Tax Manager - Expatriate / Global Mobility

Our client has an excellent opportunity for an experienced Tax Manager in their Expat Team. They offer a great working environment and genuine opportunity to develop your career. We are seeking a tax professional with previous expat experience and would suit a newly qualified Tax Manager or a well-established senior looking for their next step up.

You will need to have proven expertise in global mobility and be prepared to manage ongoing compliance work. You will l also be responsible for a wide range of advisory projects for a variety of clients - both corporates and individuals. Support and guidance will be given to the successful candidate, who should clearly demonstrate their enthusiasm for a new challenge.

The role:

• Advising corporates on assignment moves including UK tax and social security implications, impact on UK payroll, contacting overseas offices to manage the host country implications
• Conducting arrival and departure briefings for individuals leaving or coming to the UK. This will include the tax implications of personal income and gains as well as corporate structures and temporary non-resident rules
• Managing the income tax return process for a portfolio of clients, including tax return review
• Highlighting issues from tax return information which may require additional advice (for example: expats coming up to the remittance basis charge date, non-resident landlord scheme applications)
• Dealing with ad hoc queries from clients on a variety of issues such as termination payments, EIS investments, life insurance policies and partial surrenders, etc
• Managing other requests such as non-resident capital gains tax returns, A1 applications, certificates of residence
• Liaising with the payroll bureau on expatriate matters such as modified payrolls, certificates of coverage, net of credit tax schemes, short term business visitor arrangements
• Technical research and preparation of letters/reports
• Dealing with HMRC enquiries and disclosures and all related work
• Reviewing work in progress and raising fees as appropriate on a timely basis

The person:

• Able to build long term relationships with clients
• Have at least 2 years Expatriate tax experience with excellent technical knowledge of UK income and capital taxation
• You will need to have experience of managing a portfolio of clients
• You could be at senior looking for that next step into a Manager role or currently a Manager grade looking for future career progression. We are open to reviewing profiles from both levels of seniority
• Speaking French would be an advantage

Benefits:

• Life assurance at 2 x salary
• Income protection insurance (IPI) which is payable after 13 weeks of sick % salary (less an amount for any deemed state benefits as determined by the insurer) pro
• After 3 months you will be eligible to chose from a menu of benefits, which currently include:
• Pension - in line with current legislation you will be automatically enrolled after 3 months and you will pay 3% and the firm will pay 5% and your life assurance will increase to 4 x salary
• Critical illness cover
• Dental insurance
• Additional life assurance
• Childcare vouchers
• Purchase of additional holiday
• Retail vouchers
• Alongside the scheme there is unlimited access to a discount scheme, offering a wide variety of discounts across a whole range of products and services, including discounted gym membership rates
• Free flu jabs