Private Client Tax Senior Manager - Aberdeen

Your new company

This is the opportunity to join an excellent accountancy firm based in their Aberdeen office. The firm has roots across both Scotland and the United Kingdom and offers a range of service lines including audit, tax, business services and corporate finance. The firm boasts an excellent reputation in the market, placing the upmost importance on both client and staff wellbeing and satisfaction. The firm is able to offer the successful candidate excellent career progression opportunities alongside an interesting and varied workload with the support and collaboration of their current team.

Your new role

* Manage the client portfolio, and build on existing relationships with clients and their wider professional network to ensure satisfaction with services provided, collaborating with clients, client staff and identifying opportunities to support them further
* Provision of high level technical and tax planning advice to clients, working as necessary with other Senior Managers, Directors and partners
* Involvement with day-to-day team operations, ensuring internal and external expectations are achieved, such as supporting the leadership team in setting and delivering the strategic targets
* Maintaining an up-to-date technical knowledge of business tax, personal tax and capital taxes
* Mentoring, training, support and work delegation to team members as well as overseeing them in all aspects of the portfolio, ensuring deadlines and demands are met by the wider client engagement team offering feedback as/when required
* Liaising with the client service team and with colleagues in other disciplines to provide a co-ordinated service to the clients
* Managing a diverse portfolio of personal tax clients, ensuring a high quality tax compliance service
* Develop and grow the department and the firm by identifying and progressing opportunities to promote the business in the marketplace, sourcing new opportunities and securing new work, with the support of the wider senior management team and Business Development team
* Ensuring compliance with internal (tax methodology and risk management) and external (regulatory) requirements.

What you'll need to succeed

The successful candidate will be a highly experienced tax professional holding a professional qualification such as CTA or ACCA. You will boast excellent technical knowledge and be comfortable overseeing your own portfolio of clients alongside managing and mentoring a team of more junior staff. The ideal candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills and be comfortable carrying out continuous client-facing work.

What you'll get in return

Alongside a competitive salary and an interesting, varied role, the post offers benefits including:

* 35 days annual leave with a buy / sell scheme
* Life assurance
* Maternity and paternity cover
* Retail discounts
* Health cash plan
* Private medical care
* Strong pension contribution
* Continuous career development opportunities

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