Job Description

About Armstrong Watson LLP

As an expanding business with 19 offices at present, Armstrong Watson LLP is a leading independent accountancy firm ranked in the top 35 firms of accountants and business advisers.

With approximately 550 colleagues, our people and our culture are at the heart of what we do. We recognise the unique impact our employees have on not only our clients, but also our colleagues and the communities in which we operate in. Our success is dependent on every colleague behaving consistently across all four of our values: Passion, Trust, Honesty and Humanity.

The Role

Our Private Client Tax Team are now recruiting a Tax Senior to Assist the Private Client Team, especially the Agriculture Tax Senior Manager with delivering Tax planning project to AW clients. The successful candidate for this position will be based at either our Newcastle or Hexham office.

The key elements of this role will include but not be limited to:

• Having involvement with and being responsible for obtaining information from clients in relation to tax planning projects as well communicating with other services lines, keeping them up to date with progress of the project and dealing/communicating with third parties
• Assisting the Private Client Team with the provision of advice to clients including, Capital Gains tax, IHT, income tax planning, business restructuring, estates and trusts, and stamp duty land tax as appropriate
• Supporting clients with their ongoing compliance needs
• Identifying advisory opportunities from the compliance portfolio
• Supporting senior tax team in dealing with ad hoc queries from the wider business
• Keeping up to date with taxation legislation and identify potential issues, bringing those issues to the attention of the Tax Director / Tax Partner as appropriate
• Onboarding new clients and being responsible for drafting risk management documentation on all matters

The Candidate

In order to fulfil the role, we expect a candidate to:

• Be AAT qualified as a minimum and ideally have completed or be in the process of completing their ATT qualification, or be looking to progress to completion of tax exams
• Practical knowledge of the preparation of SME accounts
• Knowledge of agricultural businesses (preferable but not necessary)
• Be experienced dealing directly with clients and ensuring they receive an outstanding level of customer service
• Be confident when communicating (in both verbal and written form) as they will need to be able to deal directly with clients and colleagues within other service lines across the firm

The Benefits

In return for your hard work helping us shape our future growth and development; we will provide a competitive salary and a positive benefits package which includes:

• 3.1% Employer Contribution Pension Scheme including Life Cover and Income Protection
• Enhanced Annual Leave which will increase throughout your length of service and option an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme allowing you to buy up to 5 additional days annual leave each year
• Flexible & Smart Working - giving you the ability to balance home-working, office location etc.
• Life Cover of 4x your salary
• Health Shield Cash Plan (provides cash back on a range of Health benefits and discounts on fashion, entertainment, holidays etc)
• Introductory Commission Scheme (financial reward if you refer a new client)
• Employee Assistance Programme (confidential support for emotional wellbeing)
• Employee Referral Scheme (financial reward if you refer new AW colleagues) of up to \xc2\xa32,500
• Detailed and thorough on-the-job training
• Reviews and appraisals with your management team to ensure regular communication and providing you with a platform to enhance your career

In addition to all the benefits you would expect from an award winning employer, you will be given the utmost encouragement and support to develop your career further.

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