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Corporate Tax Specialist résumé example — mid level, written for United Kingdom, set in the Academia design
Corporate Tax Specialist résumé example, in the Academia design

Corporate tax across practice and an in-house contract, with every claim and enquiry written as a figure recovered.

Written for United Kingdom, at mid level, in the finance field, shown in the Academia design. Every name, employer, address and number below is invented.

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Yasmin Okonkwo — Corporate Tax Senior, ACCA CTA

Birmingham

Corporate tax specialist with eight years in practice and in-house, covering compliance and the relief claims that sit on top of it. Recovered £412,000 across three R&D claims, one defended through an HMRC enquiry without reduction.

Experience

Corporate Tax Senior, Tredwell Marsh LLP · February 2023 – present

Corporate tax compliance and advisory for 46 owner-managed companies across the Midlands.

  • Manages the full compliance cycle for 46 companies and filed every CT600 of the 2025 cycle on time, with no late-filing penalties across the portfolio.
  • Recovered £412,000 across three R&D claims in advanced manufacturing, including one defended to closure through an HMRC enquiry without reduction.
  • Reorganised a nine-company group onto a consolidated payment arrangement, cutting quarterly instalment interest by £27,000 a year.
  • Wrote the firm briefing on full expensing and trained 14 staff on applying it to capital allowances claims.

Interim Tax Accountant (nine-month contract), Winterbourne Housing Group · April 2022 – December 2022

  • Delivered the first in-house corporation tax computation for a 4,200-home housing group, ending a £38,000 annual outsourcing fee.
  • Agreed a revised partial exemption special method with HMRC, recovering £96,000 of input tax the previous method had blocked.
  • Documented the Senior Accounting Officer controls for tax, which the group auditors signed off without qualification.

Tax Semi-Senior, Quarrie & Fenn LLP · September 2018 – March 2022

  • Prepared roughly 180 corporation tax computations a year across retail, hospitality and property clients.
  • Identified £310,000 of capital allowances on a hotel refurbishment the client had treated wholly as repairs.
  • Passed all thirteen ACCA examinations while carrying a full compliance caseload.

Education

  • BA Accounting and Finance · University of Leeds · September 2015 – June 2018

Skills

  • Corporate tax: CT600 compliance, R&D tax relief, Capital allowances, Group relief, Quarterly instalment payments, Loss planning
  • Wider tax: VAT partial exemption, HMRC enquiries, Senior Accounting Officer, Employment taxes, Charity taxation
  • Systems: Alphatax, CCH, Xero, Sage 50, Excel, Power Query

Certifications

  • Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) — Chartered Institute of Taxation
  • Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) — ACCA

Why this Corporate Tax Specialist résumé works

  • Every bullet ends in a figure recovered or a deadline met: £412,000 across three R&D claims, one defended through an HMRC enquiry “without reduction”, and every CT600 of the 2025 cycle filed on time.
  • The Winterbourne Housing Group role is labelled a nine-month contract, so no reader wonders why it was short, and it still carries £96,000 of input tax recovered.
  • CTA and ACCA are in the title line and certificates, the pairing UK tax hirers filter for, while “Passed all thirteen ACCA examinations” alongside a full caseload shows workload.
  • The honorary treasurer role adds accounts for a charity with £240,000 of income, filed on time for four consecutive years, useful evidence for practices with not-for-profit clients.

Corporate Tax Specialist résumé: common questions

What qualifications should a corporate tax CV show in the UK?

CTA is the specialist tax qualification most firms ask for, often alongside ACA or ACCA. List each with the year, and mention ATT or study in progress if you are still qualifying. Put them near the top, as tax hirers screen on them first.

How do you write a short contract role on a CV?

Label it in the job title, for example “Interim Tax Accountant (nine-month contract)”, and give it two or three bullets with results. A labelled contract reads as a planned move; an unexplained short role invites questions.

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