In a nutshell
Working in the South West’s leading private client tax department means you’ll work with a variety of clients, amongst sector experts, doing interesting work. You’ll combine your compliance and advisory skills to deliver a first-class service, enhancing the lives of clients and become a trusted advisor.
As well as working with a diverse range of clients, our tax practice supports colleagues across other teams. This brings extra variety and an added breadth to the role.
If progressing in your career is important to you, great. We’re committed to matching your ambition and will help you to reach your full potential.
What you'll be doing day to day
- You’ll provide tax advice including IHT planning, and tax advice relating to UK trusts
- Undertake CGT advice on property, shares etc.
- Offer compliance services including self-assessment tax returns, CGT 60-day reporting and IHT returns
- Liaise with other PKF firms throughout the world to meet client requirements
- Maintain direct contact with clients, HMRC, solicitors, other accountancy, law and professional services firms
About you
- Experience in providing and delivering tax advice
- Knowledge of trust and estate taxation and the ability to interpret trust deeds
- Ability to review and interpret tax legislation and case law
- Significant experience, ideally with a tax qualification
- Understanding of compliance standards imposed by the various regulatory authorities for tax
- Ability to manage WIP and debtors
Why work at PKF Francis Clark
We’re the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisors in South West England. We have nine offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro.
The firm, which celebrated its centenary in 2019, has annual revenue of over £65 million and a 900-strong team based across our offices. Our continuing growth offers you the opportunity to expand and develop your career in a direction that interests you.
We offer a supportive and flexible culture, taking your career seriously to enable you to be the best you can be. Since September 2022, PKF Francis Clark has been certified as a Great Place to Work.
We work hard to ensure that ours is a culture where you can be yourself, develop and be part of a forward-thinking team that makes brilliant things happen. We ranked as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in 2023, and again in 2024 when we rose nine places to 24th in the list of the UK’s Best Workplaces (Large Organisations).
We’ve also been ranked 46th out of 89 in the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women 2023 (Large Organisations) and 40th out of 79 in the UK’s Best Workplaces for Wellbeing 2023 (Large Organisations). PKF Francis Clark has been highlighted as a top achiever among the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services by workplace culture experts Great Place to Work.
And in recognition of our outstanding training programmes for graduates, school leavers and career changers, we’re ranked 28th among England’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers by the Department of Education and High Fliers Research.
Whilst we’re proudly independent, PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms, which together are ranked as the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK by Accountancy Age. As part of a global community of business advisors in 150 countries, the opportunities to expand your horizons by connecting with PKF colleagues around the world are endless.
Your core benefits
Financial benefits:
- Pension
- Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary
- Group income protection
- Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare
Health & Wellbeing benefits:
- Option to buy 5 extra days holiday*
- Counselling and support for you and your immediate family
- Virtual GP for you and your immediate family
- Cycle to work*
Other benefits:
- Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discounts
- Gifts for career and family milestones
- One volunteering day per year to support local organisations
- Emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation
- Electric vehicle lease scheme*
* These benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee’s post exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage.
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What happens next
To apply for the Tax Manager role click the ‘Apply now’ button below.
If you don't have an up-to-date CV or if you would like an informal chat about the role before applying then please contact Gemma Rid on: [email protected].
PKF Francis Clark is an Equal Opportunities employer with a strong and passionate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’re dedicated to fostering a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. We do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and all aspects of employment at PKF Francis Clark are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We’re committed to providing reasonable adjustments or accommodations for applicants, so if you need assistance or support during the recruitment process please let us know. We promise to reply to all applications.
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