Employment Tax Manager

Salary/Rate:£55,000 - £75,000
Job type:Perm
Town/City:Reading
County:Berkshire
Sector:Accountancy Practice
Job ref:ETMRE
Post Date:October 26, 2026
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Meet Our Recruiter

Todd Grainger
Todd Grainger
Director / Accounts and Legal Recruitment Specialist (South)

About the Role

Employment Tax Manager / Senior Manager

Growing Accountancy Practice | Career Progression | Friendly & Supportive Team

In this role, you'll manage a varied portfolio of clients, providing specialist employment tax advice across PAYE, National Insurance, benefits in kind, share schemes and wider employment tax matters.

What's on Offer?

  • Excellent opportunities for long-term career progression

  • Friendly, inclusive and supportive team environment

  • A growing, forward-thinking accountancy practice

  • Exposure to varied and technically interesting advisory projects

  • Opportunity to develop your expertise in specialist areas of tax

  • A senior position with autonomy, responsibility and the chance to influence the team's growth

The Company & Role

We're working with a well-established and growing accountancy practice looking to recruit an Employment Tax Manager or Senior Manager due to continued expansion.

Our client has a genuinely welcoming, collaborative culture and is keen to find someone who enjoys building client relationships, developing others and getting involved in interesting technical work.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Advising clients on PAYE, National Insurance, benefits in kind, salary sacrifice, CIS and IR35

  • Overseeing P11D submissions, PAYE Settlement Agreements (PSAs) and employment tax compliance

  • Advising on share schemes, including EMI options, growth shares, valuations and ERS returns

  • Supporting employment tax due diligence and wider advisory projects

  • Managing client relationships and identifying opportunities to provide additional support

  • Mentoring junior colleagues and helping develop the wider tax team

About You

We're keen to hear from experienced tax professionals with a background in UK employment tax, ideally within an accountancy practice.

ACA, ACCA, ATT or CTA qualifications would be advantageous, alongside strong technical knowledge and good client-facing skills.

Don't tick every box? Please apply anyway! We recruit for a variety of tax and accountancy practice positions and would be happy to discuss your options.

Apply today for a confidential conversation. Your CV won't be sent directly to our client. We'll speak with you first, explain the opportunity in detail and only put you forward with your agreement.

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