Saffery Ireland is expanding and currently seeking a full-time Tax Senior to join our growing team.
Our tax team are currently hiring for a unique and exciting role in our Dublin city centre office. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing team in a flexible environment which values work-life balance, working on a hybrid basis. Our clients include all the major Hollywood Film Studios, many leading independent film production companies, and some of the largest Television Production companies in Ireland, the UK and the USA. We’re looking for a commercially minded, motivated, and ambitious individual who is ready for a new challenge.
The role
The successful candidate will be joining a team with deep expertise and strong client relationships in the media sector, and advising the clients in the film and TV industry will be a significant part of the role. We also advise non-film and TV clients, across and number of industries, as well as high net worth individuals and their families across a number of tax heads. The role will involve:
- Assisting in the delivery of high-quality tax advisory services to clients on a wide range of issues including M&A, inbound/outbound corporate tax planning, IP migration and exploitation, and wealth planning and structuring for high-net-worth individuals.
- Work with the senior management team to provide expert Irish tax advice to our significant film and TV client base
- Provide assistance to clients in structuring and claiming the Irish digital gaming tax credit, unscripted production tax credit, and the R&D tax credit.
- Advising inbound businesses and individuals on setting up in Ireland
- Managing the corporation tax, income tax, and VAT affairs of a varied client base
- Involvement in business development and marketing initiatives
- Managing and acting as a mentor to junior staff
- Support and guidance of an approachable senior management team who will help you to achieve your long-term career goals
The responsibilities
Frequently dealing with challenging technical issues, the candidate can expect the role to encompass the following areas amongst others:
- Preparation and review of tax computations and returns across all tax heads
- Taking an active role in the management of key milestones, return and payment deadlines
- Corresponding with clients in relation to their tax affairs, as well as assisting with Irish Revenue enquiries and audits
- Supporting Partners and Managers on the delivery of tax advisory assignments and planning projects
- Support in advising on a range of technical areas
- Providing support in stand-alone tax advisory projects, including structuring acquisitions and disposals, transaction support and due diligence.
The team
Saffery in Ireland, based in Dublin, is a firm of chartered accountants and tax advisers. Our wide portfolio of clients has expanded to include all areas of business, with a particular emphasis on media and entertainment businesses, private clients, charities and not-for-profits, landed estates, property funds and owner-managed businesses.
Our Dublin-based team provide tailor made services, including accounting, audit and assurance, tax, corporate finance and business advisory, for all aspects of our clients’ lives. We advise on both their personal and business affairs, as well as assisting at all phases of wealth generation, preservation and succession.
You
The role would suit a recently qualified Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA), or a Chartered Accountant (ACA/ACCA) currently pursuing the CTA qualification.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:
- Strong tax technical skills;
- Ability to analyse tax technical queries and provide robust advice and solutions;
- Project management skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines and monitor budgets;
- Responsibility for the delivery and quality of work;
- Excellent communication skills;
- A clear client focus with a commitment to building strong client relationships;
- Ability to work collaboratively in different teams;
- Coaching and mentoring skills to develop other team members; and
- Willingness to learn with a keen desire to become involved in new areas and share knowledge.
Reward and benefits
- A 35 hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (our core hours are 10-4);
- Excellent benefits including; contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies;
- Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December; and
- Paid overtime or time off in lieu.
About Us
Saffery in Ireland provides accountancy, tax, and business advisory services to clients across a diverse range of sectors, including private wealth, real estate, retail, tourism and leisure, sports, film, media, digital, and entertainment. We build strong relationships and develop deep sector expertise to help our clients achieve both personal and business goals. As a member of Nexia International, a leading global network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we offer international reach with local insight. Our values—excellence, integrity, enthusiasm, and collaboration—guide everything we do. We take pride in our genuinely partner-led approach and place great importance on delivering outstanding client service. We are widely recognised in Ireland and internationally for our work in the film and television industry. Alongside this, we support a broad spectrum of entrepreneurial businesses, individuals, and not-for-profit organisations with services including tax advice, business consultancy, and statutory audit.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.
We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.