Share Scheme Tax Manager

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About the department

Organisations around the world face unprecedented challenges in recruiting, retaining and motivating their people. Our Reward & Incentives team works with our clients to help them meet these challenges, designing and implementing incentive structures that align the interests of employees with those of their organisation, empowering them to deliver their goals and to be rewarded for doing so.

Our Reward & Incentives team is part of our fast-growing Employer Solutions group, working alongside colleagues specialising in Employment Tax and Global Mobility. RSM's Reward & Incentives practice is one of the UK's leading specialist teams, with three Partners and a significant number of staff at all levels focused on this area. We work with businesses and organisations across all sectors, helping them to structure their incentive plans in a way that inspires and motivates their teams and ensures maximum efficiency of reward spend. The variety of projects and impressive client list will challenge you every day, helping you expand your capabilities and grow professionally.

About the role

As a result of the continually growing demand for our specialist services, we are looking for an individual to join our expanding National Employer Solutions Group, as a Manager.

The purpose of the role is to support the needs of a diverse range of clients in providing a variety of share scheme and incentive structuring, tax advice and legal implementation. This will involve a significant amount of client contact as well as providing support to more senior colleagues in the Employer Solutions team. The position will present varied challenges and give you the responsibility to fully stretch and grow your skills, offering excellent development potential.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing team at an exciting part of the journey, working on a hybrid basis and reaping the rewards of being at home and in the office on a weekly basis. The variety of projects will challenge you every day, helping you expand your capabilities and grow professionally. You'll have plenty of opportunity to broaden your horizons and discover a culture that nurtures individuality and celebrates fresh thinking

Responsibilities:
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Meeting with clients to discuss their business and incentive needs.Working on the implementation of new employee incentive schemes from the initial design phase through to the drafting of documentation and final implementation.Helping clients to report their share schemes to HMRC.Providing advice on the tax treatment of a wide range of share schemes including EMI options, other HMRC tax-advantaged share plans and growth shares.Advising on the valuation of shares for tax purposes.Drafting legal documentation for the implementation of incentive structures.Undertaking due diligence on employment related securities matters on M&A transactions, working alongside our Corporate Finance colleagues.Working alongside our RSM colleagues from across the world to provide advice on international share incentive structures.Building relationships with clients through frequently attending client meetings and helping clients find solutions to their problems.Ensuring that all of the firm's standard procedures and quality standards are met and dealing with the professional conduct and conflict rules and other obligations involved with on-boarding and maintaining clients.Taking responsibility for financial matters such as billing and monitoring the progress of each project against budgets.Growing and maintaining your technical knowledge through appropriate reading and courses and fulfilling professional bodies' CPD requirements.Researching and preparing proposals for new work.

About the ideal candidate

As the ideal candidate, you will have strong experience in equity incentives / reward work gained in a high quality professional services environment (applicants from either an accountancy or legal background will be considered). Your current role will either be fully specialised advising in this area, or it will constitute a substantial proportion of your work.

Opportunities for progression are excellent for the right candidate, with support for your training and development needs.
Relevant professional qualification, for example CTA, ACA or Solicitor.Proven experience in client handling and project management.Experience in producing exceptional quality work for demanding clients.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
Note: This job description reflects the present requirements of the role. As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and will be subject to amendment in consultation with the individual.

About the Service Line Head

Anne-Marie Welch, Head of Employer Solutions Tax: "I moved to RSM (Baker Tilly at the time) a decade ago after having spent most of my career up until then at the Big 4, and the difference is huge. At RSM there is a fantastic sense of everyone working to get the best out of each other and support one another's careers, whether they're a new graduate or someone working towards becoming a partner. There is a massive variety of work and clients to get involved in and in my experience of RSM everyone has the opportunity to be part of whatever interests them most and push their career in the direction they want. I am a big believer in developing talent and RSM's grow our own approach resonates strongly with me; it is a point of personal pride to see people I have worked with for years making great strides in their careers as a direct result of the nurturing environment at RSM. It's been an added privilege for me as a national service line head in recent years to see this happening nationally on an even bigger scale. In my mind, RSM has consistently proven it is an excellent place for someone to develop their career, whatever stage they are at or their circumstances."

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Diversity and Inclusion at RSM
At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client's needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That's why we're working together to ensure our firm's principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.
At RSM we work hard to create an environment where our people can make a difference - to themselves, their career, their teams, and to the success of our firm and clients. We support all our people to work flexibly, to manage their family and other responsibilities alongside their work commitments; we believe this is key to achieving an inspiring and fulfilling working environment.

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