Job Description

Senior Manager or Director - Nonprofit Tax

Department: Corporate Tax

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: City, London

Compensation: £78,000 - £113,000 / year

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver a portfolio of charity and nonprofit tax engagements, providing high quality advisory and compliance services and acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders.
• Provide specialised technical advice across key charity and nonprofit areas, including:
• Charity tax reliefs and exemptions.
• Creative tax relief claims (particularly exhibition and orchestra tax relief).
• Structuring for non-exempt activities and property transactions.
• Charity and non-profit restructurings.
• Restrictions on non-charitable expenditure.
• Gift Aid (for charities and donors).
• Mutual trading tax status.
• Provide timely and pragmatic support to our Practice teams on technical tax queries that arise from their work in preparing annual tax computations for charities and nonprofit clients.
• Identify and pursue advisory opportunities with existing clients and contributing to the growth of the charity and nonprofit offering.
• Contribute to sector-specific thought leadership and business development with a view to winning new engagements for the firm.
• Deliver seminars and training on relevant topics (online, in-house and at external speaking engagements)
• Coach and develop junior colleagues, sharing technical knowledge and supporting performance, to establish and build strong technical resource to deliver the work.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Strong UK tax technical knowledge, with significant charities and nonprofit sector experience in a professional services firm, delivering both compliance and advisory work.
• ATT and/or CTA qualified preferred
• Demonstrable involvement in business development (identifying opportunities, supporting proposals/tenders and converting work through the wider firm network).
• Well-developed client relationship skills, including experience advising senior stakeholders and delivering proactive, value-adding and commercially focused advice.
• Proven track record of working with charities, membership organisations and companies limited by guarantees, navigating the unique and complex tax landscape of the nonprofit sector.
• High degree of professionalism, integrity and sound judgement, with strong awareness of risk and quality requirements.
• Commercially aware, with an understanding of the charity and nonprofit operating environment and the issues facing the sector.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal), with the ability to explain complex technical matters clearly to non-specialists.
• Collaborative and team-oriented, with a proven willingness to support, coach and develop colleagues.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments, budgets, deadlines and stakeholder expectations.