Attention to Detail

• Demonstrates a commitment to developing team members by assigning challenging work ensuring to give support where appropriate and necessary
• Empowers team members to think independently
• Is able to make rational and informed decisions even if they may appear unpopular
• Is able to process constructive feedback and take ownership of their mistakes and performance.

Decision Making

• Confident in taking decisions within agreed remit
• Deals with instances of colleagues failing to adopt core values and respect by either addressing or escalating to senior team members when aware
• Suggests solutions to problems rather than waiting for suggestions from senior colleagues
• Supporting managers in delegated aspects of team management such as sickness reporting and holiday approvals. Participate in the interview and selection process for new junior hires.

Efficiency

• Challenges and assesses client fee levels against job recovery trends
• Challenges existing approaches and offers alternative suggestions to deliver work more efficiently without compromising of quality of output
• Champions new technologies aimed at improving quality and efficiency and takes the lead in departmental implementation of them.

Living Our Values

• New to Azets: Shows good understanding of our company values, and making good progress towards consistently demonstrating required behaviours
• Existing Colleague: Consistently ‘lives our values’ - demonstrates expected behaviours in line with our company values.

Technical Skills

• Review complex corporation tax returns and larger groups
• Manage a large portfolio of clients with complex needs, showing evidence of building relationships with the client, good communication skills with the audit and ABAS team to ensure workflow is efficient and within client's expectations
• Able to manage conversations with client teams relating to adherence to minimum pricing for CT, develop pricing strategies for clients for review by senior team
• Manage ongoing advisory projects on own client portfolio, with support from the partner or director
• Demonstrates ability to use the firm’s resources to research complex technical issues, arriving at a conclusion for review by more senior team members
• In respect of advisory work, responsible for completion of the tax advisory checklist for sign off by Partner / Director
• Attending pre year / completion meetings for clients
• Keeps abreast of changes to tax legislation, contributes to regional marketing plans, proactive relationship with clients to ensure changes are communicated effectively
• Review final tax packs / transmittal letters for more complex clients, manage more senior review and approve for issue to client
• Managing a team of people, delegating appropriately, ensuring team have the required skills and exposure to work
• Generating leads with potential new clients and demonstrating ability to secure new work.

Qualifications

• Holds a accountancy and/or tax qualification or qualified by experience (e.g. ATT/CTA/ACA/ACCA/CA).

Essential Experience

• It is expected that the above core and technical skills will have been developed through study alongside work experience in an accountancy practice.

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