Tax Assistant Full Time Permanent

• Position: Tax Assistant
• Salary: £38,000 – £42,000 per annum plus very good company benefits
• Location: Uckfield, East Sussex
• Hours: Monday – Friday 09:15 – 17.30. This role is primarily office based but there are opportunities to also work from home part of the week
• Free street parking available very nearby.

We are delighted to be working alongside our very professional and highly reputable accountancy based client as they seek to recruit a Tax Assistant to join their Uckfield team on a permanent and full time basis.

You will be responsible for the running of an active portfolio of personal tax clients and become involved with advisory projects. This is a busy, personal tax compliance role and you will ideally be ATT qualified with at least 2 years post qualification experience. As a result, this would more ideally suit a candidate with proven experience in personal tax with a drive for progression.

Duties / responsibilities:

• Request Tax Return information from the client or relevant parties
• Take ownership of and generate Tax Returns for a diverse client base including High Net Worth Individuals, Owner Managed Business’s and Non-Domiciled individuals
• Identify planning opportunities within your portfolio
• Advise clients of their UK tax positions and liaising with HMRC as appropriate
• Work within specified budgets, monitor work in progress and raise bills in a timely fashion
• Provide supervisory support for more junior members of the team
• Assisting on consultancy projects and other ad-hoc matters as required

Skills and experience required:

• ATT Qualified
• Practical and varied personal and technical tax knowledge
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Numerate and analytical with excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Evidence of being a proactive, self-starter who can manage changing priorities in a demanding environment
• IT literate (Excel, Word, Microsoft Teams)

Desirable

• Experience with CCH and Alphatax
• CTA qualified or part qualified
• Previous experience in a client facing role
• Ability to efficiently undertake research tasks

This is a highly deadline-based role so, at times, flexibility on hours in peak times will be required

This is an excellent full time and permanent opportunity to join a first class organisation – please apply now for immediate consideration!

Wild Recruitment Ltd T/A First Recruitment Services is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.