Tax Senior

_‘Recruiting for your future success’_

**Tax Senior**

**£35k (negotiable DOE) | **Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm | Hadleigh (preferably based here) / Ipswich / Felixstowe offices | Study support offered | Progressive, friendly environment | Modern accounting | Client relationships / tax specialist

**The Employer**:
Our client is a friendly, forward-thinking Accountancy practice who were created from a merger of 3 local established practices in the Hadleigh, Ipswich & Felixstowe areas who joined forces in order to offer clients a professional & pro-active service, whilst being able to maintain the personal touch. They adopt a very much modern accounting approach and offer a friendly, down-to-earth environment where employees have the potential to grow with the business.

**The Role**:
To work closely with the Tax Manager and Tax Partner to provide clients with compliance services (including HNW individuals and ex-pats))

**Duties (include but are not limited to)**
- Prepare and review Self Assessment tax returns including capital gains computations and preparation of schedules of income from property
- Liaise with clients to discuss outcomes of findings
- Monitor tax return preparation and payment of tax progress
- Draft tax planning advice (with support from management)
- Work collaboratively with the team to provide technical support
- Responsible for the management of own portfolio of clients
- Identify opportunities for cross-selling other services
- Occasionally represent the practice at networking events
- Liaise with and support work colleagues as required
- Carry out general administration tasks
- Identify and meet personal job-related training and development as required
- Provide assistance in terms of general and specific support to Partners and Managers as required
- Undertake appropriate training to ensure CPD criteria are met

**Person Specification**
- 18 months’ plus working as a Tax Advisor strongly preferred
- ATT qualification preferred but not essential
- Previous experience working with ex-pats preferred but not essential
- A strong client advocate, determined to achieve great client outcomes
- A problem solver with a resourceful, collaborative and analytical approach
- A personable, collaborative team player

Driving Licence required**:Yes**

LIGHTHOUSE PERSONNEL LTD ARE A RECRUITMENT AGENCY WORKING ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT.

PLEASE NOTE WE RECEIVE A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS PER VACANCY AND UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT RESPOND TO ALL APPLICANTS. THEREFORE, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US WITHIN A MONTH FROM APPLICATION DATE, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

If you have been successful, we will contact you by the phone and begin taking you through our step by step recruitment process, doing our utmost to ensure the role is right for you, ascertaining your suitability in the process. This process will all be explained on initial contact.

**Salary**: £35,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person