Tax Manager

About The Tax Manager Role We are TC Group, the fastest-growing top 20 accountancy firm in the UK. We're business advisors and accountants, with over 30 years of experience we've honed our skills and developed our service offering to deliver a much wider range of bespoke support and advice to ambitious business owners and their businesses. We're looking for a Tax Manager to join our growing tax team in Northampton in a true mixed tax role spanning compliance and advisory work. You'll manage a diverse client portfolio, lead on tax compliance delivery, and support (and increasingly own) advisory projects across a broad range of tax matters. This is an ideal role for a hands-on manager who enjoys variety, client contact, and problem-solving — with clear scope to develop advisory exposure and progress in the team Key responsibilities of a Tax Manager

will include:

• Manage a portfolio across a range of client types (e.g., owner-managed businesses, HNWIs, partnerships, trusts, corporates ).
• Review and oversee high-quality delivery of corporation tax and personal tax returns and computations, ensuring technical accuracy and deadlines are met.
• Identify risk areas, improve processes, and ensure consistent standards across the portfolio.
• Support and deliver advisory assignments (scope will reflect your experience), such as planning opportunities, restructuring support, transactions support, succession/wealth planning considerations, international/UK issues, trust and IHT planning and HMRC correspondence/enquiries.
• Spot opportunities in the client base and proactively raise them with tax team and wider team.
• Translate complex tax into clear, practical advice clients understand.
• Coach and support junior team members; review work and develop capability.
• Contribute to a collaborative culture and help strengthen technical and service delivery standards. About You We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:
• Proven experience at Manager level (minimum) in practice, with a track record across mixed tax compliance and some advisory
• Strong client handling skills and the confidence to manage deadlines and competing priorities.
• Technically curious and commercially minded — you enjoy advising, not just filing.
• Qualification such as CTA / ACA / ACCA / ATT (or qualified by experience) — depending on the level/portfolio. Full benefits available for the Tax Manager:
• 26 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
• Pension scheme
• Group life assurance x 4 salary
• Group income protection
• Birthday day off
• Health cash plan
• Enhanced paternity and maternity policies
• Social events
• Car parking
• Access to our employee benefits portal – cashback and vouchers on everyday purchases
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Referral Bonus – we're always looking for talented individuals to join our team
• Regular training and development - continuous development and support not only for your professional qualifications but also for your personal goals and aspirations About Us TC Group is growing and changing at quite a pace! We're an ambitious group of people with the same aim – to create a consistent, high-quality experience for our clients. Like us, our client list is growing – we're supporting more and more of the UK's ambitious business owners, SME's and large Corporations and it's a real team effort. We're helping them make courageous decisions to grow their businesses. We can only accept applications from candidates who are based in the UK and unfortunately we are unable to provide Sponsorship. Department Tax Contract type Permanent Hours Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week with flexible, hybrid working Salary competitive depending on experience