Senior Tax Specialist

Overview

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working pro-actively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively.

You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. You will be a key member of the Global Employer Services group; this role will provide reward and share schemes services for a wide range of clients. You will be responsible for assisting Directors & Partners in providing Tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients.

The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of existing clients and assist with the development of targets in order to ensure the continued growth of the business. You will also provide assistance to senior members of staff in both client work and in the management of the group, as appropriate.

• Advise on the tax treatment of share options and other forms of employee share ownership
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of EMI, ESS and reward tax, including related areas such as employment, NIC and capital gains tax
• Provide expertise on split interest, freezer and nil paid arrangements
• Prepare share valuations and liaise with HMRC
• Manage and mentor staff experience
• Be aware of accounting, employment law and company law implications of share incentives
• Dealt directly with clients including agreement of fees
• Educational requirements:
  
  degree level (LLB preferred), and/or CTA and/or ATT/ACA qualified or equivalent

• Ability to advise on the tax treatment of share options and other forms of employee share ownership
• In-depth knowledge of EMI, ESS and related reward tax areas
• Experience with share valuations and liaison with HMRC
• Staff management and mentoring experience
• Awareness of accounting, employment law and company law implications of share incentives
• Experience of dealing directly with clients including agreement of fees
• Educated to degree level (LLB preferred), and/or CTA and/or ATT/ACA qualified or equivalent

We re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today s changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain s economic engine—ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy—and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We ll broaden your horizons. Working, achieving, and thriving together, our Tax team move with every challenge.

Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients  evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you re after a career that will keep you on your toes, we ll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward.

Global Employer Services help companies and individuals moving countries and assist with any tax implications that occur in the move. Working with a broad client base, from start-ups to multinationals who are often moving abroad for the first time, the team work with companies as a whole and with individual employees to help them with some of the biggest decisions of their lives.

That means you ll need strong people skills so you can build relationships defined by trust. You ll be part of growing tight-knit team with an emphasis on assigning work that broadens your capabilities. Combined with the direct access you ll have to partners on a day-to-day basis, this is your chance to become an expert and build a career based…