Employment Tax Associate Director

RSM UK

Shape the future of employment tax with a firm that combines global reach, premium service, and ambitious growth.

RSM is one of the world’s largest networks of audit, tax, and consulting firms, helping middle-market businesses succeed through fresh thinking and expert advice. As a fast-growing firm with a clear global ambition to become the leading adviser to the middle market, we are driven by progress, impact, and excellence in everything we do.

If you are looking for a career move where you can grow professionally, influence meaningful work, and be part of a business with real momentum, RSM could be the ideal next step.

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The Opportunity

We are looking for an Employment Tax Associate Director to join our highly respected Employment Tax team within RSM UK.

This role offers the chance to become part of a nationally connected and forward-thinking team, working alongside specialists who are passionate about solving complex employment tax matters for a broad and dynamic client base.

You can be based in one of our national offices, including:

• Birmingham

• Leeds

• London

• Cambridge

• Gatwick

• Bristol

• Guildford

• Reading

• Southampton

While these locations are preferred, we also welcome applications from candidates based near any of our UK offices as we continue to embrace a more nationally integrated way of working.

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About Our National Employer Solutions Team

Our national employer solutions team is a progressive and collaborative group focused on three core specialisms:

• Domestic Employment Tax

• Global Employer Services

• Share Plans and Reward

With a team of around 100 specialists across the UK, we deliver practical, commercially focused, and tailored support to clients facing increasingly complex workforce and employment tax challenges.

Our expertise helps organisations:

• Navigate intricate employment tax issues

• Address global workforce considerations

• Design effective and strategic reward solutions

• Strengthen compliance and operational efficiency

• Align tax and people strategies with wider business goals

This integrated approach is what makes RSM a trusted adviser in an evolving employer solutions landscape.

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How You’ll Make an Impact

In this role, you will play an important leadership part in both client delivery and team development. You will have the opportunity to contribute your expertise in a way that adds genuine value across the firm and to clients.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Working collaboratively with a national team of 100 specialists, bringing insight and value to a wide-ranging client portfolio

• Delivering practical, high-quality advice that helps raise standards across the employment tax landscape

• Supporting clients on key matters such as:

• Employment tax risk and governance

• Off-payroll working

• National Minimum Wage

• Payrolling of benefits

• And other complex employment tax matters

• Advising a diverse range of organisations, including:

• FTSE 100 businesses

• Large overseas-parented subsidiaries

• Private equity-backed firms

• Founder-led and high-growth businesses

• Using your experience to guide and develop team members, helping to foster a culture built on:

• Inclusion

• Respect

• Collaboration

• Innovation

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What We’re Looking For

We value individuals with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Even if you do not meet every requirement listed below, we would still encourage you to apply.

Our ideal candidate will bring:

• CTA qualification or equivalent, or be qualified by experience

• Strong specialist expertise in Employment Tax

• A sound understanding of Global Mobility

• Confidence in handling complex tax issues

• An open, approachable style with a willingness to listen to the ideas and perspectives of others

• Proven ability to manage and develop people, recognising and nurturing talent within a team

• A commitment to our “grow our own” philosophy, with the ambition to:

• Coach

• Lead

• Develop

• Manage others effectively

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What You Can Expect From Us

At RSM, our people are our greatest asset. We are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive personally and professionally, supported by a flexible and rewarding benefits package.

Our offering includes:

• Hybrid working

• 27 days’ holiday, with the option to buy additional days

• A range of lifestyle, health, and wellbeing benefits

• Access to financial wellbeing tools

• Electric car scheme

• Access to a virtual GP

• More than 300 on-demand learning courses developed by our in-house Talent Development team

• Structured continuous learning

• Clear career progression opportunities

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Why Join RSM?

This is more than a technical tax role. It is an opportunity to join a business where your expertise, ideas, and leadership can help shape both client outcomes and the future of the team.

You will be part of a firm with ambitious plans, a collaborative culture, and a strong commitment to helping talented people build meaningful, long-term careers.

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Diversity & Inclusion at RSM

Belonging matters at RSM.

We are committed to building a workplace where people from all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel welcomed, valued, and able to bring their authentic selves to work.

Our clients represent a wide variety of industries, experiences, and perspectives. We believe our teams should reflect that same diversity so that we can better understand client needs and deliver richer, more insightful solutions.

Diverse teams create stronger ideas, broader thinking, and better outcomes. That is why we continue to strengthen our principles, processes, and culture to ensure inclusion is embedded across our firm.

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Ready to Make an Impact?

If you are passionate about employment tax, excited by the opportunity to work with a national team of specialists, and ready to take the next step in your career within a progressive and people-focused firm, we would love to hear from you.