About the role

Expand your career as Tax Director | Private Business based in our stunning Belfast city centre - Merchant Square office

Our corporate tax team specialises in advising local and international businesses on managing their tax affairs in the UK and abroad. As a tax business we work alongside our colleagues in the Republic of Ireland on an all island basis and create a seamless Private Business tax offering to our local clients. The role will allow you the opportunity to work on an all Ireland basis but within the UK tax technical and national network, therefore having unfettered access to UK tax specialists, enabling you to service your clients with robust value add tax advice.

It's an extremely unique and exciting time to join the team as PwC NI and PwC Ireland embrace working together jointly, providing a seamless exceptional tax service to our clients across the island.

The focus will be on the growth of the Private Business market in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. In this role you will bring and gain significant and varied experience in building a business and advising. This role will oversee both UK and Republic of Ireland (ROI) owned businesses, including private equity portfolio companies on a broad range of complex matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely and manage senior stakeholders including Partners and Directors across the Irish and UK PwC Network.
  
• Responsible for developing new client relationships, identifying and pursuing new opportunities from within our market.
  
• Build a diverse portfolio of client engagements, including both UK and ROI owned businesses, private equity portfolio companies and family offices and business owners.
  
• Corporate tax focus - work with a variety of clients and lead projects, introducing the relevant specialists as appropriate.
  
• Develop market leading relationships with both our key clients (including many well-known household names) and internal stakeholders, collaborating across the firm when developing client relationships or delivering complex projects.
  
• Subject Matter Expert - an expert level of relevant tax knowledge, remain up to date with technical developments including changes in tax law and legislation, such that you can advise clients and internal stakeholders on the latest tax technical issues, including delivering sessions at client / knowledge events.
  
• Lead a team: Your role includes supervising, coaching and providing regular feedback to your team at all grades.
  

The skills and experience we're looking for:

• Must possess an ACA/CTA Qualification (or an equivalent qualified)
  
• Relevant and up-to-date UK Tax knowledge - varied experience of more complex tax issues facing both locally and internationally owned businesses and private equity portfolio companies.
  
• Proven experience of business development - new and existing clients or gaps in the market to create profitable opportunities/value propositions for tax services.
  
• Previous project management experience
  
• Senior stakeholder management - both internal and external.
  
• Efficient use of technology in managing client and contact relationships, pursuing opportunities and overseeing the delivery of analysis and written deliverables.
  
• Previous experience of scaling efficiencies and continuous improvement/new ways of working across multiple projects and environments to dedicated timelines
  
• Proven leadership experience to include coaching and delegation skills
  

We support flexible working at PwC and encourage those looking for a part time position or flexible hours to apply for this role.