Manager – Private Capital Corporate Tax

Grant Thornton UK

At Grant Thornton UK, we are redefining what it means to work in professional services. With a forward-looking mindset, ambitious growth plans, and a commitment to creating meaningful change across our industry, we help businesses thrive through audit, tax, and advisory expertise.

Our people are at the centre of that ambition. We offer an environment where opportunity, inclusion, and flexibility come together, giving you the platform to grow your career while maintaining balance in your life. With more than 5,000 colleagues across the UK and access to a network spanning 150 global markets, this is your chance to be part of a business moving from great to exceptional.

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About the Team

Our **Private Capital Corporate Tax team** works with some of the most exciting entrepreneurial businesses in the market. We support privately owned and private equity-backed companies that are ambitious, dynamic, and often growing at pace.

These clients rely on us to help them manage increasingly complex tax compliance requirements while also advising on key milestones such as growth, restructuring, and succession planning. Our goal is to build trusted, long-term relationships by understanding what matters to our clients both commercially and personally, and helping them achieve it in the most tax-efficient way.

As part of a wider national tax practice, we also collaborate with specialists across corporate and multinational tax, innovation tax, employment taxes, VAT, and real estate. This breadth of expertise allows us to deliver a truly joined-up service as our clients evolve.

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The Opportunity

As a **Manager** in our Private Capital Corporate Tax team, you will work with a varied and high-potential client portfolio, ranging from owner-managed businesses to private equity-backed organisations.

This is a role for someone who enjoys combining technical excellence with client relationship management, team leadership, and commercial contribution.

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What You’ll Be Doing

• Advising clients on a wide range of corporate tax matters, spanning both compliance and advisory work

• Managing client relationships and taking an active role in meetings, responding clearly and confidently to queries

• Delivering high-quality tax advice with accuracy, commercial awareness, and attention to deadlines

• Leading client work from the front, ensuring the right expertise is brought in from across the wider tax team

• Supporting and developing junior colleagues, understanding their aspirations and helping them progress

• Providing creative and practical solutions to tax issues, both proactively and in response to client needs

• Identifying opportunities to introduce clients to broader services across the Grant Thornton network

• Contributing to business development, including leading pitches and proposals and building visibility in the market

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What We’re Looking For

To succeed in this role, you should bring a strong blend of technical corporate tax knowledge, client handling skills, and the confidence to manage a portfolio of entrepreneurial businesses.

Essential Requirements

• Professional qualification such as CTA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent

• Post-qualification experience in a relevant tax role

• Confidence in managing a portfolio of entrepreneurial business clients

Ideally, You’ll Also Have

• Strong knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation

• A working understanding of international tax concepts

• Experience reviewing work and supervising others within a tax environment

• Background in a professional services setting

• Experience managing a large and varied client portfolio

• Demonstrable business development experience

• A genuine interest in building deeper knowledge of the firm’s wider services and capabilities

Even if your experience does not align with every point above, we still encourage you to apply. We are committed to helping talented people develop and grow.

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Why Grant Thornton?

Our culture is one of the key reasons people choose to join us and stay with us. We are known for creating an inclusive environment where individuals can be themselves, contribute meaningfully, and perform at their best.

We value people who are:

• Purposefully driven

• Actively curious

• Candid, but kind

• Committed to doing the right thing

These values shape how we work with clients, support one another, and make decisions every day.

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What You’ll Get in Return

Alongside a competitive salary and reward package, you’ll have access to a broad range of benefits designed to support your professional development, wellbeing, and lifestyle.

Our Benefits Include

• Tailored development programmes and access to coaching

• Flexible bank holidays, so you can celebrate the days that matter most to you

• Pension, life assurance, and private medical cover

• Options for additional holiday purchase

• A range of health and wellbeing benefits

• Access to shopping discounts, gym memberships, and financial advice

• And much more

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How We Work

Our approach to work is built on trust, responsibility, and flexibility. We believe people do their best work when they have the freedom to balance client needs, team collaboration, and personal priorities.

Through our flexible working framework, we support a variety of ways of working across location, schedule, and working style. We understand that life outside of work matters, and we are open to flexible working options across all of our roles.

That is how it should be.

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Join Us

We are looking for people who want to help shape the future of our business, bring fresh thinking, and consistently go beyond expectations. If you want a role where you can make an impact for clients, support your colleagues, and build a career you can be proud of, this could be the opportunity for you.

Join Grant Thornton UK and help break new ground.