European Tax Manager

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• A varied role with exposure to Board and Senior Management, a fast-growing international firm with an established tax team from which to gain experience.
• Addleshaw Goddard LLP is a large, multi-jurisdictional law firm with a single profit-sharing arrangement. The group's ongoing international expansion allows us to create this new role in the in-house tax team, to service the tax needs of the individual partners of the group and assist with direct tax compliance and corporate / partnership tax filings across the Addleshaw Goddard grouping worldwide. It is a great opportunity for someone with an appetite to learn and progress to become an integral part of this international and UK tax team at an exciting time.

THE TEAM

• The Partnership Tax team is a small bespoke team that supports both Addleshaw Goddard LLP, associated firms and individual partners on all aspects of taxation. We strive to deliver a first-class service to our stakeholders and to be an essential asset to both the firm as a whole and the wider Finance Department. The UK based team currently consists of a Head of Partnership Tax, Senior Tax Managers, Tax Managers, Partnership Tax Accountant and Tax Analyst.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE 

Direct tax compliance for European partners and corporates (including LLPs and Companies) dealing with European and UK profits / taxation with specific element focused on the completion and filing of UK and Irish partners tax returns. Delivering on time every time, through relationships with external tax advisers and local finance teams.

Duties include (but are not limited to):

• Preparation of Irish tax returns for Partners and their connections
• Preparation of UK tax returns for profits allocated to European partners from the UK, including forecasts achieved by modelling tax obligations, cash and profit allocations for new, existing and retiring partners.
• Preparation or review of schedules and analysis for corporate and partnership returns;
• Maintaining relationships with, and delivering analysis to international external tax advisors;
• Improvement and automation projects

YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE 

To be successful in this role, what are the:

Essential

• Qualified in an appropriate tax or accounting qualification e.g. CTA (Irish Tax Institute) / ACA (Chartered Accountants Ireland) or qualified by experience.
• Experienced in individual and corporate Irish tax return preparation, this experience may have been obtained in another professional services firm, in an accountancy practice where advice is given to clients, or in-house at another international business.
• Self-starter, confident dealing with senior members of the organisation.
• High level of systems/ IT literacy.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Accuracy and good attention to detail

Desirable

• Experience gained at a professional partnership operating across multiple jurisdictions would be ideal but is not essential.
• Awareness of the tax issues likely to be encountered in international jurisdictions, particularly those in which the group operates.
• Experience of UK Partnership Accounting and tax filings.

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment.  Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in. 

Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.

Are you up for the challenge?