Corporate Tax Manager / Associate Director

ForvisMazars cares about your career progression, offering individuallydesigned career paths that help you pursue your interests, matchyour changing needs, and explore your true potential. We work withdiverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors andgeographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update andgrow your skills for lifelong professionaldevelopment.

About theteam

'I have been withForvis Mazars for just over 4 years and what makes Forvis Mazarsdifferent is the friendliness of our team and the willingness ofeveryone in the team to help and collaborate on getting the rightadvice to our clients. We also have a strong culture inhelping staff to achieve their long-term goals at their pace.'(Steve Abbott, Tax Partner, Manchester)

We provide bespoke advice in all areas of taxation,helping our clients to navigatethe complexities of tax codes, often inmultiple areas of sector jurisdictions, andto help them ensure they are fulfilling alltheir obligations and paying the correct amountof tax. In this way we help them to manage anarea of significant financialand reputational risk and to make properlyinformed decisions about their tax positionwhether they are an individual, a business owner ora corporate organisation. Wealso help clients resolve any disputes theyhave with the tax authorities as swiftlyas possible.

About therole

Your role as AssociateDirector in our Manchester Corporate Tax team willinclude:

• Building long-termrelationships across a portfolio of clientswhich you will have responsibility for managing.
• Helping lead the Manchester tax compliance team,providing guidance, coaching and training to junior staff membersto help them maximise their career opportunities.
• Reviewing andapproving corporation tax computations and tax accounting,as well as undertaking some tax assurancereviews. Involved in ad-hoc advisory work that flows fromyour client base.
• Negotiating andraising timetables and fees and being responsible forWIP management onyour portfolio of clients.
• Proactively talkingto clients about tax opportunities whichmay be relevant to them, andworking with the tax partners, andwider tax team to deliver on suchwork.
• Being an active member of thenational Tax Team, ensure national procedures are rolled out andfully adopted in Manchester.
• Tax compliancework will represent at least 50% of this role but there isflexibility to mix this with advisory work for up to 50% of therole for the right candidate.

What are we lookingfor?

• Extensive experience ofworking with a portfolio of clients todeliver on annual Tax compliance andreporting requirements.
• Demonstrate broadand strong technical tax knowledgeand experience.
• Works effectively as partof a larger team, who proactively manages all teammembers.
• Broad experience ofmanaging the financials on clients, setting timetablesdelivering on budgetsand negotiating fees with clients.
• Experience of identifying opportunities for business development on tax clients (andideally across other service lines).
• Willingness to take on leadership roles both withinManchester and across the wider Tax team.
• Responsible for assisting the development of more juniorstaff through coaching.

About Forvis Mazars

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional servicesnetwork. The network operates under a single brand worldwide, withjust two members: Forvis Mazars LLP in the United States and ForvisMazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnershipoperating in over 100 countries and territories.

Both member firms share a commitment to providing anunmatched client experience, delivering audit & assurance, taxand advisory services around the world. Together, our strategicvision strives to move our clients, people, industry andcommunities forward. Through our reach and areas of expertise, wehelp organisations respond to emerging sustainability issues in theglobal marketplace including human rights, climate change,environmental impacts and culture.

We are onediverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a huge senseof connection and belonging. This is a place where you can takeownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourself and putyour ideas into action.

At ForvisMazars, we empower our people and celebrate individuality. Wethrive on teamwork and are agile. We have bold foresight and givepeople the freedom to make a personal contribution to our sharedpurpose. We support one another to deliver quality, create changeand have a deeper understanding, to help make an impact so thateveryone can reach their full potential.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Forvis Mazars;we want to ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process orbeyond is fully supported to be their unique self. To read moreabout our approach clickhere

Our aim is to make therecruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible -please contact us to discuss any changes you may require so we canwork with you to support you throughout your application.