Senior Manager or Director – Nonprofit Tax

Overview

In this role you lead the delivery of high‑quality charity and nonprofit tax advisory and compliance work, acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders. You shape and grow the nonprofit tax offering within the Corporate and Business Tax team, mentoring juniors and contributing to business development and thought leadership. You will collaborate with tax and nonprofit audit partners to strengthen the firm’s presence in this sector and deliver practical, value‑driven guidance across complex tax issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver a portfolio of charity and nonprofit tax engagements with advisory and compliance services
• Provide specialist technical guidance on charity tax reliefs, exemptions, and related matters (e.g., exhibition and orchestra tax relief)
• Support practice teams on technical tax queries arising from annual charity/nonprofit tax computations
• Identify and pursue advisory opportunities to grow the charity/nonprofit offering
• Contribute to sector thought leadership and business development to win new engagements
• Deliver seminars and training sessions (online, in-house, external)
• Coach and develop junior colleagues and build technical capability within the team
• Collaborate with tax and nonprofit audit partners to strengthen presence in the sector
• Manage multiple assignments with budgets, deadlines and stakeholder expectations

Key requirements

• Strong UK tax technical knowledge with substantial charities/nonprofit sector experience in a professional services firm
• ATT and/or CTA qualified preferred
• Experience in business development, proposal support and cross‑firm collaboration
• Strong client relationship skills with senior stakeholders and delivery of value‑driven advice
• Proven track record working with charities, membership organisations, and companies limited by guarantees
• High professionalism, integrity, risk awareness and quality focus
• Commercial understanding of the charity/nonprofit operating environment and sector issues
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to explain complex topics to non‑specialists
• Collaborative, team‑oriented attitude with coaching and mentoring mindset
• Strong project management skills to handle multiple engagements

• collaborative
• proactive advisory mindset
• excellent communication
• Charity tax reliefs and exemptions
• Gift Aid
• Mutual trading tax status

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