In this episode of the Tax role Insights series, you’ll get to hear from Angela Wood, who’s the Managing Director of a small independent tax consultancy called ETC Tax.
Her route into this role isn’t exactly conventional. She spent some years working as a solicitor in corporation tax immediately prior, and the skillsets to do each aren’t in perfect alignment, it’s fair to say.
However, as you will hear, that hasn’t stopped Angela, and she is leading the charge for the successful ETC Tax.
Angela shares with us what it’s like to work for such a business and gives us an insight into her current role – including what she’s responsible for, the usual tasks she gets involved in, her normal working hours, and any areas of her role that she finds stressful.
And as always with Tax Role Insights episodes, I hope you get a good insight into this role to help you decide what you’d like to do with your tax career.
Listen to the episode by clicking the play button at the top of this page, or by searching for “The Tax Professionals Podcast” in your podcast player of choice.
Guest – Angela Wood (Managing Director of ETC Tax)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelawood-etctax/
Website: https://etctax.co.uk/
Email address: angela.wood@etctax.co.uk
Rough Timings
- An overview of Angela’s career
- (6:45) Why Angela decided to move to ETC Tax, her initial remit, and what ETC Tax looked like at this time
- (14:00) Angela’s current remit as Managing Director – what she does and what she is responsible for
- (24:15) How much Angela gets involved in the doing of tax work
- (27:00) The pros and challenges of being Managing Director of a small tax business
- (36:45) Whether Angela finds anything stressful about her role
- (39:45) What drives Angela to continue
- (44:15) Her advice for anyone considering doing something similar
Resources
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