Tax Assistant

Rathbones provides individual investment and wealth management services for private clients, charities, trustees and professional partners. We have been trusted for generations to manage and preserve our clients’ wealth.

Our tradition of investing and acting responsibly has been with us from the beginning and continues to lead us forward. Our ambition is to be recognised as the UK’s most responsible wealth manager.

We see it as our responsibility to invest for everyone’s tomorrow. That means doing the right thing for our clients and for others too. Keeping the future in mind when we make decisions today. Looking beyond the short term for the most sustainable outcome. This is how we build enduring value for our clients, make a wider contribution to society and create a lasting legacy. Thinking, acting and investing responsibly.

Job Title: Tax Assistant

Department: Finance

Location: Sheffield / Leeds

Contract Type:   Perm

The Role

Assist the wider tax team with the management of group's corporation tax, VAT, employment and other tax positions, risks and compliance obligations.

Outcomes of the Role

• Assist the other members of the tax team with the preparation of corporation tax computations, including R&D claims, and the associated analysis to support those computations.
• Assist the other members of the tax team with the preparation of employment tax related returns (P11D, P11D(b) and PSA).
• Assist the other members of the tax team with the preparation of the quarterly VAT returns and annual PESM submissions.
• Maintain an appropriate controls framework in relation to tax compliance.
• Assist with the audit process in relation to tax matters.
• Assist with entity level tax provisioning and inputs into tax statutory reporting.

Assist with the maintenance of transfer pricing documentation.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Able to communicate information, ideas, or issues effectively and clearly through the most appropriate channel within the team and to key stakeholders.
• Able to organise and prioritise own workload effectively, working to a high degree of autonomy.
• Confident challenging processes and escalating issues.
• Effective problem solver, generating practical solutions to often complex issues.
• An eye for detail, able to identify, investigate and clearly explain variance.
• Self-motivated with high energy and enthusiasm.
• Builds effective relationships with stakeholders across the firm.
• Strong collaboration skills - proactively seeks to share information and ideas.
• Comfortable working across the MS Office suite of applications.
• Keeps up to date with developments in the industry, including emerging risks and regulation.
• Able to consolidate and present information and analysis in an effective, digestible, and timely manner
• Comfortable with Finance and data but not required to be qualified accountant.

Life at Rathbones

We aim to become an employer of choice for the wealth management sector, to achieve this we are working hard to build a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace that motivates, develops and embraces the strengths of all our colleagues. Being part of Rathbones means you will join a team of passionate professionals in a successful culture that cares for its people. At Rathbones, we provide meaningful work, opportunities, and a voice to all.

We are committed to building a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We welcome individuals who share our values – those that are passionate about client service, operate with the highest levels of integrity and have a strong results focus.

We’re a Level 1 Disability Confident employer under the UK Government scheme. This means we’ve signed up to a set of commitments around how we recruit, retain and develop people with disabilities. Find out more about the Government Scheme online. If you require adjustments to apply for a role at Rathbones, please contact us via recruit@rathbones.com to let us know what adjustments you may need.