Location 

Newcastle, Whitley Bay 

Salary Range

£30,000 - £37,000

Your opportunity

You will get the chance to work with a wide variety of clients, from UHNWIs, owner-managed businesses, celebrities, and sports stars to non-doms.

You will be provided with the support network and training to reach your career goals and become a trusted tax adviser.

How you will make a difference

As a Semi-Senior within our Private Client team, you will play a pivotal role in contributing to the firm’s growth and success. You will leverage your technical expertise to cultivate partnerships with clients, becoming one of our trusted business advisors, and deliver exceptional service. You will be responsible for the preparation of various financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations and standards. Your commitment to professional development and embodying our culture and values will see you thrive at BKL.

You will:

• Be the central point of contact for client work within the team.
• Prepare personal tax returns, partnership tax returns, P11D’s and PSA’s for a variety of managers.
• Take ownership of the various areas of the job that you will be responsible for.
• Mentor, coach, and train junior team members, providing guidance, feedback, and on-the-job training to support their professional development and enhance their technical skills.
• Maintain open and effective communication with the manager, providing regular progress updates, escalating issues promptly, and collaborating on resolving complex matters.
• Proactively manage budgets and time reporting, ensuring accurate and timely recording of billable hours and adherence to agreed-upon budgets and timelines.
• Foster strong client relationships by consistently delivering excellent client service, maintaining professionalism, and effectively communicating findings and recommendations.
• Continuously enhance your technical knowledge, skills, and industry expertise through self-study, firm-provided training, and on-the-job learning opportunities.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of best practices, and quality control processes within the Tax department.

You will be ideal for this role if you have:

• ATT Part Qualified
• Minimum of 1.5 years relevant UK work experience.
• Experience in preparing personal tax returns.
• Thorough knowledge of current accounting standards, techniques and best practice.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation and client relationship management skills with a collaborative approach.
• Ability to provide guidance/training to junior staff members.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

We know you have a lot to offer, which is why we want to give you the freedom to thrive no matter who you are or what your background is. You will have every opportunity to use your creativity in how you approach your work and the support to innovate.

Inclusion, diversity, and talent development are a fundamental aspect of who we are, and we welcome applications from candidates who share and champion these values. You will play an integral part in helping to make BKL a great place to work with a sense of belonging for everyone.

High challenge, high support

If you enjoy problem-solving and a fast-changing environment, you will thrive in this role.

As in all BKL roles, you will be able to take a flexible approach: balancing independent work with teamwork, and remote working with time in the office with colleagues.

You can get an insight into life at BKL here.

We’re proud to be one of the few Certified B Corporations in the accountancy sector. In joining us, you’ll become part of a business that’s committed to balancing profit and purpose.

Take your next step

If this sounds like the role for you, we’d be delighted to discuss the career you could build at BKL.

Part of how we’ll get to know you, and make sure we’d work well together, is aptitude and psychometric testing during our selection process.

The start date of this role is as soon as possible... so we’re ready when you are!