or equivalent.
- Good technical tax knowledge and experience in preparing personal tax returns.
- Developing experience in managing a compliance portfolio.
- Good communication and inter-personal skills.
- Ideally would have experience in preparing advisory reports
- Experience of looking after own client allocation for the annual compliance cycle.
- Working with SME clients at a mid-tier UK accounting firm.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels and provide excellent client care.
- Demonstrable experience of working with increasingly complex tax returns and a varied portfolio.
At Menzies, we know that success starts with our people. That’s why we offer:
Career Development: From learning opportunities to career coaching, we’ll help you achieve your goals.
Competitive Benefits: Private medical cover, pension matching, and enhanced parental leave, to name a few.
Flexibility That Works for You: Agile working is embedded in our culture.
Perks That Go Beyond: From volunteering days to wellbeing initiatives, we care about your whole self.
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Menzies is a proudly independent UK business advisory and accountancy practice with true national coverage and international connections. As a full-service firm with strong sector specialisms, we have a proven track record supporting both businesses, not-for-profits and individuals to successfully reach their financial goals.
We focus on optimising clients’ businesses financially, operationally, and strategically. We employ approximately 1100 trusted advisors in Audit, Tax & Advisory Services, across 11 locations UK wide.
Our industry sector specialisation sets us apart. Expert teams work in collaboration with each other delivering a host of business, tax and commercial advisory projects over and above the market leading assurance and compliance work undertaken for UK and International clients.
We continue to take a relationship-led approach to our client relationships. We use our Brighter Thinking methodology to empower clients with greater confidence and certainty in the face of increasing complexity.
Founded in 1912, Menzies is headquartered in London with coverage nationally in England & Wales and has 1100+ employees and a turnover of £110m. Our clients are mid-size and large privately held corporates, non-profits, and individuals, across the UK and internationally via major market country-desks, and in 157 countries globally through Menzies membership of HLB, the global advisory and accounting network.
