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Tax Senior Manager / Director Designate

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A highly successful and fast-growing firm of chartered accountants based in Exeter has an opportunity for a Tax Senior Manager / Director Designate to join the firm as a key addition, with progression and development on offer within this accountancy practice.
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Based in Exeter, this chartered accountancy firm is undergoing very positive growth. The firm's partners are looking for a key right-hand support who can lead on the management and delivery of accounting/tax and wider services, along with adding value to clients on advisory and planning projects. Flexible working hours can be explored. A clear progression path is on offer, as well as a route to develop within this successful firm.
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Joining as Tax Senior Manager / Director Designate within this Exeter-based firm of accountants, the role offers a clear career progression and development path. You will take on compliance and accounts/tax planning for a wide range of clients and will also deliver a wide range of complex planning projects as key support across the firm. You will manage, lead, and develop the wider team, providing key support, reviewing work, mentoring, and supporting their development. You will also take a lead on their growing property sector division, advising on project work across:
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- Minimising capital taxes by applying reliefs such as principle private residence relief, annual exemptions, entrepreneurs' relief, incorporation relief, and business property relief.
- Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) - understanding which rates apply.
- Capital allowances, for example, during refurbishment.
- Maximising recoverable Value Added Tax (VAT).
- Inheritance tax planning.
- Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED).
- Non-domicile property tax issues.
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For this Tax Senior Manager / Director Designate role, you will be any combination of CTA / ATT/ ACA / ACCA etc qualified, with a career background in accounting / tax, with significant tax advisory and planning experience to complement your compliance background. Ideally, you will have property tax experience and/or a clear demonstrable interest in this sector. Your experience will have been gained within an accountancy practice firm environment of any size, or specialist tax firm environment, and you will be an existing Managerial/Senior Managerial/Associate Director etc level professional. You will be searching for a career move where you can progress within a leading, chartered accountancy firm.
Job Offer
£60,000 - £75,000 plus benefits, dependent on level, experience, and background. Please apply online and for a confidential discussion to find out more, please contact Mark Bailey on 01179 271452.
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