Senior Corporate Tax Accountant (UK Experience Required)

Senior Corporate Tax Accountant
Johannesburg | Hybrid
Work with a leading UK professional services firm through GCO Partners

Join GCO Partners and build your global career while staying rooted in South Africa. We connect strong professionals to meaningful international work, with the support, structure, and community to help them grow. At GCO, we care deeply about People, Performance, and Progress, and we look for professionals who want to do high-quality work, keep learning, and make a real impact.

We are hiring a Senior Corporate Tax Accountant to support one of our UK partners, Crowe, a leading national firm with global reach and strong local expertise. In this role, you will work as part of a collaborative corporate tax team supporting a varied client base, including owner-managed businesses, listed companies, multinational groups, and private equity-backed businesses.

This is a strong opportunity for a tax professional who enjoys corporate tax compliance work, has solid technical foundations, and wants greater exposure to international clients and more complex tax matters.

What you'll do

• Prepare and review corporate tax computations and returns for a varied portfolio of clients
• Support the delivery of corporate tax compliance work accurately and on time
• Assist with tax provisions, deferred tax calculations, tax reconciliations, and tax disclosures for statutory accounts
• Respond to client queries and help resolve day-to-day tax matters efficiently
• Work closely with managers and senior stakeholders on advisory and planning assignments
• Carry out technical research and summarise findings clearly
• Review work prepared by junior team members where required and provide practical guidance
• Build strong working relationships across the tax team and with colleagues in audit and business services
• Help identify risks, issues, and opportunities that should be escalated or explored further
• Contribute to a high-performance team environment through reliability, quality, and strong communication

What we're looking for

• Relevant tax qualification or progress toward one, such as CTA, ACA, SAICA, or equivalent
• Strong experience in corporate tax compliance
• Good working knowledge of UK corporate tax principles, compliance processes, and related computations
• Exposure to tax accounting, including deferred tax and tax disclosures in statutory accounts
• Experience supporting a portfolio of clients or managing a busy allocation of work across multiple clients
• Confidence dealing with client queries and working with stakeholders professionally
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good organisational skills and the ability to work to deadlines
• A collaborative mindset and willingness to support more junior team members
• Experience with tax software such as Alphatax would be useful, but is not essential

What will make someone stand out

• Experience in a professional services or accounting firm environment
• Exposure to both compliance and advisory work
• Experience working with UK-based clients or UK tax frameworks
• Ability to explain technical matters clearly and commercially
• A proactive approach to identifying issues before they become problems

Why join GCO Partners?

At GCO, you are not just filling a seat. You become part of a people-first, high-performance team that invests in your growth and gives you access to meaningful global work without requiring relocation. We build careers, not just placements.

You'll get:

• Exposure to international clients and global standards
• A hybrid model based in Johannesburg
• A supportive team and strong professional community
• Meaningful work with room to grow
• A role where quality, ownership, and progress are genuinely valued