Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world. 

Becoming a £1 billion UK organisation in 2024, we are powered by our 8,000 people and are part of the $15 billion BDO International Network of 166 countries and territories.

A respected and thriving regional tax business

Our tax practice in Yorkshire and the North-East is an established and successful business, led by 6 partners and is known both for its high quality services to clients and our talented people. 

We are proud of the strong relationships we hold across our significant portfolio of large corporates, privately owned, private equity backed and international clients and these are at the heart of our business which continues to grow.  The quality, trust and integrity of those relationships drives the diverse opportunities and projects we love to deliver and gives rich experiences to our people to develop themselves and their careers.

Building into the future

Our Tax team’s growth has been driven by the deliberate and successful development of our talented people with 3 new tax partners promoted internally over the last 3 years.  There is significant opportunity in the market to continue the growth of our business with the addition of a strong relationship handler and technically strong corporate tax Senior Manager or Associate Director in the team. 

With a desire to own and develop important trusted client relationships, expand the value delivered to existing clients, contribute to bringing in new clients and actively lead the continuing development of our talented corporate tax team, the successful candidate will have a clear sense of purpose to help our clients and people succeed and be a valued and impactful player in the wider Yorkshire and North East tax team.

Our tax team based in the Leeds office is 60 strong of which 25 sit in our corporate tax team led by 3 partners who have an extensive network and client base across both Yorkshire and the North East of England.  The corporate tax team is highly integrated with the indirect tax, employment tax, private client, tax risk assurance and innovation incentives specialists making up the rest of our local tax group.  As a core and year round provider of services, the corporate tax team plays a fundamental role in leading trusted relationships with a variety of exciting businesses to deliver the holistic tax service BDO in Leeds is known for.

With a strong culture and team dynamic that is friendly, team-orientated and very supportive, high performance and enriching development opportunities are a key characteristic of BDO Leeds Tax which makes this a positive place to be, aligning personal purpose and success with excellent client service and impactful results for the BDO business.  Our most recent team engagement results from our internal Listening Programme at the end of 2024 were very pleasing and a testament to this.

A talented and experienced tax practitioner with a strong desire to build relationships and deliver exceptional client service will accelerate the growth of our business and fantastic tax team.

The Role

This role will be leading the tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients, with a particular emphasis on large and complex corporates with international footprint and private equity backed portfolio businesses.

The primary responsibility will be to own the relationships on a portfolio of clients, with a focus on adding wider value for those businesses, developing the account teams and delivering on all assignments to a high level of quality.  It is expected that this will involve responsibility for a mix of compliance and advisory projects for the portfolio of clients as well as delivering one-off project work.

Another key part of the role requires the individual to actively seek, and keep the Partner informed about, any new business opportunities arising on existing and new clients.

You will provide assistance to Partners in both client work and in the management of the group with the opportunity to drive practice development in key strategic areas.

Responsibilities

• Own the relationships on a portfolio of clients and deliver their tax compliance and advisory services; regular involvement with tax planning and complex tax issues on the portfolio or on one off projects.
• Demonstrate strong technical knowledge and expertise
• Seek solutions to complex challenges with a quality mindset
• Lead large scale or complex projects within own area of expertise.
• Respond quickly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients.
• Keep the relevant Partner informed about any new business opportunities arising on existing and new clients.
• Develop/maintain your own network of contacts internally and externally to support growth of the business.
• Be responsible for coaching and developing junior members of staff.
• Actively pursue and encourage knowledge sharing, consulting experts and specialists, where needed

Requirements

• An in depth, up to date, knowledge of taxation relevant for your portfolio of clients and the ability to deal with complex tax issues
• Project and staff management experience
• Ability to manage a substantial client portfolio profitably whilst being able to actively seek opportunities for selling new services to existing clients
• Experience of dealing with client senior management
• CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent
• Demonstrable experience of senior manager role undertaken in practice

You’ll be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. 

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 very excited about the future and welcoming a high performing, personable and talented Senior Manager/Associate Director to work with us to deliver our vision for growth and BDO Leeds Tax in the next 5 years and beyond.