Are you a tax professional who wants to spend your time on advisory and planning — capital taxes, succession, real client problems — rather than churning routine compliance?
John O’Callaghan Ltd is a growing accountancy and tax practice in Dundalk, working with owner-managed businesses, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals. Our tax function has a strong focus on capital taxes and tax planning — CGT, CAT and succession — delivered in a practical, commercially-minded way.
The role
This is an advisory-led role focused on capital taxes (CGT and CAT), succession and tax planning for our clients — companies, sole traders and individuals.
Rather than preparing routine returns, you’ll review the returns our team prepares to identify planning opportunities and provide technical quality control — and then lead the advisory work that follows. You’ll work with the partner on the most complex assignments, developing toward becoming the firm’s senior tax adviser as the function grows.
What you’ll do
- Advise companies, sole traders and individuals on capital taxes (CGT and CAT), succession and estate planning, and wider tax planning
- Lead planning assignments — retirement relief, business and family succession, restructuring, gift and inheritance planning, and asset and share disposals
- Review Form 11 and other returns prepared by the team to identify tax-planning opportunities and provide quality control (the team handles preparation and filing)
- Research complex technical issues and produce clear, Revenue-defensible advice and planning memos
- Collaborate with the partner on the most complex work and grow toward becoming the firm’s lead tax adviser
- Share your technical knowledge and help upskill the wider team
What we’re looking for
– a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA / AITI), or
– a qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CPA) who also holds a tax qualification
- Practical, hands-on Irish tax experience with a genuine advisory leaning — capital taxes, planning and/or succession. We need someone who has actually advised, not only passed the exams.
- A strong grounding in Irish capital taxes (CGT, CAT) and tax planning
- Able to own advisory assignments and keep developing on the most complex matters
- A clear communicator who can explain a tax position simply
Applicants based in Northern Ireland are welcome — but Irish tax must be your primary area of practice.
Location & ways of working
Based in our Dundalk office with two days a week working from home. Suited to candidates living within roughly a 40-minute commute of Dundalk (including Drogheda, Newry and surrounding areas).
What’s in it for you
- Advisory focus — spend your time on planning and capital taxes, not routine compliance
- Hybrid working — two days a week from home
- Variety — companies, sole traders and individuals; broad, interesting planning work in a growing practice
- Ownership and autonomy — lead your own advisory assignments
- A competitive package, dependent on experience, with performance-related reward
How to apply
Send your CV and a short note on your capital tax, planning and succession experience to [email protected]. All applications are treated in strict confidence.
Benefits:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Dundalk, County Louth
