Transaction Tax Manager

We are looking for a Corporate Tax Assistant Manager or Manager to join our Transaction Tax team.

Location is flexible across our Scottish and Newcastle offices.

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.
• Collaborate 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 – whether it’s our clients, our communities or most importantly, our people, who now number over 900 across the UK.

We work with individuals and businesses all over the country and our expertise covers almost every industry sector. We’re also an independent member firm of Moore Global Network Limited, a global accounting and advisory network of over 37,000 advisers across 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 a range of ways to support our people to make sure every voice is heard, including our People and Culture Forum, and we encourage each of our sharp minds to be leaders of their work and learning.

You can read more about our culture and values here.

In the last 10 years we’ve raised more than £450,000 for charity and continuously evolved our commitment to sustainable business practices. We are Gold sponsors of the Kiltwalk and also partner with Netball Scotland and England Netball, creating an enduring impact on the ground in our communities.

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, and you’ll be joining an award-winning tax 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 the team took home another Tolley’s win – Best Private Client Tax Practice, praised by judges for how we put clients “at the heart” of all our work. We do more than crunch numbers – you’ll build close relationships with our clients, truly getting under the skin of their businesses and providing advice and guidance that offers real value.

And, with expertise across a range of industry sectors, there’s no shortage of variety in the work we do. We’re also an independent member firm of Moore Global Network Limited, a global accounting and advisory network of over 30,000 advisers…