Transaction Tax Manager

Job Purpose

A role in our Transaction Taxes team will put you front and centre of our clients’ ambitions. We advise on the tax implications of a full range of transactions, from acquisitions and disposals to MBOs and internal reorganisations. It’s a role with diverse requirements and huge learning opportunities, firmly rooted in a spirit of partnership with our clients.

• Provide technical tax advice on a range of issues, including mergers & acquisitions, exits, refinancing, equity raising, debt raising, and business reorganisation.
• Support on delivery of tax due diligence assignments.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and intermediaries, providing excellent client service and identifying opportunities to provide value‑added services.
• Collaboration with wider firm colleagues to deliver a seamless client experience, including those in Corporate Finance, VAT/indirect taxes, Innovation Taxes and Entrepreneurial Taxes.
• Monitor changes in tax legislation and communicate the impact of these changes to clients and colleagues.
• Support and promote continual development of junior colleagues through training, coaching and provision of timely developmental feedback.

• A highly experienced Tax professional, operating at Assistant Manager grade or above.
• Relevant experience in this or a similar corporate tax or private client tax advisory‑focused role is preferred.
• A leader of your work and your professional learning.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to positively impact and influence others.
• Qualified CA and/or CTA (or equivalent) is essential.
• Experience of line management/coaching in an advisory setting is desirable.

Johnston Carmichael helps to build success stories that change lives – for our clients, communities and, most importantly, our people, who now number over 900 across the UK. We work across almost every industry sector and are an independent member firm of Moore Global Network Limited, a global accounting and advisory network of over 37,000 advisers in more than 114 countries.

Everything we do at Johnston Carmichael is underpinned by our four core values – Doing The Right Thing, Standing In Other People’s Shoes, Leading Our Future and Remaining Relevant. We’ve created ways to support our people so that every voice is heard, including our People and Culture Forum, and we encourage all to be leaders of their work and learning. In the last 10 years we’ve raised more than £450,000 for charity and evolved our commitment to sustainable business practices.

The role of a tax adviser is transforming; technology and legislation present opportunities for us to differentiate ourselves and provide an unsurpassed client service – with more efficiency, greater innovation and deeper insight. A career in tax at Johnston Carmichael is diverse and challenging, with an award‑winning practice spanning an extensive range of corporate, personal and specialist tax services. In 2019 we won the Tolley’s Taxation Award for Best Tax Practice in a Regional Firm, and in 2024 we took home another Tolley’s win for Best Private Client Tax Practice.

We also have expertise across a range of industry sectors and the opportunity to work with businesses globally.

As well as working with a great team of colleagues and enjoying the balance of hybrid and flexible working, we offer a range of benefits to make your time at JC even more fulfilling.

If you’re ready to write your success story with us, apply today.

At Johnston Carmichael we are committed to diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace. A copy of this policy will be made available on request. We also welcome applications from individuals who have had time away from paid employment.