Senior Manager - Equity Tax
unity-advisory · UK Wide · hybrid
About Unity Advisory
Unity Advisory is a modern advisory business built for today's CFO, with connected solutions across finance, deals and tax. Focussed on client outcomes, seasoned experts lead every engagement, in an operating model powered by AI and free from audit conflict.
The Role
We're hiring a Senior Manager for our Equity Reward Tax team. You'll draw on Deals experience to advise private (including PE-backed) and listed companies on employee share plans and equity incentives — EMI, CSOP, growth shares, MIPs and listed plan structures — working directly with CFOs, HR, legal and investor stakeholders across the deal lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic client engagements involving equity incentive design, implementation, and governance for private (including PE-backed) and listed companies.
- Advise on EMI, CSOP, growth shares, MIPs, RSUs, LTIPs, option plans, and hybrid structures, with a deep understanding of tax, legal, and accounting implications.
- Deliver commercially grounded advice aligned with corporate transactions (e.g., investment rounds, exits, IPOs) and ongoing employee/shareholder alignment.
- Work closely with tax, legal, corporate finance, and valuation teams to deliver integrated, high-quality solutions.
- Drive scalable delivery by implementing AI-enabled tools across modelling, documentation, and communications.
- Lead business development across key accounts and industry sectors, identifying cross-service opportunities and building long-term client relationships.
- Develop and mentor team members, build succession pipelines, and foster technical excellence across the equity and reward specialism.
- Contribute to new proposition development in response to evolving market, regulatory, and investor needs.
Qualifications
- A professional qualification (e.g., CTA, ACA, solicitor) is preferred.
- Significant experience (typically 8+ years) advising on UK equity incentives, ideally with exposure to both private and listed companies in a Deals environment.
- Deep understanding of equity design, implementation, tax treatment, and exit scenarios, including specific experience in private equity-backed structures.
- Proven leadership of complex, multi-disciplinary advisory projects with CFO, RemCo, or investor engagement.
- Experience using AI and automation in modelling, reporting, or documentation is advantageous.
- Commercial acumen and proven ability to grow accounts and originate new opportunities.
- Strong people leadership and team development capability.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
Work environment
A truly hybrid and flexible working environment. We offer the opportunity to be at the forefront of AI-driven advisory services. You'll be working on cutting-edge projects and encouraged to deploy the latest analytical tools and approaches.
Additional information
We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments or support when applying or arranging your interview.
We do not accept unsolicited CVs from third-party agencies.