Are you looking for a new challenge? Then look no further than this exciting opportunity which has arisen as part of the Reading office of this Big 4 firm. As its biggest office outside of London, you will be offered exposure to a diverse international client base across a range of sectors. The practice contains a number of highly regarded industry and specialist experts who work within an innovative and cutting edge tax group. The office offers excellent opportunity for professional and personal development in a challenging and stimulating environment. You will work closely with clients to build practical and creative approaches to devising remuneration and benefits strategies. As one of the largest specialist tax teams of its kind, this group offers expertise in remuneration planning, employment tax consulting and share schemes to FTSE 250 companies and household names amongst others.
The role
As a Manager in this team, you will have overall responsibility for a portfolio of clients and will be able to develop and manage client relationships. You will ensure that your team maintains excellent service delivery and technical standards in addition to seeking to develop new clients and offerings with support.
As an Assistant Manager, you will be the first point of contact for clients, and be accountable for project management and ensuring the delivery of work. You will manage more junior staff, as well as start to develop your own client base.
This team gets involved in a challenging variety of work including:
* Considering commercial considerations in connection with the structure and design of executive and employee share plans;
* Considering the likely views of shareholders and discussing the impact of plans with them;
* Linking plan design to the wider business objectives of the organisation;
* Advising on the tax, corporate governance and accounting implications of incentive plans and bonuses for both the employer and the employee;
* Designing executive and employee incentive plans in the context of company sales, purchases, flotations and other transactions;
* Drafting share plan and related documentation;
* Liaising with our share valuation group to agree share values with HMRC;
* Meeting with and advising clients;
* Advising on international share plans.
About you
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of share schemes, gained either in a large tax or law practice, or in an in-house compensation and benefits function. However, if you are ACA qualified or equivalent qualification or experience in any area of tax, or in audit, and have a genuine interest in share schemes, we would be keen to discuss your application with you.
You will also have the following attributes:
* Ability to work with and/or manage a varied portfolio of clients across a range of industry sectors;
* Be committed to providing the highest quality of client service and have the ability to build strong relationships, exceed client expectations and identify and follow up new business opportunities;
* Proven track record of managing and motivating a team; or a strong team player with some delegation experience;
* Have sound project management and organisational skills;
* Understanding of quality control and risk management processes.
We request applications to be submitted in a word format only.
Pure Recruitment Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles. Pure Recruitment Group Limited aims to promote diversity and equal opportunity through its work - we monitor and evaluate our performance on a regular basis.
Please note our advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the minimum level of experience that we anticipate will be needed to fulfil the position. However, we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role and they will be considered on an equal basis.
Pure Taxation was established in 1999 as part of the Pure Recruitment Group. Rather than imitate existing providers of tax recruitment consultancy, we sought to create a new methodology based on quality, relationships and integrity. Since then, Pure Taxation has become market leader in the UK because of our approach to recruitment and the excellence of our experienced consultants, making us a profitable business every year since inception.
Our current team comprises of 16 specialist consultants in London and Hong Kong focusing on permanent tax recruitment in the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific regions, three specialists in interim tax recruitment and four dedicated support and research staff, making us the largest dedicated tax recruiter in the UK.
