Tax Advisory Manager

Location: Hybrid / Essex, UK
Job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Tax & Practice General Practice
Salary: Negotiable salary

Affinia is the UK's largest purpose-led, purpose-built Accountancy firm, focused on building stronger, more valuable relationships. With over 1,000 colleagues across the East, South East, London and the Midlands, we are dedicated to supporting our clients, colleagues and communities.

We advise businesses, public sector organisations, charities and individuals throughout the UK and internationally across six Service Lines - Accountancy & Advisory, Tax and Planning, Audit & Assurance, Corporate Finance, Payroll and Corporate Recovery. Our team also offer in-depth sector expertise across a number of sectors, ensuring our clients receive the best short to medium and long term advice, tailored to them. We are committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of our work, adapting to the evolving technology and regulatory landscape while consistently exceeding client expectations.

Our people are our most valuable asset. We are therefore committed to supporting our colleagues throughout their professional development, providing guidance and training at whatever stage of their career they join us.

Purpose of the role

In joining Affinia, you will be part of a growing, forward thinking and dynamic Tax department. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong and commercially minded tax professional who wants to take a leading role in advisory led work.

You will work closely with Directors and Partners to deliver bespoke tax advice to a varied client base including owner managed businesses, corporate groups, property clients, entrepreneurs, family businesses and high net worth individuals.

The role will include a broad range of corporate, transaction and property tax advisory work, with particular focus on restructuring, acquisitions, disposals, succession planning, share transactions and property related tax matters. You will manage advisory projects from scoping through to delivery, prepare clear technical reports, liaise with clients and professional advisers, and identify opportunities to add value across the wider Affinia client base.

As well as delivering high quality advice, you will support junior colleagues, contribute to business development and help promote the Tax Advisory offering across the group.

Accountabilities

• Deliver and support bespoke tax advisory projects, including corporate restructuring, reorganisations, share transactions, acquisitions, disposals, business succession and exit planning.
• Provide transaction tax support, including tax due diligence, acquisition structuring, review of funds flows, forecast models and transaction documentation.
• Support clients with property tax planning, including acquisitions, developments, disposals, refinancing, restructuring and ownership structures.
• Advise on SDLT, LBTT and LTT matters, including group transactions, partnerships, trusts, higher rate issues, relief claims and due diligence.
• Advise on VAT matters connected with land, property, construction, leases and transactions, working with specialist colleagues where appropriate.
• Identify capital allowances, land remediation relief and Construction Industry Scheme considerations as part of wider tax advisory work.
• Prepare and review technical tax reports, advice notes, clearance applications, research papers and client facing documentation.

Client and portfolio management

• Act as a trusted adviser to clients, providing clear, commercial and practical tax advice.
• Manage advisory projects and client relationships, ensuring work is delivered on time, within scope and to a high technical standard.
• Lead client meetings and present advice clearly to clients, lawyers, financial advisers, corporate finance advisers and other professional contacts.
• Work closely across tax, corporate finance, audit, accounts and private client teams to provide a joined up approach.
• Proactively identify tax risks, planning opportunities and areas where Affinia can add further value.

Commercial and business development

• Support Directors and Partners with proposals, fee quotes, pitches, client onboarding and the conversion of new advisory opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with external referrers, including solicitors, financial advisers, funders and other intermediaries.
• Monitor WIP, billing, budgets and recovery on advisory projects, taking proactive action to manage scope, profitability and delivery.
• Contribute to the continued growth, profile and technical development of Affinia's Tax Advisory offering.

People, quality and team contribution

• Support, mentor and develop junior members of the tax team, including reviewing their work and providing constructive technical feedback.
• Assist with internal training and knowledge sharing across the Tax Service Line.
• Contribute to process improvements, technical standards and smarter ways of working.
• Consistently act as an example to colleagues and demonstrate the importance of integrity, collaboration and high quality work.

Professional skills/qualifications

• Experience in mixed tax, corporate tax, property tax or transaction tax advisory.
• Strong UK tax technical knowledge, particularly across corporate tax, capital taxes and tax issues affecting owner managed businesses and corporate groups.
• An interest in, or experience of, M&A, restructuring, property tax, SDLT, VAT, capital allowances or transaction advisory.
• The ability to prepare clear technical advice and client facing reports.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
• Commercial awareness and the confidence to identify advisory opportunities.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex tax matters clearly.
• Experience managing client relationships and working with professional advisers.
• The ability to work autonomously while also collaborating effectively across service lines.
• A proactive attitude and a desire to help grow a successful advisory team.

You do not need to have experience in every area listed above. The role would suit someone with a strong advisory foundation who wants to broaden their technical exposure and develop into a more rounded tax adviser.

Culture & Core Benefits

At Affinia, our culture is driven by ambition and a commitment to positively impact all the communities we serve. We are dedicated to the success, development and wellbeing of our colleagues, helping them achieve their goals and seize the opportunities that come with our growth. Alongside a flexible and inclusive work environment, we offer the following core benefits:

• Pure advisory role, no repetitive long lists of PT/CT/ERS reporting etc.
• Opportunity to purchase 3 extra days holiday per year.
• Auto enrolment Pension Scheme with True Potential.
• Paycare - claim money back for Dental / Optical / Professional Therapies.
• Dress for your Diary Policy.
• Access to technical and professional training, including Tolley's, Croner i, Mercia and LinkedIn Learning.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

Affinia is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is unequivocal: we do not tolerate discrimination based on age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, or sexual orientation.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that actively promotes equality of opportunity for all, valuing the right mix of talent, skills and potential. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates, and selection for roles is based solely on individual merit.