Associate Director - Tax

About This Role

This role as an Associate Director in Private Capital Corporate Tax involves advising entrepreneurial businesses on tax issues, from compliance to advisory projects. It suits a tax professional who can build strong client relationships and lead a team in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Advise a broad range of clients on various tax issues, covering compliance and advisory projects
• Be actively involved in client meetings, concisely and confidently answering client queries
• Engender trust and respect from clients by producing high-quality tax advice accurately, delivering on expectations and deadlines
• Lead from the front in delivering client work, engaging with wider Tax teams to ensure correct skill utilisation on all projects
• Take responsibility for developing more junior team members, understanding their career aspiration and supporting this delivery
• Provide intelligent and creative solutions to client tax issues both reactively and proactively, taking an active approach to cross-selling wider solutions for other teams around the GT network
• Lead on pitch/proposals and actively grow the business by being present in the market and demonstrating capabilities to clients and targets

Requirements

• Professional qualification (CTA/ACA/ACCA or equivalent) with post-qualification experience
• Confident in managing a portfolio of entrepreneurial business clients
• Strong knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation and a working knowledge of international concepts
• Experience reviewing work and supervising people in a tax environment
• Experience working within a professional services environment
• Experience managing a large portfolio of tax clients
• Demonstrable Business Development experience
• An eagerness to develop deep knowledge of the firm’s services and capabilities

Benefits

• Tailored development programmes and access to coaching
• Flexible bank holidays – allowing you to celebrate the days that are important to you
• Pension
• Life assurance
• Private medical
• Additional holiday purchasing
• Health benefits
• Access to shopping discounts
• Gym memberships
• Financial advice

About the Company

Grant Thornton provides audit, tax, and advisory services, empowering clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. With over 5,000 people in the UK and a presence in 150 global markets, the company is on an ambitious journey to achieve its potential.