Tax Accountant

An established and forward-thinking accountancy firm local to Nottingham are seeking a Tax Accountant to join their team.

Tax is an important part of this job, but it can either be part or the majority of the work, dependent on your preference the role can include managing the Tax department if that suits your skills and ambitions

The firm can also hire at an Accountant role (doing the work) or more of a Supervisor / Manager level, reviewing work and overseeing clients and potentially staff work

The firm are now seeking to hire a qualified (or potentially qualified by experience), senior member of the team, who can come in and hit the ground running. There is now a vacancy that can be any mix of accounts and tax, or it can be a role that focuses on one area of the two. The firm are ultimately open on the level and type of person which they hire, as they can shift things internally, to craft a role for the successful applicant.

Benefits

• Hybrid working options
• Free on-site parking (available outside work hours)
• Lunches provided and a stocked staff kitchen
• Negotiable holiday allowance
• Potential for private medical cover after an initial period

The firm are open within reason on the experience of the chosen person and can agree a bespoke salary and reward package to secure the right person for the long-term.

They are seeking to hire a professional, who will get involved in personal and corporate tax work alongside accounts, with ideally an AAT and/or CTA/ACA/ACCA qualification to go alongside this.

Main responsibilities (This list can be changed to suit the experience and wishes of the chosen candidate, with the blend of tax and accounts able to be changed):

• Accounts preparation, review of accounts and management of client accounts.
• Prepare/review CT600s, tax comps and iXBRL for SMEs; manage quarterly payments and group relief where relevant.
• Review quarterly/annual PSA, P11D(b)
• Capital allowances, loss relief, disclosures, and s455/DLA matters.
• File returns through TaxCalc
• Maintain WIP
• Shareholder extraction planning (salary/dividend mix), close company issues, s455/beneficial loans.
• CGT/Business Asset Disposal Relief, hold-over/gift relief basics; share reorganisations support.
• Property tax (individual/company), interest restrictions, ATED awareness.
• IHT basics (nil-rate bands, gifts, PETs/CLTs) and estate/trust compliance exposure.
• VAT touchpoints (registration, partial exemptions basics, option to tax triage) with hand-offs to specialists as needed.
• HMRC enquiries: draft responses, manage information requests, negotiate simple settlements.

This is an excellent opportunity to build your tax knowledge while working alongside experienced professionals in a collaborative environment.