Private Clients – Associate Director

At Grant Thornton Advisors (NI), we have a growing Tax Team consisting of over 70 Tax specialists with deep industry, sector and technical knowledge.

We are seeking to recruit a talented, driven Associate Director to join our Private Client Tax team in Belfast to build on our continuing momentum and take advantage of significant opportunities that lie ahead.

As an Associate Director, you will use your technical knowledge and experience to support the Partners and Directors in looking after our substantial client base and helping to develop new business opportunities.

This position in our senior team presents an excellent opportunity to play an integral role in our organisation, while also offering competitive prospects for career growth and advancement.

Main responsibilities will include:

Leading engagements to deliver Private Client Tax advisory services to clients; ensuring they and their businesses are looked after holistically.
Providing commercial, intelligent and creative solutions to complex technical tax issues.
Managing a number of client relationships and projects concurrently.
Conversing with clients and colleagues as a subject matter expert with in-depth, up to date, specialist knowledge and experience in dealing with complex personal tax matters.
Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and intermediaries.
Identifying opportunities to provide additional services to new and existing clients.
Actively contributing to financial management within the team, with a proactive approach to monitoring WIP, billing and debtors.
Managing, motivating and coaching more junior members of the team; with a willingness to provide guidance and technical support.
Collaborating effectively with colleagues across the wider firm and in other jurisdictions, to provide integrated services to our clients.

Skills and attributes:

ACA/ACCA and/or CTA qualified.
Significant post qualification experience working in a Private Client Tax team of a large practice. Experience within a Big Four or top-tier professional services firm is desirable.
Commercially focussed with experience in business development.
Proven ability to nurture client relationships and to manage projects from initiation through to completion.
Experience in performance management and coaching, with a keen interest in staff development and wellbeing.

Life at Grant Thornton

Reward and benefits:

Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.

Equity, diversity and inclusion
At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied backgrounds, racial differences, cultures, sexual orientations, religious orientations, ages, gender identities, abilities and family types present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.

We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm’s best-practice principles, and we will champion you as leaders from day one.

Recognition:

We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme.

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Private Clients Associate Director

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