Personal Tax Senior Manager

General Description

As one of the region’s leading independent chartered accountants and business advisors, Cowgills has the expertise and knowledge to provide you with a full‑service offering. Our independence ensures that we can tailor our approach to suit our clients’ individual needs. We have over 200 talented, committed and engaged employees, totally focused on delivering financial guidance and growth strategies to our clients.

To be considered for an interview, please make sure your application is full in line with the job specs as found below.

Due to continued growth, we are looking for a Personal Tax Senior Manager who will be working on tax client activities including tax compliance, preparation and review of personal tax returns and tax planning.

Department: Personal Tax
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Wigan
Workplace type: Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing a portfolio of clients, providing support with their personal tax affairs
• Handling a range of tax compliance matters for clients
• Completion and review of self‑assessment tax returns
• Ability to assist with tax enquiries and prepare correspondence
• Liaison with tax authorities
• Ensure the business complies with all relevant internal requirements, industry regulations and government legislation, identifying any savings to minimise tax bills
• Advising on bespoke tax planning
• Preparing tax liability calculations
• Develop and maintain a good level of technical knowledge through appropriate reading and training

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• ATT qualified or equivalent experience in personal tax
• Proven experience in managing a portfolio of personal tax clients
• Strong knowledge of UK personal tax legislation and compliance requirements
• Experience preparing and reviewing self‑assessment tax returns
• Excellent technical knowledge with the ability to interpret complex tax legislation
• Confident communicator with the ability to explain tax matters clearly to clients and colleagues
• Strong organisational and time‑management xwzovoh skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines

Our Values

• We Shine Together
• We Do the Right Thing
• We Make It Count

About Cowgills

We’re not your ordinary accountancy firm, far from it. While we’re one of the North West’s leading independent firms of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, we’ve never lost sight of the fact that we work with people, not just numbers.

Hiring Process

2. Applied
3. Screening Call
4. 1st Stage Interview
5. 2nd Stage Interview
6. Background Checks
7. Offer