Financial Services Tax - Associate Director

Financial Services Tax – Associate Director

We are Grant Thornton. We go beyond business as usual, so you can too. Grant Thornton Ireland (GT) has nearly 3,000 people in 9 offices across Ireland, The Isle of Man, Gibraltar, and Bermuda, with a presence in over 145 countries around the world, and a global network of over 68,000 people. At GT, we work as trusted advisors , bringing local knowledge and national expertise, with a global presence, to help businesses succeed – wherever they are located. We make business more personal by investing in building relationships and empowering our clients to make the right decisions for their organisation now and for the future. A Career at GT Looking for a more fulfilling role in professional services? One where fresh thinking, collaboration and diversity are valued? At Grant Thornton we do things differently. We are seeking a Financial Services Tax Associate Director to join our growing Financial Services tax team. As a financial services tax director, you will be responsible for presenting solutions to increasingly complex technical issues, demonstrating sufficient technical knowledge of financial services tax in order to develop solutions to complex technical issues and manage a team in demanding assignments on a day to day basis. Excellent growth opportunities exist for ambitious and driven candidates to progress within the team. This position attracts a competitive remuneration package and is a great opportunity to help drive growth in a fast-growing team, with excellent career progression potential.

Main responsibilities:

1. Manage a team providing financial services tax services to a broad range of clients in a variety of financial services sectors such as asset management, banking, securitisation, aviation finance and leasing, insurance and fintech.
2. Provide support to clients’ transactions, compliance obligations and assess their tax strategies.
3. Manage the implementation of a number of different advisory and compliance projects at any one time, including meeting deadlines, prioritization and billings.
4. Contribute to the financial services tax team’s growth and development by proactively managing existing clients and identifying potential opportunities to undertake additional/new client work.

Skills and attributes:

1. ATT/ACA/ACCA or CTA qualified.
2. Minimum 7 years’ post qualification experience of working in financial services tax department either in industry or professional services.
3. Strong technical knowledge and proven ability to identify opportunities for clients and grow our financial services tax offering.
4. Capable of working on your own initiative.
5. Ability to build trusted relationships with clients and the team.
6. Proven business development skills.
7. Strong interpersonal skills are essential together with proven people development skills to support the development of the more junior staff.
8. Ambitious and want to pursue a career in practice.

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