Personal Tax Manager - Bristol

Handle high quality private client tax work for new-money entrepreneurs, wealthy families, non doms and landed wealth. Take your career to the next level with one of Bristol's leading Private Client teams.

Our client maintains a high profile in the Private Client field and acts for an enviable client list of HNW and UHNW individuals. They are growing their team in Bristol and are keen to appoint an additional personal tax adviser at Manager grade.

With the support of experienced Directors and Partners, the incoming individuals will take responsibility for a portfolio of private clients, managing key relationships and handling their annual personal tax compliance. They will also assist with ad hoc capital taxes planning.

Very much client-facing roles, the individuals will require excellent communication and client relationship management skills.

The CTA qualification is a pre-requisite, along with demonstrable experience of advising HNWIs on income tax, CGT and IHT. Some knowledge of trusts would be helpful and experience of advising UK resident non domiciles on residence, remittance and the SRT, would be useful.

In return, our client has built a strong track-record of supporting and developing its staff. They offer early responsibility, an agile working culture and the opportunity to progress towards Senior Manager grade.

Based in Bristol, the firm offers hybrid working 2-3 days a week if one wishes. 

Salary will be dependent on experience but is likely to be in the region £53k-£63k + bens + bonus. Ref 5161

To find out more and to request full job descriptions, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

Personal Tax Senior Manager or Associate Director - London

Are you looking for an advisory-focused role offering a supported route to Director grade?

Our client is one of London's premier Private Client Tax teams. They advise UHNWIs on all areas of their income and capital taxes planning, with particular expertise in advising UK res non doms. 

The team is busy, growing and keen to recruit a CTA qualified Senior Manager or Associate Director. You will provide ad hoc personal tax planning and asset structuring advice to new-money entrepreneurs, business owners and wealthy families, many with multi jurisdictional aspects to their affairs. 

They'll help you to develop your technical and non-technical skills, whilst working closely with some of the profession's leading private client tax practitioners. The team is multi award-winning and offers genuine scope to progress to partnership.

The firm has fully adopted hybrid and flexible working practices, so there is scope to work from home 2-3 days a week, if one wishes. 

Salary will be dependent on experience and grade but is likely to be in the region £80k-£100k.

To find out more about this opportunity and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting reference 5143

Personal Tax Advisory Assistant Manager - Kent

If you're a personal tax CTA looking to move into an advisory-focused role, our client offers the opportunity to handle high quality private client tax planning work from their offices in either Canterbury or Chatham. There's also scope to homework a couple of days a week.

You'll work closely with high profile partners and senior managers, providing ad hoc income and capital taxes planning advice to HNW families, entrepreneurs and business owners. This is an advisory-focused role (90%), requiring the CTA qualification and a strong technical understanding of CGT, IHT and income tax issues. Some previous personal tax planning experience would be helpful but is not essential. 

As this is very much a client-facing role, excellent communication and relationship management skills are essential.

Salary will be dependent on experience, but is likely to be in the region c.£45k-£55k + bens.

This is a super opportunity to leave most of the tax return work behind and to progress your personal tax career in the HNW planning field. To find out more and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting reference 5189.

Partnerships Tax Senior Manager - London To £90,000

Join one of London’s most respected Partnerships Tax teams and advise high profile law firms, architects, surveyors, their Partners and Principals.

Our client is a prominent accountancy firm with industry-recognised expertise in advising domestic and international professional practices. It is one of the fastest growing areas of their business and they now seek a CTA and/or ACA qualified Tax Senior Manager to perform very much a client-facing role. 

It is a super opportunity to work on a challenging and varied portfolio, delivering tax reporting, compliance and advisory services both in the UK and internationally. You’ll work alongside some of the profession’s leading partnership tax partners, who will support you with developing your technical and managerial skills towards Director grade. You’ll also have the chance to participate in marketing and business development initiatives with senior members of the team.

Previous experience of advising large international partnerships is essential. Strong communication, tax technical and project management skills are important.

Based in central London, the role offers hybrid working 2-3 days a week.

To find out more about this opportunity and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk quoting ref 5187

Trust Assistant Manager - Law Firm, London £50k-£60k

We are working closely with one of London's most respected Private Client law firms. 

They are looking to appoint a Trust Assistant Manager, to perform a client and third-party facing role. Working closely with leading Private Client Partners, the incoming individual will advise on trust taxation, accounting, formation, restructuring and cessation.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience of preparing/reviewing trust accounts and trust tax returns, gained in a prominent accountancy or law firm. Strong communication and relationship management skills are also important, as this is very much a client and third-party facing role.

The incoming individual could be an existing Assistant Manager looking for a new challenge, in a friendly and supportive team, or a Trust Senior seeking to step up to Assistant Manager grade for the first time. Either way, the team hopes to recruit someone whom they can support with progression to Manager and Senior Manager levels.

The firm has adopted hybrid working, so there is scope to work from home at least two days a week. 

This is a super opportunity to join a well-respected Private Client law firm at an exciting time in its growth. Ref 695

To find out more about this opportunity and to request a full job description, please email 

michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk   

Trust & Tax Manager - Leading London Firm £63k-£73k

An opportunity to join the award-winning Private Client team of a high-profile accountancy firm.

Our client is recognised as one of London’s premier providers of private client tax and trusts advice to domestic and international UHNWIs. Their Trusts team is growing and is keen to appoint an additional Tax & Trusts adviser at Manager level.

The role will involve taking responsibility for a portfolio of offshore and onshore trusts, acting as their primary point of contact. You will work closely with Directors and Partners on ad hoc trust structuring, IHT planning, estate/succession advice, establishment and winding up of trusts. 

In addition, you will oversee the preparation and review of trust accounts and trust returns by junior staff.

The successful candidate is likely to be STEP qualified (potentially also CTA) and will certainly have demonstrable experience of advising on trust taxation, IHT and estate planning. They will be looking for a modern, supportive environment in which to develop their career towards Senior Manager and Director grades.

The firm is embracing hybrid working and scope exists to work from home 2-3 days a week, if one wishes. Ref 663

To find out more and to request a full job description, simply email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

Private Client Tax Manager - Guildford

A great opportunity for a CTA qualified Manager (or top end Assistant Manager) to join a leading private client tax team in Guildford.

Our client advises London and international HNW/UHNW entrepreneurs, business owners and families from their offices in Surrey. The team is growing and keen to appoint an additional personal tax adviser at Manager level. The role would suit an AM ready to step up, or an existing Manager looking to develop their career in a high end private client environment.

The incoming individual will have the opportunity to handle ad hoc personal tax planning, as well as complex compliance, in very much a client-facing role. Strong technical knowledge of UK income and capital taxation is therefore important, including knowledge of residence and domicile issues. 

In return, our client offers a supported route to Senior Manager grade in a sociable and friendly team. They have also fully adopted hybrid working, so it is possible to work from home a couple of days a week if one wishes.

This is a great opportunity to pursue one's Private Client career in a high quality, high profile team.

Salary will be dependent on experience but is likely to be in the region £60k-£70k.

To find out more about the opportunity and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting reference 5181

Private Client Tax Advisory Manager - Law Firm, London £60k-£70k

Do you have experience of undertaking personal tax advisory work for HNW private clients?

Are you looking to pursue your career in the tax planning field, working closely with some of London’s leading tax lawyers?
Do you hold the CTA qualification and currently work at Manager or Assistant Manager level?

Our client undertakes high-end, bespoke planning projects for a sterling client base of new and old money clients. Their team is thriving, growing and keen to appoint an additional CTA qualified adviser at Manager level. This is a great opportunity to move your Private Client Tax career into a legal environment and away from day-to-day compliance.

Previous experience of personal tax planning is important, as this is an advisory-focused role. However, one does not need to currently be doing 100% planning.
It is also very much a client-facing role, requiring excellent inter-personal, relationship management and communication skills.

A law degree or legal background would be of particular interest to our client, but is by no means essential. However, a strong technical understanding of UK income tax, CGT, IHT and trusts is important.

To find out more about this opportunity, simply email me at – michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

Personal Tax Associate Director / Director - Cheltenham

This is a super opportunity for a CTA personal tax professional to play a key role in one of Cheltenham's leading Private Client teams. 

Our client has built a strong reputation in the Personal Tax field, in particular advising landed wealth, entrepreneurs, business owners, farming & bloodstock clients and HNW families. Demand for their expertise continues to grow and they now seek an additional personal tax Associate Director or Director.

The incoming individual will take responsibility for a portfolio of clients, undertaking ad hoc income tax, CGT and IHT planning work, as well as overseeing complex personal tax compliance. 

Working alongside high profile partners, it is a chance for a talented CTA to build a 'name' for themselves as one of the prominent private client advisers in the region. Support will also be provided with development towards Director grade.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience of advising on capital taxation, succession of wealth and income tax issues affecting HNW landed/farming clients. They will be a confident client-facing adviser, who also enjoys building third-party relationships.

Our client is embracing agile/hybrid working and offers home working 2-3 days a week, if the individual wishes.  

Salary is likely to be in the region £75,000 - £90,000 p.a. + benefits, dependent on experience. 

This is a genuine career option for a talented CTA looking to build their Private Client career in the Cheltenham area. Ref 5155

To find out more and tor request a full job description please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

IHT & Estate Planning Director - London £Six Figures

We are working on a new opportunity based in the award-winning Private Client Tax team of a high-profile accountancy practice.

Working alongside some of the profession’s leading personal tax and trusts advisers, you’ll advise UK and international UHNW individuals and families on inheritance tax, succession planning and the use of on and offshore trust structures. As a key member of the broader Private Wealth team, the role requires:

• Experience of leading IHT and estate planning projects relating to multi-generational families
• The ability to act as one of the Private Client team’s ‘go to’ advisers on IHT-related matters
• Experience of managing HNW clients from introduction and engagement, to nurturing ongoing relationships and identifying new planning opportunities
• Experience of building third-party networks and developing new clients
  
  

This is very much a client and third-party facing role as a key point of contact and therefore requires excellent relationship management skills. The role also involves supervising, mentoring and developing junior staff.

It is likely that the successful candidate will be CTA/ACA qualified (possibly also STEP) and will certainly possess a strong technical understanding of inheritance tax and estate planning.

Based in the West End, the role offers hybrid working 2-3 days a week.

This is a great opportunity to play a high-profile role in a thriving and growing Private Client team. Ref 5180

To find out more and to request a full job description, just email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

Personal Tax Assistant Manager - Winchester

Our client is a prominent firm of accountants and tax advisers, based in the heart of Winchester. They have built a particularly strong reputation for advising landed wealth and HNW families, as well as entrepreneurs, business owners. and international private clients.

The Personal Tax team is busy, growing and keen to make additional appointments at Assistant Manager level.

The incoming individuals will take responsibility for a dynamic portfolio of HNW individuals and their families. They will oversee complex personal tax compliance matters and also get involved with ad hoc capital taxes planning work. This is very much a client-facing role, requiring strong communication and relationship management skills.

The CTA qualification is desirable and you will certainly have extensive experience of advising wealthy private clients and business owners on income tax, IHT, CGT and trusts. Experience in advising landed wealth and farming clients would also be useful, but is not essential.

The firm offers hybrid working and there are genuine opportunities for a talented adviser to progress to Manager and SM grades. Salary will be very much dependent on experience, but is likely to be in the region £45k-£55k  Ref 5034

To find out more please email  michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

Personal Tax Director - Bristol, c.£90,000 - £110,000 DOE

An opportunity to play a strategic role in the Private Client Tax team of one of Bristol’s leading accountancy firms.

Working with high profile Partners and assisted by an experienced team, you’ll undertake ad hoc income and capital taxes planning for an impressive private client base of HNW entrepreneurs, business owners and their families. You’ll be their key point of contact and advise on a range of issues from succession-planning and extraction of wealth, to trusts, property and transaction-related work.

The role requires excellent client relationship management skills and a strong technical grasp of IHT and CGT planning. You’ll need to be a confident communicator and also enjoy working with colleagues on networking and business development initiatives. 

You are likely to be an Associate Director or Director seeking a new challenge and the opportunity to really make a difference. Top end Senior Managers with relevant experience, who are looking to step up to Director will also be considered. The CTA qualification is a pre-requisite.

In return you’ll join a top-tier firm, offering a supportive environment that values work/life balance. Scope exists to work from home 2-3 days a week and flexible hours can be accommodated. You’ll also have the opportunity to really stretch yourself in what is a genuine meritocracy. Ref 5139

To find out more and to request a full job description, just email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

Personal Tax Manager - Advisory Focus, London To £73k + Bens

Join a respected private client tax team, specializing in advising UK and international HNWIs on all areas of their income and capital taxation. You’ll be an integral member of the team, performing an advisory-focused, client-facing role. You'll collaborate closely with well-known partners and liaising directly with third parties.

Your clients will include:

• HNW business owners
• Serial entrepreneurs
• Wealthy families
• Family offices
• Trusts

Many of the team’s clients are international with multi-jurisdictional aspects to their affairs. Experience of advising on remittance, domicile and residence is therefore important.

Key responsibilities include:

- Managing a portfolio of HNW clients as their key point of contact

- Undertaking personal tax planning projects on areas including CGT, IHT, property-related issues, use of trust structures, extraction of wealth from businesses etc

- Mentoring, managing and supporting junior team members

- Identifying new client relationships and assisting in business development initiatives

- Overseeing compliance work undertaken by more junior advisers

Ideal candidates will be CTA / ACA qualified, with extensive UK private client tax experience. Some evidence of personal tax advisory work is important. Strong communication and client relationship management experience is essential.

The team is keen to support the incoming Manager with progression towards Senior Manager and Director grades. They offer hybrid working 2-3 days a week and foster a healthy work/life balance culture.

Salary will be dependent on experience, but is likely to be in the region £63k - £73k + benefits. Ref 5058

For further details of the opportunity, just email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  

Personal Tax Assistant Manager - Guildford £48k-£58k

A super opportunity for a CTA qualified Assistant Manager to join a leading private client tax team in Guildford.

Our client advises London and international HNW/UHNW entrepreneurs, business owners and families from their offices in Surrey. The team is growing and keen to appoint an additional personal tax adviser at Assistant Manager level.

The incoming individual will have the opportunity to handle ad hoc personal tax planning, as well as complex compliance, in very much a client-facing role. Strong technical knowledge of UK income and capital taxation is therefore important, including knowledge of residence and domicile issues. 

In return, our client offers a supported route to Manager grade in a sociable and friendly team. They have also fully adopted hybrid working, so it is possible to work from home a couple of days a week if one wishes.

This is a great opportunity to pursue one's Private Client career in a high quality, high profile team.

To find out more about the opportunity and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting reference 5164

International Private Client Tax Senior Manager - London, To £95,000

Are you looking for an advisory-focused Senior Manger role offering a supported route to Director grade?

Our client is one of London's premier Private Client Tax teams. They advise UHNWIs on all areas of their income and capital taxes planning, with particular expertise in advising international private clients.

The team is busy, growing and keen to recruit a CTA qualified Senior Manager. You will provide ad hoc personal tax planning and asset structuring advice to new-money entrepreneurs, business owners, wealthy families and family offices, many with multi jurisdictional aspects to their affairs. 

They'll help you to develop your technical and non-technical skills, whilst you work closely with some of the profession's leading private client practitioners. Genuine scope exists to progress swiftly to AD and Director grades.

This is a sociable and supportive firm that has adopted hybrid and flexible working. So there is scope to work from home 2-3 days a week, if one wishes. 

To find out more about this opportunity please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting reference 5142

Director, Personal Tax (Partner Designate) - London c.£100k-£120k

We are working with one of London’s high quality independent accountancy firms, who are undertaking a partner succession-planning exercise. They are keen to appoint a CTA Personal Tax Director, whom they can support with progression to partnership, as one of their existing private client tax partners retires.

The role involves providing client-facing tax advisory services to HNW entrepreneurs, business owners and their families, as well as assisting with the management and direction of the private client tax team. The incoming Director will also work with the partners on business development and networking initiatives, to ensure the service line continues to maintain its high profile.

This is a great opportunity for a personal tax director or associate director to position themselves for partnership. They will join a friendly and supportive firm, that genuinely values work/life balance. They offer homeworking a couple of days a week and a salary (dependent on experience) in the region £110k-£120k plus benefits.

The successful candidate will be CTA qualified with demonstrable experience of advising HNW private clients (UK and international), on all areas of their income and capital taxation. This could include shareholder planning, extraction of wealth, residence advice and advising on property-related issues. 

The individual also needs to be commercially-minded. They will be an experienced networker and business developer, able to identifying potential new opportunities both internally and externally.

To find out more, just email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting reference 5118

Personal Tax Manager / Senior Manager - Birmingham

Do you have experience of advising HNW entrepreneurial private clients and their families? Are you looking to progress your personal tax career with a high-profile team, offering supported progression, high-end tax work and flexible hybrid working?

We’re working with a prominent accountancy firm that is looking to recruit an additional Personal Tax Manager or Senior Manager into its growing Birmingham team. 

You’ll take responsibility for a portfolio of wealthy entrepreneurial private clients, advising on related income and capital taxation, trusts, domicile and shareholder planning issues. This is very much a client-facing role, requiring excellent communication skills as well as strong tax technical knowledge

You’ll need to be CTA qualified with demonstrable experience in advising HNW entrepreneurs, business owners, wealthy families and ideally non doms. Experience of supervising junior tax advisers is important, along with some tax advisory experience (the role involves both ad hoc planning projects and complex compliance). You’ll be keen to develop your skills and knowledge by working with leading directors and partners in a supportive and encouraging environment. There is a genuine route toward Associate Director and Director grades. 

Salary will be dependent on grade and experience but is likely to be within the band £60k-£80k + bens. Ref 5073

To find out more about this opportunity please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

Trusts & Tax Manager/Senior Manager - Cambridge £60k-£80k + Bens

Join the high-profile Private Client team of one of the region's leading accountancy firms.

Demand for their Trusts expertise continues to grow and they are now keen to appoint a Manager or Senior Manager to perform very much a client-facing role.

The incoming individual will work closely with a highly experienced Trusts & Tax Director, advising HNW clients on trust accounting, trust taxation, administration and ad hoc trust planning issues. 

Very much a client and third-party facing role, the incoming adviser will require excellent communication and relationship management skills, as well as excellent trusts and personal tax knowledge.

Ideally the adviser will need to be STEP and/or CTA qualified, but will certainly have extensive experience of advising trust, estate and charity clients.

This is a supportive and collegiate environment, where you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge alongside leading tax and trusts professionals. 

Based in either Cambridge or Ipswich, the team believes in a healthy work/life balance and has also adopted hybrid working 2-3 days a week. Ref 686

To find out more and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

Trust & Tax Senior Manager - Kent/Hybrid

We are working closely with a high quality Private Client team, that advises an impressive HNW UK and international client base from offices near Tunbridge Wells. They are busy, growing and keen to appoint an additional Trusts & Tax adviser at Senior Manager level (c.£70k-£80k dependent on experience).

The incoming individual will work closely with highly experienced directors and partners, providing holistic tax and trusts planning advice.

The role will involve overseeing a portfolio of offshore and onshore trusts. This will include reviewing/preparing complex trust accounts and trust tax returns, undertaking ad hoc trust planning projects and advising on related personal tax issues, managing third-party relationships and liaising with beneficiaries. 

It is a super opportunity for someone to undertake high-end trusts work without trekking in to London. 

The team is embracing hybrid working and there is scope to work from home 2-3 days a week, if one wishes. Ref 665

To find out more, just drop me a line at michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

Personal Tax Manager / Senior Manager - Northants

One of the region’s leading accountancy firms is keen to recruit a CTA private client tax Manager or Senior Manager into their respected and growing Private Client Tax team. Working closely with the partners, you’ll oversee a portfolio of HNW individuals including business owners, serial entrepreneurs, trusts and wealthy families.

Whilst the role will include some tax compliance review work, a significant proportion of the role involves income and capital taxes planning. The incoming individual therefore needs to have demonstrable previous personal tax advisory experience.

Very much a client-facing role, you’ll need excellent communication and relationship management skills, as well as extensive knowledge of UK taxation effecting HNW entrepreneurial private clients.

Salary will be dependent on grade and experience but is likely to be in the region £65k-£80k + Bens p.a.

Based in the Kettering area the office has adopted hybrid working, offering the opportunity to work from home 2-3 days a week on average. Ref 5116

To find out more about this opportunity, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk 

Private Client Tax Partner - London £Six Figures + Route to Equity

We are working on a great opportunity for a talented personal tax adviser to join the partnership of a high-profile London accountancy firm.

Their Private Client team handles high-end UK and international personal tax work and is independently recognised for its expertise in the field. The team is undertaking a succession-planning exercise and is keen to appoint a direct-entry partner with excellent international private client tax planning skills.

Very much a client-facing advisory role, the incoming individual will undertake ad hoc income and capital taxes planning work for an impressive client list of HNW entrepreneurs, business owners and wealthy families. They will also assist fellow Personal Tax partners with the management, leadership and direction of the Private Client Tax team. The role will also include raising the profile of the service line, through networking and business development initiatives.

The incoming individual therefore needs to be a commercial team leader, as well as a strong personal tax technical adviser. A portfolio of clients awaits, but strong business development experience is important.

The role would suit an existing Partner, looking to progress their career within a firm where Private Client Tax is a prominent service line. Alternatively, an experienced Personal Tax Director who is ready to step up to partnership. Either way, the individual will be CTA qualified with extensive personal tax advisory experience.

To request further details of this opportunity, simply email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk