Corporate Tax Director

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Corporate Tax DirectorIn a nutshell
A fantastic role in our Tax team for an individual with significantpliance and advisory experience. You will help manage and develop our corporate tax team and well-established portfolio of OMB/SME and large corporate clients providing a mix ofpliance and advisory services.

You'll be part of a collaborative 130 strong multi-discipline tax team who are spread across our nine offices. With support from our 13 experienced Tax Partners, the team do interesting and meaningful work daily.

The rolees with flexible, hybrid working with plenty of opportunities to develop and grow your Tax career.
What you'll be doing day to day
  • Playing a key and leading role in developing and maintaining relationships with our corporate clients
  • Reporting to and assisting the Tax Partners
  • Liaising with the Accounts and Audit Directors/Partners to ensure aprehensive tax service to clients
  • Managing theplex Corporate Tax team
  • Providing technical and mentoring support to the junior Tax team members
  • Managing and reviewingplex corporate tax returns
  • Being the point of contact for HMRC, including the CCM where relevant and supporting clients with handling HMRC investigations
  • Remaining technically up to date with all relevant tax matters and able to accurately interpret and apply current tax legislation
  • Managing work-in-progress on all assignments ensuring regular and timely billing and assisting with the prompt collection of debtors
  • Be involved in internal and external presentations
  • Assisting in developing tax technical materials and where relevant, carrying out training on specific corporate tax technical areas
    • About you
  • Significant experience of tax with a focus on large corporate taxpliance
  • CTA qualified, ACA or ACCA an advantage
  • Excellent interpersonal andmunication skills - able to work with people at all levels
  • Self-motivated and able to show initiative
  • Accurate and able to work well under pressure
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Sociable and enjoys being part of a wider team
    • Why work at PKF Francis Clark
    As the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisers in South West England, PKF Francis Clark offers a breadth of opportunities to develop your career in the way that's right for you.

    Established in 1919, we've grown to a team of nearly 1,000 people, based across our offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro. This means we're big enough to do challenging work for exciting clients, but small enough to maintain our friendly and supportive culture.

    We work hard to ensure you can belong, be yourself and be brilliant as part of a forward-thinking team. This includes a flexible approach to hybrid working. And our focus on wellbeing and learning and development has been recognised nationally.

    For the past three years, PKF Francis Clark has been certified as a Great Place to Work and ranked among the UK's Best Workplaces. In 2025, we climbed four places to 20 out of 100 large organisations on this prestigious list.

    We're also in the UK's top 10 Best Workplaces for Women (6 out of 100 large organisations), as well as being ranked among the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing (35 out of 100), Best Workplaces for Development (24 out of 100) and Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Services.

    All these lists arepiled by workplace culture experts Great Place to Work. Our rankings are a direct result of feedback from our people in a confidential, independent annual survey.

    The success rates of our trainees mean we're also ranked 33rd in The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers 2025.

    While we're proudly independent, we collaborate with colleagues around the world to enable our clients to succeed. PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms - together we're the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK. Being part of this international network provides opportunities to connect with like-minded accountants and business advisers in 150 countries.
    Your core benefits
    Financial benefits:
    • Pension
    • Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary
    • Group ie protection
    • Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare

    Health & Wellbeing benefits:
    • Private medical insurance
    • Option to buy 5 extra days holiday*
    • Counselling and support for you and your immediate family
    • Virtual GP for you and your immediate family
    • Cycle to work*

    Other benefits:
    • Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discounts
    • Gifts for career and family milestones
    • One volunteering day per year to support local organisations
    • Emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation
    • Electric vehicle lease scheme*

    Please note
    * These benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee's post exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage. Job ID 2476
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    Location:
    Southampton
    Job Type:
    FullTime

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