Job Description

Location

Ipswich

Employment Type

Permanent

Department

Private Client, Trust & Probate


Description
Larking Gowen is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Private Client Tax Manager/Senior Manager or Director to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership and direction to our Private Client Tax team, ensuring that we deliver exceptional service to our clients.




Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will demonstrate:

Technical

Provide tax advisory services to clients, including managing tax compliance and planning projects. Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, ensuring their tax needs are met. Manage a team of tax professionals, driving growth and direction to maintain the highest delivery of first class quality and market leading services. Monitor and ensure compliance with relevant tax legislation and regulations. Stay up-to-date with changes in tax law and regulations, ensuring that clients are informed and prepared for any changes. Participate in business development activities, including proposal writing and client presentations. Review and sign-off on high risk tax returns and other related documents. Work collaboratively with other departments within the firm to ensure seamless service delivery to clients. Driving forward the Firm's values and visions with Partners across the firm.

General

Lead client contact in place of the partner. Responsibility for work planning across the team. Involvement in the recruitment and development of members of the team. Developing the team to ensure long term capability, utilising necessary leadership and management skills, promoting consistency with the Firm's values. Embrace the Firm's vision, mission and values and translate these into day-to-day actions to lead and develop others.

Business development

Actively seek out opportunities to develop and grow business within the private client tax team. Involvement in business development activities including developing a strong referral network, writing marketing materials for client and potential clients. Involvement in seminars. Maintain up-to-date understanding of client's affairs to spot planning opportunities. Maintain good working relationships with clients. Awareness of the wide range of Larking Gowen services and ability to spot opportunities to potentially sell those services. Develop a strong internal network to develop. Active involvement in office marketing events, when appropriate, acting as an 'ambassador' of the Firm.

Task management

Ensure the Firm carries out its professional duties properly. Managing the Firms' risk. Acting as a mentor for other members of the team. Consistently achieve deadlines and understand the commercial implications of actions relating to productivity, recoverability, fee income and client service.

Training

Attend training courses as identified in order to develop both technical and personal skills and keep records for compliance purposes.
Other Responsibilities:

Adheres to the Firm's risk management policies and procedures. Undertakes other duties to meet the demands of the business.

Desirables:

Education and qualification

CTA, ACA, ACCA, (or equivalent)
Experience


Essential:

Significant experience within practice Strong business acumen and commercial awareness Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop a team Proven ability to adapt quickly to changing deadline and priorities Experience in business development with a track record of securing clients Ability to work flexibly as part of a team Ability to respond to risks in an appropriate fashion

Desirable

Undertaking firm-wide responsibilities Experience of the use of CCH

Requirements

Manager/Senior Manager/Director

Based in

Ipswich

Working hours

Flexible

Starting from

47,000

This role is graded at Level 7, 8 or 9 within our job grading framework.Working at Larking Gowen
At Larking Gowen, our people get the very best career opportunities in accountancy and business advice. Whether you're just starting out and you're looking for an Apprenticeship or Graduate opportunity or you've been working in the business for some time, we'll make sure you get all the support you need to take you to the next step in your career and beyond.



We pride ourselves on being a friendly business that looks after our people and is active in the community. As soon as you join us, you'll be working hands-on, and starting to build your own professional relationships.



Larking Gowen has been around for more than 130 years. We have gone from strength to strength and have built our reputation for loyalty and reliability. We're also forward looking, keeping abreast of change in a fast-moving environment.

Platinum credited training provider

Pension scheme (salary exchange)

Paid professional subscriptions

Rewards for client referrals

Social responsibility and charity support

Social and sports activities

Suggestion scheme and Innovation Fund

Paid holiday and option to purchase additional holiday through salary exchange

Corporate membership providing discounts on theatre and arts

Market Leading MediCash Programme

Employee Assistance Programme

3 x salary Death In Service