Job description
The opportunity
We have an opportunity for an Senior Tax Associate to join our friendly Peterborough office.
Who we are
At MHA, we work with a wide variety of clients across multiple industries and really get to grips with the inner workings of a company. This in-depth understanding allows us to offer new ways to help businesses fulfil their commercial potential.
Our culture is one of innovation and growth. We’re hungry to help businesses succeed and recognise that doing so will require creativity, individuality and flair. At MHA we want to uncover your potential. We nurture teams of talented individuals, enabling them to rise to new challenges.
Your responsibilities
- Request information from client or audit team
- Prepare and generate tax returns using tax software
- Communicate with client to address any queries, detail any liabilities and advise on any tax saving opportunities
- Liaise with HMRC on client’s behalf and prepare any HMRC forms as appropriate
- Coach junior staff on work delegated
- Identify tax planning opportunities as appropriate
- Assist on consultancy projects and carry out research projects (where required)
Qualifications and skills
- ATT qualified, or ACA-CTA part-qualified or equivalent
- Varied, practical and technical tax knowledge, minimum 2 - 3 years practical experience
- Able to train junior members of staff
- Basic accounts knowledge
- Communication skills
- Commercial awareness / client focus
- Problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to work well under pressure
Why join us
Over the last few years, we have won multiple industry awards such as National Firm of the Year, Tax Team of the Year, Graduate and Non-Graduate programme of the Year, Best Advisory Services and most recently the gold standard accreditation by Investors in People.
The offering
- Genuine Work Life balance
- 33 days holiday Inc. bank holidays, plus the opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 days (28 days on a training contract, with the opportunity to buy 5 days)
- Competitive salary package
- Employee Recognition awards
- Paid CSR time
- Accredited Investor in People
- New and improved programme for Succession planning and supportive management structure to help you realise your potential
- And more!
It's an exciting time to join the firm so take your next career step with us.
Our application form takes just a few minutes to complete and includes some diversity questions. MHA is a committed member of Access Accountancy and as such, we track our diversity stats and actively work to improve on these, year on year, looking at new ways to promote our roles to the widest audience. Any data collected is fully anonymised before sharing with any external parties, as per our Data Protection Policy and is not visible to hiring managers, or used in any way during the selection process.
