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We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.
We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll broaden your horizons 

BDO’s Tax Accounting Group is a national group bringing together tax professionals who specialise in tax accounting and tax audit work.  Headed by an equity partner, we can offer an exciting and quality career path for ambitious people.

This role will provide tax audit support on our largest, high-profile audits across a range of groups and sectors.  Just as key will be acting as a tax accounting specialist to our non-audit clients, assisting with complex provisioning engagements and the tax accounting aspects of GAAP conversions, carve out accounting and acquisition accounting.  Clients and audited entities include FTSE companies, AIM listed companies, large inbounds and private equity backed businesses.

You will be responsible for a number of tax audits, acting as the point of contact with the main audit team, and working closely with junior staff and tax partners to deliver this work.  You will also work on a number of ad hoc, project-based engagements working with other BDO teams, using your tax accounting knowledge in different contexts to deliver the best to our clients.  

You will act as a key contact for tax accounting queries for the wider tax and audit practices and be involved in coaching and training more junior members of the team.
When you join us, we’ll make your growth our priority. If you can demonstrate the following skills, we can help you go far. 

We’re looking for someone with:

• Prior experience of tax accounting and tax auditing, with a clear desire to specialise in this area.

• Knowledge of tax accounting under FRS102 and IFRS; prior experience of US GAAP is useful but not obligatory.

• General corporate tax experience providing corporate tax advisory and/or compliance services to a variety of clients.

• Good project management skills, including meeting agreed deadlines, taking ownership and managing a team.

• Experience of coaching and training more junior staff.

• Experience of dealing with client senior management and key stakeholders.

• Educated to degree level, and CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.