Tax, Assistant Manager

The role

We are looking for an experienced Assistant Manager to join our growing and dynamic team to support with the delivery of employment tax services for a varied portfolio of clients.

The work will be varied as the client base of the team is across a diverse range of business sectors across the different offices.

The annual employment tax compliance cycle is the key focus of the role, which includes dealing the P11

Ds, PSA, STBV and ERS reporting. From working on the compliance cycle, you will be expected to be able to identify advisory opportunities for the team.

• Provide timely and technically accurate advice on employment tax matters, including pay and benefits, employee status and payroll compliance
• Support clients with compliance duties such as year-end reporting, due diligence and policy reviews
• Assist in supervising and mentoring junior team members, guiding their technical development and ensuring high-quality client deliverables.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of employment tax legislation and changes

Applicants should be CTA and/or ACA qualified.

The role will suit someone proactive; they should possess the confidence and professionalism to establish credibility at all levels, be commercially minded and have a clear perception of client requirements. Candidates should be able to market their skills and those of the firm, both on a one-to-one basis and in presentations. They should be innovative with vision, creativity and flair.

Candidates will require recent practical experience of running an employment tax compliance portfolio.

Whilst technical skills are obviously important, this position also requires a team-orientated and flexible personality, alongside the experience of organising the delivery of tax work, problem solving and the ability to use their own initiative.

• A 35-hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week
• Excellent benefits including; contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies
• Eligibility for the firm's Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December
• Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme.

Saffery LLP is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK's 15th largest accountancy firm.

When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title. We're a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We're committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset - our people.

As a proud member of Nexia, a leading, international network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we've got access to local insight on a global scale.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.

We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.