Tax Associate Director - Technology, Media & Consumer Markets

Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

Working hard and working together, our Tax team thrives on keeping busy. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients’ evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you’re after a career that will keep you on your toes, we’ll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward.

We’ll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

Role overview

The Technology, Media & Consumer Markets (TMC) Tax team works with a diverse portfolio of clients ranging from fast-growing entrepreneurial businesses and private equity-backed companies to large international groups and listed businesses. We provide a combination of corporation tax compliance, tax reporting and advisory services that help our clients manage risk, meet their obligations and achieve their commercial objectives.

As a Tax Associate Director, you will lead client relationships and deliver a broad range of tax services to businesses across the TMC sector. Working closely with Partners and Directors, you will manage a portfolio of clients, provide commercially focused tax advice and lead the delivery of complex compliance and advisory engagements. You will act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, oversee risk and quality standards, support the development of team members and contribute to business development initiatives. You will also play a key role in advising clients on strategic projects, including acquisitions, disposals, restructurings and international expansion, working collaboratively with specialists across the wider firm..

The TMC sector is dynamic and constantly evolving. Our clients operate in innovative and fast-moving industries, creating a broad range of tax opportunities and challenges. This role offers the opportunity to work with ambitious businesses at various stages of growth while building long-term client relationships and developing your leadership profile within a market-leading team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of clients within the Technology, Media & Consumer Markets sector, ensuring the delivery of high-quality corporation tax compliance, tax reporting and advisory services
• Act as a trusted adviser to senior client stakeholders, providing practical and commercially focused tax advice across a broad range of corporate tax matters
• Lead the delivery of complex tax advisory projects, including reorganisations, acquisitions, disposals, international tax matters and other strategic business initiatives
• "Support the development of the TMC Tax team through recruitment, retention, succession planning and contribution to team strategy
• Review and oversee corporation tax computations, tax returns and tax accounting disclosures, ensuring technical excellence and effective risk management
• Build and maintain strong client relationships while identifying opportunities to expand existing engagements and develop new business
• Work closely with Partners and Directors to support business development activities, proposals, pitches and client growth initiatives
• Lead and develop Managers and junior team members through coaching, mentoring and performance management
• Manage engagement economics, resource planning and project delivery to ensure work is completed efficiently and within budget
• Collaborate with specialists across the wider tax practice to deliver integrated solutions to clients
• Contribute to the growth, development and culture of the TMC Tax team

Requirements

• Strong UK corporate tax technical knowledge with significant experience delivering both compliance and advisory services
• CTA and/or ACA qualified (or equivalent)
• Experience managing a corporate tax portfolio and leading the delivery of complex tax engagements
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, including finance directors, tax directors and business owners
• Experience leading corporate tax advisory projects and managing multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Strong commercial awareness and a track record of identifying opportunities to add value to clients and grow revenue
• Experience supporting business development activities, including proposals, pitches and client relationship development
• Demonstrable experience leading, coaching and developing managers and junior team members
• Strong project management, organisational and risk management skills
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex tax matters clearly to both tax and non-tax audiences

You’ll also be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business.  We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task in hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture.  From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

We can provide the best support for our clients and people when we’re working side by side.  Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another.  At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for our clients and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices.  BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences.  With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions.

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.