Manager - Personal Tax

Manager - Personal Tax at Affinia

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Affinia is a UK Top 35 Accounting firm, where we support our clients with everything from day-to-day Accounting, Audit and Tax planning, to strategic business advice, compliance and specialist services such as Cloud Accounting, Payroll and Mergers & Acquisitions across a wide range of sectors. We are committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of our work, adapting to the evolving regulatory landscape while consistently exceeding client expectations.

We focus on building authentic connections, collaboration and growth, both with our clients and colleagues with over 300 years’ experience, bringing together financial experts from across London, East Anglia & Southeast England. We have more than 500 accountancy professionals across our 15 offices and advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across seven principal practice groups:
Accountancy & Advisory, Tax and Planning, Audit Services, Corporate Finance, Digital Solutions, Payroll and Financial Planning.

We have invested continuously in technology and gained in-depth knowledge across a broad range of markets, growing through acquisitions and private investment. We offer an exceptional service to our clients, with access to our sector experts to develop the strategy that will help them reach their goals. We keep a finger on the industry pulse, so our clients receive the best short to medium and long‑term advice.

We can offer flexible and hybrid working and provide access to training providers such as Croner‑i, Tolley’s, Mercia and Linked In Learning to meet the needs of our people from both a hard and soft skills perspective. We also work with an Apprenticeship provider to offer the combination of paid work and access to professional qualifications.

In joining Affinia, you will be part of a growing, successful, forward‑thinking and dynamic tax department. This role involves significant leadership, strategic financial management, high‑level client relationship management and driving growth for the Tax Service Line. We are seeking an experienced individual of Personal Tax compliance processes and workflow. However, there is also ample opportunity to get involved in high‑value advisory work for a varied portfolio of individuals.

You will be involved in the delivery of ad‑hoc projects and the preparation of bespoke tax planning reports. Having a commercial mindset will be key as you will need to play a role in business development. This includes spotting opportunities for growth within existing clients and pitching for new business. As well as guiding and mentoring a team of tax staff, you will also need to play a pivotal role in supporting the leaders of the Tax Service Line in delivering a strategic and successful approach.

We operate a hybrid working model, so you can split your time between the office, client sites when required and from home when you are able. We provide both technical/hard and ‘soft’ skills training through platforms such as Tolley’s, Mercia, Croner‑i and Linked In Learning.

• Management of a large portfolio of individuals and unincorporated businesses, covering a broad range of affairs and complexity.
• Management of the entire team’s compliance cycle, from overseeing the preparation of documents, subsequent reviews, advising clients directly of their tax positions and submission to HMRC.
• Complete and review complex compliance work to the highest of standards and using this touch point to continually identify tax planning opportunities for clients and subsequently pursue them.
• Line managing and mentoring junior members of the tax team.
• Assisting with the internal tax training of staff within the team.
• Consistently act as an example to the staff around you and demonstrate the importance of integrity and high‑quality work.
• Working collaboratively with staff across all our office locations to constantly improve our compliance processes and ensure that we continue to be at the cutting edge of tax technology enabling efficient delivery of…