45 Cpa jobs in the United Kingdom

Our client is a modern accounting and tax advisory firm with beautiful offices that embrace hybrid working, providing a super opportunity if you wish to enhance your tax skills in a supportive environment and work with interesting clients.

As a newly created position, it is anticipated that the Tax Senior will work with a mixed portfolio of corporate and personal tax compliance, suiting an individual who may already have some corporate tax experience and be looking to develop their skill set from an accounting role into a mixed tax role.  Alternatively, you may be a Personal Tax specialist wishing to diversify your portfolio.

The firm has a strong tax offering and will support continued study with the ATT and/or the CTA qualification.

The salary banding for this Tax Senior role is flexible (£26,000 - £5,000 as a guide) and the salary offered will be based on relevant experience and relevant qualifications.  The firm offers a competitive range of additional benefits and supports a good work-life balance.

The firm is commutable from Leatherhead, Guildford, Epsom, Woking and surrounding areas.

Next steps – please apply to this Tax Senior role and we will aim to reply to all suitable applicants within 48 hours.

Fletcher George is an inclusive Surrey-based financial recruiter welcoming all applications relevant to the role. We are committed to attracting a diverse pool of applicants and assisting talent to find career opportunities in which they can thrive. 

We are an accountancy and finance recruitment agency acting as an Employment Agency.

Referrals are welcome - you can receive up to £500 o Amazon or John Lewis vouchers when we successfully place your referral, just make sure they mention you when they register. The full details of Fletcher George’s referral scheme is on our website.

**Work Location** :
London, United Kingdom
**Hours:**
35
**Line of Business:**
Finance
**Pay Details:**
We're committed to providing fair and equitable compensation to all our colleagues. As a candidate, we encourage you to have an open dialogue with a member of our HR Team and ask compensation related questions, including pay details for this role.
**Job Description:**
**Position/Status:** TDS - Tax Accountant, London or Dublin (level 8/9)
**Specific business/product groups:** Finance, London or Dublin
**Reports to:** Head of Tax - Europe & Asia, London, UK
**Corporate Profile**
**TD Bank Group**
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with more than 85,000 employees in offices around the world, The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group (TD). TD offers a full range of financial products and services more than 25 million customers worldwide through three key business lines:
+ **Canadian Retail** including TD Canada Trust, Business Banking, TD Auto Finance (Canada), TD Wealth (Canada), TD Direct Investing and TD Insurance
+ **U.S. Retail** including TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, TD Auto Finance (U.S.), TD Wealth (U.S.) and TD's investment in TD Ameritrade
+ **Wholesale Banking** including TD Securities
With a presence in Dublin for more than 20 years, TD Securities officially opened its new office space at One Molesworth Street in 2019. TD Securities in Dublin trades as TD Global Finance (TDGF), an unlimited company wholly owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). Backed by TD's strong balance sheet and high credit rating, TDGF is a fully licensed broker dealer regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Our dedicated team of over 200 employees across front office, support and control, and technology roles help extend our global reach and knowledge to serve clients on the ground in Ireland and throughout Europe.
Our strategy in Dublin remains an extension of the core TD Securities mandate, providing a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our knowledge, innovation, and experience. We work closely with our clients to lead the underwriting and distribution of new issues, provide trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extend access to global markets, and execute daily trading and help meet investment needs.
As part of our TDGF growth strategy, we are also growing our Ireland based technology teams to support our global TD Securities and TD Bank Group Business lines.
TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience.
With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank.
We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.
**Position Overview**
**Position Summary**
This position is responsible for providing tax reporting and compliance (corporate and VAT) for entities based in the UK and Ireland
This is a broad role, requiring a combination of a high level of technical knowledge, good organizational skills and an ability to liaise across various business and support groups to achieve a variety of aims and objectives.
The role is also responsible for ensuring all reporting and compliance obligations are met and therefore it will be necessary to maintain a strong internal financial control environment to ensure that all deliverables are accurate and submitted on a timely basis.
This position involves working alongside other UK and Toronto based Finance teams.
**Fundamental Competencies**
This role requires:
+ A working knowledge of UK or Irish corporate tax
+ A working knowledge of VAT, in particular partial exemption for financial services
+ Outstanding analytical skills with an inquisitive mindset to identify and swiftly resolve issues
+ Proven organizational and multi-tasking skills to be able to juggle competing priorities
+ Excellent communication & presentation skills to provide guidance to the local and Head Office finance teams on specific issues
+ The development and maintenance of good relationships with key stakeholders and the ability to effectively communicate recommendations
+ Ability to motivate and inspire other team members in line with the TD Framework
+ Excellent excel, word and power point skills to support the high quality deliverables required
**Key Deliverables**
Statutory Reporting
+ Assist with the tax notes for all the UK & Irish entities, including reviewing draft financial statements to ensure accuracy of numbers and appropriateness of financial statement disclosures
+ Provide expertise in incorporating any tax disclosure requirements as new businesses/products are booked in the local entities
+ Provide expertise in incorporating changes in tax reporting standards
Financial Control
+ Preparation of tax provisions for the month end, quarter end and year-end close process for UK and Irish entities, explaining variances and dealing with queries from London/Toronto Finance and Tax teams
+ Maintain an up-to-date awareness of changes to UK and Irish taxation and ensure that the local Finance teams have adequate infrastructure in place to remain compliant with the rules at all times.
+ Ensure annual review of procedures for completeness and accuracy
Tax Accounting and Reporting
+ Prepare all journal entries relating to corporation tax and VAT
+ Prepare draft corporation tax returns for all UK and Irish entities and respond to any questions from external advisors.
+ Calculate and ensure all tax payments are made on timely basis
+ Prepare UK and Irish VAT returns, including partial exemption calculation
+ Prepare the UK Bank Levy balance sheet
+ Collate information to assist with responding to enquiries from tax authorities
Project work
+ Own ad hoc specified local and global projects and deliver them within demanding timelines whilst maintaining a high standard of technical accuracy.
Person specification
+ The role will suit a highly motivated and ambitious individual with excellent technical & excel skills with a strong desire to learn and develop their career in the Financial Services industry
+ In addition, the individual will need to show experience and key skills in driving existing process improvements and be able to set up robust processes to address ongoing changes in the nature of the business
+ Qualified Accountant or Tax Advisor with 5+ years of relevant experience
**Regulatory and TD Policy Requirements:**
It is your responsibility to ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal TD Policies that relate to you, your business or other businesses for which you have any level of responsibility. Additionally, it is your responsibility to read, understand and comply with the Bank's Code of Conduct and Ethics and corresponding regulations. You will be notified of changes to policies in a timely manner through announcements and/or intranet updates.
You must act with integrity and due skill, care and diligence in carrying out your duties. Your actions should always be able to satisfy high standards of scrutiny.
You must observe proper standards of market conduct. It is your responsibility to ensure that you take reasonable steps to be fully aware of, understand and comply with all regulatory requirements from all regulatory bodies that are applicable to your business. You will promptly report to your supervisor(s) or manager(s) any instances in which you are aware of any violation or possible violation of such regulatory requirements by yourself or others.
_These policies and regulatory requirements may include all, some or other regulatory jurisdictions as they relate to your business including, but not limited to: Government Securities Commissions, OSFI, IIROC, FSA, FRB, FINRA, SEC, MAS._
Management should be kept fully informed at all times of all Regulatory and Compliance issues. You must deal with TD Management, Compliance, regulators and all control functions in an open and cooperative way and must disclose appropriately any information which TD Management, Compliance, regulators or control functions would reasonably expect to know.
You must ensure that you are fully aware of your management reporting lines and escalation procedures.
You must take reasonable steps to ensure that the business of the firm for which you are responsible is organized so that it can be controlled effectively and that you exercise due skill, care and diligence in managing that business.
It is your responsibility to be fully aware of:
+ The TD Policies and regulatory requirements pertaining to the business you are managing.
+ The control limits and your ability, if any, to delegate them within your business.
+ Ensure that you receive adequate and appropriate management reporting.
**Shared Commitments**
Executives promote adherence to TDBG's vision and purpose to be the better bank, and enrich the lives of customers, communities and colleagues. As part of the general management of their function, Executives are accountable to deliver against TD's five shared commitments:
+ Think like a customer; provide legendary experiences and trusted advice
+ Act like an owner; lead with integrity to drive business results and contribute to communities
+ Execute with speed and impact; only take risks we can understand and manage
+ Innovate with purpose; simplify the way we work
+ Develop our colleagues; embrace diversity and respect one another
**Inclusiveness**
At TD, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities in which we live and serve. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs
**Who We Are**
TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.
TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you've got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we're here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing - and so will you.
**Our Total Rewards Package**
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investment we make in our colleagues to help them, and their families achieve their well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, including medical coverage, paid time off, career development, and reward and recognition programs.
**Additional Information:**
We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.
**Colleague Development**
If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD - and we're committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.
**Training & Onboarding**
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.
**Interview Process**
We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.
**Accommodation**
If you require an accommodation for the recruitment / interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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Tax Accountant- Part or fully qualified East London / Essex £50,000 pa with excellent prospects and company benefits and perks. Our client continues to grow and develop an already thriving firm. This practice has won numerous business and employee awards and stands out from the crowd.Are you looking to now move to a firm with a large portfolio of clients from multiple industries?Their client base is growing weekly, and there are interesting and challenging tax requirements that make this role stimulating and different.If you are a part or fully qualified accountant, ideally specialising in personal and company taxation, this could be the career move you have been looking for.Requirements

Main Purpose of the Job

To deliver technically excellent and innovative tax advice to a diverse portfolio of clients, ensuring their tax affairs are managed efficiently and in compliance with regulations. The role involves building and nurturing strong, trusted relationships with clients to understand their needs and deliver tailored solutions. Additionally, the Tax Manager will lead a team to actively identify and pursue opportunities to enhance client offerings, contributing to the growth of the firm through new business development and client retention.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

·    Provide expert tax advice to a diverse range of clients, ensuring their tax affairs are managed in line with current legislation and best practices

·    Oversee the preparation and review of corporation tax computations, returns, and other tax filings, ensuring accuracy and compliance with deadlines

·    Deliver tax planning initiatives to minimise tax liabilities and optimise tax efficiency

·    Guide R&D tax incentives, including identifying qualifying activities and expenditures

·    Oversee the preparation and submission of R&D claims, ensuring robust documentation and compliance with HMRC requirements

·    Stay up to date with changes in tax legislation, ensuring clients receive advice that reflects the latest rules

·    Identify opportunities to enhance client offerings and expand the company’s client base through new business opportunities

·    Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, acting as a trusted advisor and key point of contact

·    Research complex tax matters and provide recommendations to summarise findings

·    Delegate and review work effectively, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adherence to deadlines

·    Manage the department's workflow to ensure timely delivery of high-quality work and adherence to statutory deadlines

·    Share insights and updates with colleagues to support the development of the wider team

·    Assist with ad hoc tax queries and assignments

Skills, Experience and Attributes required

·    Excellent written and verbal communication skills

·    Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality work

·    Excellent planning skills and professional and organised approach to work

·    Practical experience of completing personal Self-Assessment Tax Returns and compliance work

·    Flexible approach and enthusiastic team player

·    Positive attitude

·    Ability to handle pressure and meet deadlines

·    Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically and provide innovative tax solutions

·    Proven ability to manage client relationships

·    Proven experience of effectively managing a team

·    Working and presenting yourself in line with our brand values and personality

BenefitsHuge variety of company benefits and perks. Great working environment with company events and excellent career opportunities