Share Schemes Tax Director

Manchester City Centre

Salary: £110,000 + Flexible/Hybrid working

Are you an experienced shares scheme professional who is looking to take your next step into a leadership role?

We are currently working with a leading professional services firm who are looking to bring in a new Tax Director to sit within their incentives and reward team in Manchester. You'll be working in a new flagship, state of the art Manchester office playing a critical role in helping lead the team and delivering high quality tax advice.

Your new role

You’ll be supporting a varied portfolio of clients, working with large global corporations to smaller fast‑growing businesses, meaning your exposure to different aspects of incentive and reward projects will be unrivalled.

Responsibilities

• Offering advice on commercial and practical aspects of structuring and designing employee equity and cash incentive plans.
• Assisting companies with the rollout of equity and cash incentive plans both within the UK and internationally.
• Providing guidance on the tax and legal implications of incentive plans globally for both employers and employees.
• Advising on the tax consequences of incentives for mobile employees and expatriates.
• Developing strategies to ensure the tax‑compliant and tax‑efficient delivery of incentives.
• Creating share plan documents and related employee communications, including plan rules, FAQs, and tax guides.
• Preparing technical updates for clients and contacts regarding changes in the tax and legal treatment of incentives.
• Participating in client service meetings and discussing advice with clients as needed.
• Supporting proposals and business development activities, such as preparing slides, bid responses, and building your own client relationships.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in UK and/or Global Incentive Plan consulting.
• A team player with excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks flexibly to meet deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, capable of simplifying complex issues for clients.
• Ability to take ownership and use initiative to solve problems.
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish rapport and build effective working relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Experience with share plans in a professional services environment or industry, or related areas with an interest in share plans or management incentives.
• Understanding of relevant legislation in this field.
• Willingness to learn and engage with new ideas and technical areas.
• Commercial awareness.
• Ability to produce high-quality, client‑facing, technically accurate, and well‑written work.
• Proactive and capable of taking ownership of project delivery to clients.
• Professional qualifications such as ACCA, ACA, ATII, ATT, CTA, Solicitor, or Barrister.

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.