Corporate Tax Senior Manager - Advisory - #2106353

Corporate Tax Senior Manager – Advisory

£70,000–£90,000 | Altrincham or Manchester | Hybrid and Flexible Working | Permanent

We are recruiting on behalf of an established and growing accountancy and business advisory firm. This is a senior appointment within its corporate tax team, offering the opportunity to lead a broad range of transactions, restructuring and strategic tax projects.

You will advise entrepreneurial businesses, privately owned groups, management teams, investors and private equity-backed organisations at important stages in their development. Assignments will include M&A tax support, private equity transactions, EMI share schemes, business restructures, corporate simplifications, refinancing projects, equity swaps and wider corporate tax advisory work.

The position offers significant autonomy, direct contact with Partners and senior client stakeholders, and the opportunity to help shape the continued growth of the firm’s corporate tax advisory offering.

The firm can be flexible on location, with options to work from Altrincham or Manchester alongside hybrid working.

Duties and responsibilities

As Corporate Tax Senior Manager – Advisory, you will lead complex projects from initial scoping through to implementation, coordinating clients, colleagues and external advisers throughout the process.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, disposals and other corporate transactions.

• Providing tax support on private equity investments, management buyouts, exits and changes in ownership.

• Undertaking and reviewing tax due diligence, identifying key risks, opportunities and commercial considerations.

• Advising on transaction structures and working closely with corporate finance, legal and funding advisers.

• Designing and implementing EMI schemes and other management or employee equity arrangements.

• Advising on business restructures, group reorganisations and corporate simplification projects.

• Supporting refinancing exercises, debt restructures and changes to group funding arrangements.

• Advising on share-for-share exchanges, equity swaps, demergers and other complex corporate transactions.

• Preparing and reviewing technical tax advice, reports, clearance applications and supporting documentation.

• Translating complex tax legislation into clear, practical and commercially relevant recommendations.

• Managing several advisory projects simultaneously, including scope, budgets, deadlines and overall delivery.

• Acting as a trusted adviser to business owners, finance teams, investors and senior stakeholders.

• Identifying additional advisory opportunities across the firm’s existing client base.

• Supporting Partners and Directors with proposals, pitches, networking and wider business development activity.

• Reviewing the work of Managers and junior colleagues, providing technical guidance and constructive feedback.

• Coaching and developing members of the corporate tax team.

• Keeping up to date with changes in UK tax legislation and assessing their impact on clients.

Experience and qualifications

This is a senior position requiring strong UK corporate tax knowledge and substantial experience of delivering advisory assignments within an accountancy, tax or professional services firm.

You will ideally have:

• CTA and/or ACA qualification, or an equivalent professional qualification.

• Significant corporate tax experience gained within practice.

• Experience operating at Senior Manager, or Manager-level experience with the ability to step up.

• A proven background in corporate tax advisory rather than solely compliance-focused work.

• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, disposals, reorganisations or private equity transactions.

• Strong technical knowledge of UK corporation tax and corporate restructuring legislation.

• Experience in areas such as EMI schemes, share transactions, refinancing, group reorganisations or corporate simplification.

• The ability to manage complex advisory projects involving multiple stakeholders and professional advisers.

• Strong report-writing, presentation and client communication skills.

• The confidence to lead meetings and advise business owners, investors and senior finance professionals.

• Experience reviewing technical work and developing more junior colleagues.

• A commercial approach and an interest in contributing to business development.

• Experience from a large national firm, mid-tier practice or specialist tax advisory team would all be relevant.

Benefits

The successful candidate can expect:

• Salary of £70,000–£90,000, depending on experience.

• Flexibility to be based in Altrincham or Manchester.

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

• A genuinely advisory-led position with exposure to complex and varied assignments.

• Significant involvement in M&A, private equity, restructuring and share-related projects.

• Direct contact with Partners, investors, business owners and senior client stakeholders.

• Autonomy over the management and delivery of assignments.

• The opportunity to influence the development of a growing corporate tax advisory team.

• Ongoing technical, commercial and leadership development.

• Clear scope for progression towards Director and Partner level.

• A competitive wider benefits package.

Company culture

The firm offers a collaborative, ambitious and commercially focused environment where senior professionals are trusted to take ownership of client relationships and advisory projects.

The culture combines high-quality technical work with greater autonomy and visibility than can sometimes be found in larger organisations. Senior team members are encouraged to contribute ideas, develop new opportunities and play an active role in the growth of the practice.

To apply, please submit your CV or contact Ben Copsey at BC Financial Search for a confidential discussion. All applications will be handled in strict confidence.