S&W
Real Estate Tax, Manager
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At S&W, we help our clients thrive by simplifying the complex, illuminating new paths, and shaping solutions that make a difference. As one of the UK’s top 10 fastest-growing accountancy firms, we have been a trusted partner since 1881—helping businesses and individuals meet challenges and seize opportunities across generations.
Built on expertise and driven by ambition, we provide a comprehensive range of services, including tax and accountancy, advisory and assurance, corporate finance, and restructuring. We are defined by our purpose—to help navigate challenges, unlock potential, and achieve the extraordinary.
Job Description
What you will be doing
The Real Estate Group at S&W incorporates people from across our Tax, Transactions, Assurance, and Advisory service areas. In Real Estate Tax, we provide tax advisory and compliance services to UK and international property investors and developers, including funds and asset managers, REITs, overseas investors, housebuilders, owner-occupiers, landed estates, and private clients. We also work closely with our colleagues in Transaction Services in relation to Real Estate M&A assignments, providing financial and tax due diligence, tax structuring, and transactional support services. Many clients and targets are international, whether investing from overseas into the UK or investing into assets abroad, and, therefore, many of our assignments involve working with colleagues from across our CLA Global network.
As a Manager, you will be part of the Real Estate Tax team that is undergoing significant growth with Real Estate being a strategic focus sector for the firm.
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If you have specific experience in Real Estate and would thrive in a dynamic and entrepreneurial working environment, this role could work for you. Candidates should have excellent technical skills that they can apply in both an advisory and compliance capacity, and strong client/project management skills to support senior team members with delivering advice and growing client accounts.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of complex tax advisory projects and compliance assignments
- Provide exceptional client service, and help manage and develop client relationships
- Co-ordinate transactional work, delivering tax structuring and due diligence for real estate M&A activity
- Co-ordinate the delivery of specialist tax advisory work (e.g., VAT, Stamp Taxes, Capital Allowances)
- Project manage international tax assignments, working with our CLA Global network
- Ensure compliance with the firm's quality assurance and risk management procedures
- Counsel and develop junior staff through delegation and on the job training
- Appraisals/monitor staff performance including acting as a Line Manager
- Work collaboratively with peers in the team and across the firm to ensure a joined-up approach
- Actively use the network of established relationships to drive new business opportunities and cross referral of services
- Build your own client and internal relationships
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should:
- Have UK corporate tax gained within the profession and/or industry
- Demonstrate strong awareness of specialist taxes and their application in the real estate sector
- Possess excellent project management skills, working with various teams including cross-border work
- Have demonstrable experience of managing people and clients
- Be client driven and commercially minded
- Have experience of dealing with senior stakeholders both internally and externally
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Qualifications
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA) and/or CTA (or breadth of knowledge equivalent to CTA, e.g., law qualification)
Additional Information
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.
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