Assistant Manager - Tax Compliance
About us
Fortus is a fast-growing firm of accountants and business advisors based in Yorkshire, working with ambitious businesses that want more than just the numbers. We combine high-quality financial expertise with practical, forward-thinking advice to help our clients make better decisions and achieve their wider business goals.
As we continue to grow, so does our team. Supporting more business owners across Yorkshire is a collective effort, and collaboration sits at the heart of how we work. Our people are curious, energetic and solution-focused - going beyond day-to-day delivery to make a real difference for our clients.
This is The Fortus Way: being genuinely client-obsessed, straightforward and open, always looking for smarter ways to do things, and bringing energy, enthusiasm and resilience to everything we do - while having fun along the way.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced Assistant Manager with mixed tax experience along with management skills to help develop the current team and expand the continuous growth of our current client base. The primary objective of the Assistant Manager is to play an integral part within the existing tax team in delivering tax compliance services to our client base.
What you'll be doing
- Provide Tax compliance and advisory services where appropriate
- Support the tax advisory function, both personal and corporate
- Identify opportunities to introduce other service lines within the business
- Utilise technology where appropriate
- Manage a portfolio of clients, including interaction with clients and colleagues to ensure all deadlines (client and statutory) are met
- Plan and manage the tax compliance function to ensure that clients are compliant, and all calculations submitted are accurate and timely
- Revision of technical and financial assessments prepared by other members of the team
- Identify other opportunities from your review of the company records and preparation of tax calculations
About you
- Minimum of 5 years experience of working in tax, ideally obtained within practice
- CTA qualified
- Past management/supervisory experience would be beneficial
- Experience managing and controlling workflows in a practice environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Capability to translate complex theories into plain English
- Demonstrate a high level of commercial awareness
- Project management and leadership skills
- Strong communication and organisational skills
- Excellent time management
- Can work well under pressure, hit deadlines and respond promptly to requests
How we work
- Location: Based in our York or Leeds office, with occasional travel to Fortus or venue locations when needed, and so a full driver's license and access to a vehicle would be highly valuable.
- Agile working: We operate a hybrid approach, balancing time at home with time in the office to suit the role and team.
- Hours: This is a full-time, permanent role (37.5 hours per week), with flexibility where needed to support the business.
What's on offer
- Competitive salary
- 26 days holiday
- Your birthday off
- Flexible bank holidays
- Agile working
- Medicash health plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life assurance
- Pension scheme
- Salary sacrifice benefits
- Regular social events
- Friendly and inclusive working environment
Learn more about our benefits and what it's like to work at Fortus here.
At Fortus, we’re building teams made up of different backgrounds, experiences and ways of thinking - because we know that diversity makes us stronger and helps us do our best work. We want you to feel comfortable being yourself here, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you during the application process.
And if you don’t tick every single box in the job description, don’t let that put you off. If the role excites you and you feel you could add value to our team, we’d love to hear from you.
For more information please email recruitment@fortus.co.uk