OMB Tax Manager

About Us

Azets are a leading firm of Accountants and Business Advisers operating across the UK, Ireland and the Nordics, we have over a wide network of employees and an abundance of inspiring opportunities to join one of our many offices!

We are a top ten accountancy firm in the UK and are the number one largest SME practice.

The role

As an OMB Tax Manager at Azets, you will have the ability and motivation needed to:

• Own and manage a client portfolio with minimal support from senior staff
• Support in delivering revenue and profitability targets
• Foster enduring client relationships
• Develop and inspire our smarter people plan
• Get involved in advisory projects alongside an experienced Tax team
  
  

Key accountabilities

Efficiency

• Role models and motivates others to work efficiently and to embrace new technologies and ways of working to achieve this
• Encourages and empowers the ideas of team members on improving efficiency and champions these ideas as appropriate
• Identifies ways in which work delivery can be improved and puts ideas into practice, consulting with the wider team as appropriate.
  
  

Leading People

• Role models how to celebrate the success of our people
• Effectively communicates objectives and motivates and supports people through times of change
• Understands and demonstrates the importance of business needs and the needs of individuals – crucially being able to balance each
• Acts as a coach and mentor to more junior team members, supporting their management of their own team
• Demonstrates effective use of delegation and development of staff to achieve departmental strategic goals.
  
  

Leading Yourself

• Maintains passion and commitment to goals, in the face of obstacles and frustrations, seeking to understand the reason for these and ways to overcome them
• Deals with complex challenges and can move difficult and/ change management strategies forward
• Demonstrates an awareness of personal development objectives and actively takes steps to challenge themselves to achieve these, identifying where support is needed
• Identifies, welcomes and is receptive to contributions from all levels and is not closed to new learning opportunities
• Appreciates and demonstrates the value of delegation to accomplish goals. Is aware that they can’t and shouldn’t do it all.
  
  

Driving Business Growth

• Actively increases knowledge and awareness of business and competitive environment to seek out opportunities
• Has an established network of specific professional contacts relevant to their work through which business opportunities can arise
• Identifies opportunities to promote their specialist area to clients, prospects and external professional referrers with the aim of generating new referrals and work wins
• Is aware of team growth targets and understands their role in achieving these
• Demonstrates the ability to look forward at industry and wider legislative (or otherwise) changes which may affect clients and proactively seeks to offer support where appropriate.
  
  

Living Our Values

• New to Azets: Shows good understanding of our company values, and making good progress towards consistently demonstrating required behaviours
  
  

Skills & Experience

• CTA/ACA/ACCA/CA (or equivalent) qualified
• Our clients come from all industries, so exposure to multiple sectors would be a distinct advantage
• Previous Corporate Tax or Mixed Tax experience in a similar role within a practice environment is essential