Director - Transaction Tax

S&W is a top ten UK accountancy and advisory firm. Since 1881, we've worked with our clients to unlock opportunities and navigate the challenges of a changing world. As a trusted partner, we bring clarity to clients with complex requirements, shaping solutions that make a difference. Offering a broad range of services spanning business and private client tax advice, assurance and business services and a suite of advisory and digital services, we work with clients to understand their needs, uncover value and support every stage of business and of life. We believe this is how we can best support our clients' growth.

It's our vision to be the go-to professional services firm for sophisticated businesses and private clients with complex needs and our success hinges on our people. We are a team of highly skilled and passionate professionals, who are empowered to achieve their career aspirations, as we continue to build our business.

What will you be doing?

We're seeking a talented individual to join our Transactions tax team in London, which is responsible for providing high quality transactions tax services to our varied portfolio of corporate clients and private equity houses. This role requires an experienced transaction tax operative who is comfortable leading a range of tax due diligence, both buy side and sell side, and tax structuring assignments

As a Director your responsibilities will include among others

• Managing the successful delivery of tax projects, ensuring technical excellence and a commercial approach is taken. This will include tax due diligence including reviewing businesses for existing and potential tax issues from both a buy-side and sell-side perspective and supporting with tax structuring to help clients ensure their operations are structured in a tax efficient manner
• Supporting with pre and post deal services, including assisting clients with pre-acquisition re-structuring and implementing new tax planning ideas
• Actively use network of established relationships to drive new business opportunities and cross referral of services
• Identifying and driving opportunities -use insights gained from knowledge sharing sessions, technical training and existing projects to develop new opportunities
• Building your own client and internal relationships
• Developing junior staff through delegation and on the job training

Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role, you should have

• Extensive experience of UK transactions tax including leading tax due diligence and structuring engagements for buy-side and sell-side transactions, financial due diligence and SPA advisory
• Significant corporate tax experience gained within the profession or industry as well as being a technically capable tax adviser who is able to manage complex client work
• Demonstrable experience of managing people and clients
• Existing business development skills and appetite to grow business
• Project management experience
• Experience of dealing with senior stakeholders both internally and externally

Professional Qualifications and Education

• UK Qualified accountant (ACA) and/or UK tax advisor (CTA) or UK solicitor

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• Fully funded training towards professional qualifications
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Eye care support

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.