Role requirement
Vacancy type
Contract
Sector
Accounting & Finance
Specialisim
Tax / VAT
Location
Edinburgh
Language skills
English
Job reference No.
16439
Salary
Competitive
Data Published
25/03/2026
Closing date
22/04/2026
Job Description:
Core-Asset Consulting is working with a leading global financial services organisation to recruit a Tax Advisory Senior Manager on an interim basis, based in either London or Edinburgh.
This is a senior-level opportunity for an experienced tax professional to support a wide range of strategic initiatives across an international business. The role will involve partnering with key stakeholders to provide commercially focused tax advice on transactions, restructurings, and broader group activity, ensuring risks and opportunities are clearly understood and well managed.
Essential Skills/Experience:
- ACA and/or CTA qualified, or equivalent (including qualification by experience)
- Strong analytical skills with a proactive and inquisitive approach
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective stakeholder relationships
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
- Strong attention to detail and data management capability
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Commercial awareness, with the ability to align tax advice to business strategy
- Proven ability to build trust, challenge constructively, and deliver meaningful outcomes
Core Responsibilities:
- Lead tax input on acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, and strategic investments, including structuring, diligence, and integration
- Support corporate restructurings, legal entity rationalisation, and group simplification initiatives
- Provide early-stage tax advice on strategic change projects, ensuring alignment with commercial objectives
- Prepare and review technical papers, board materials, and transaction documentation, maintaining strong governance and audit trails
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders across Corporate Development, Treasury, Legal, Finance, HR, and Reporting
- Manage external advisors to ensure delivery of high-quality, pragmatic advice
- Monitor international tax developments and assess potential impact on the business
- Act as a key contact for employment tax matters, working with internal teams and external advisors
- Maintain and enhance tax advisory controls, documentation, and review processes
Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter, and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.
Job reference: (16439)
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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Ian is an experienced Business Manager at Core-Asset Solutions, a division of Core-Asset Consulting, specialising in recruitment for interim, temporary, and contract positions across the UK and Ireland. With over eight years in the recruitment industry, Ian has developed extensive expertise in the accountancy and finance sectors, consistently delivering high-quality service to his clients.
With his strategic mindset, calm approach, and sharp eye for detail, Ian contributes significantly to the Solutions team’s consistent ranking at the top of supplier lists for key accounts. Ian is passionate about providing exceptional service to both clients and candidates, ensuring that every placement is a perfect fit for long-term success. Outside of work, Ian enjoys spending quality time with his young family and their dog. He is also an avid sports enthusiast, with a keen interest in watching rugby and football, as well as playing golf and running.
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