Head of Private Client Tax

Head of Private Client Tax & Accounting - International Law Firm

Overview

A leading professional services firm is seeking a Head of Private Client Tax & Accounting to lead a specialist function within its private client practice.

This is a senior, hands-on role combining technical expertise, client advisory work, and team leadership. The successful candidate will manage a portfolio of complex private clients while overseeing tax compliance and trust accounting activities, working closely with senior stakeholders across the wider business.

The Practice

The private client practice advises high-net-worth individuals, families, trustees and related structures on a wide range of tax, fiduciary and advisory matters.

The Tax & Accounting team plays a key role in delivering this offering, with responsibility for:

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• Personal tax compliance for UK and international clients
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• Trust administration and tax reporting
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• Regulatory reporting and interaction with tax authorities
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• Supporting wider advisory work across private client matters
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The team works with a diverse client base including entrepreneurs, senior executives and globally mobile individuals with complex financial affairs.

The Role

This is a leadership role with responsibility for managing the personal tax and trust accounting function, including supervision of a small specialist team.

The successful candidate will take ownership of a mixed portfolio of private clients and play a critical role in supporting broader advisory work across the practice.

The position offers a high degree of autonomy, with direct interaction with senior stakeholders and involvement in complex, high-value client matters.

Key Responsibilities

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• Leading the personal tax compliance function, including oversight of annual reporting cycles
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• Managing a portfolio of UK and international private clients
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• Advising on complex technical matters, including:
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• Statutory residence and domicile
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• Remittance basis and international tax considerations
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• Estate and inheritance tax matters
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• Overseeing trust accounting and tax compliance, including:
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• Periodic and exit charge reporting
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• Capital gains tax considerations
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• Trust registrations and ongoing regulatory obligations
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• Supervising and supporting trust and tax team members, providing technical guidance and oversight
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• Managing interactions with tax authorities, including enquiries, investigations and disclosures
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• Overseeing international reporting requirements (e.g. AEOI frameworks)
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• Providing technical input to support legal/advisory colleagues on complex client matters
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• Delivering bespoke tax and accounting support on ad hoc projects
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Candidate Profile

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• Professionally qualified (e.g. ACA, CTA, STEP or equivalent)
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• Extensive experience in personal tax compliance
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• Strong technical knowledge of UK tax, with exposure to trusts and fiduciary structures
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• Experience advising high-net-worth and/or internationally mobile clients
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• Demonstrated ability to manage a team and oversee complex workflows
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Skills & Attributes

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• Strong technical and analytical capability
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• High attention to detail and commitment to quality
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• Commercial and pragmatic approach to problem solving
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• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
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• Organised, proactive and capable of managing competing priorities
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• Collaborative, hands-on leadership style
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Opportunity

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• Senior leadership role within an established private client practice
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• Exposure to complex and high-value client work
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• Opportunity to shape and develop a key function
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• Close collaboration with senior stakeholders across the business
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• Scope for growth and long-term career progression
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If this role sounds of interest, please contact Sally McIntyre-Brown on sallymcintyre-[email protected] for more information and a confidential discussion.