Take your career to the next level with one of Bristol’s leading Private Client teams.

Handle high quality private client tax work for new-money entrepreneurs, wealthy families, non doms and landed wealth.

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 Tax Senior grade.

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

Very much a client-facing role, the individual 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 on to Manager and Senior Manager grades.

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

Salary dependent on experience but likely to be in the region £35,000 - £45,000 Ref 5096s

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

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Advise an impressive client base of new-money entrepreneurs, business owners, wealthy families and trusts, providing exposure to a broad range of interesting income and capital taxes planning work. You’ll also play a key role in the management of the team, assisting experienced private client partners with allocation of work, WIP management, client relationship management and nurturing of third-party relationships.

This high-profile Private Client Tax team is keen to make a strategic hire at Associate Director level and offers the opportunity for a talented adviser to progress towards Partnership.

The majority of the role involves client-facing personal tax advisory duties, so strong technical knowledge of IHT, CGT, extraction of wealth from businesses and property-related planning is important. You’ll also need to be a confident communicator and accomplished client relationship manager. 

This is an ideal opportunity for a CTA personal tax Senior Manager or Associate Director to really build a name for themselves in the Cambridge area and to lay the foundations for a step up towards partner grade.

To find out more and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk quoting reference 5224

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Want to be more than a face in the crowd? We are working with one of London's high-end tax boutiques, who specialise in the provision of tax and wealth planning advice to HNW American clients.

Their Private Client Tax team is thriving, growing and keen to appoint an additional adviser at Assistant Manager grade. The incoming individual will look after a portfolio of HNW US executives, business owners, PE principals and their families. Acting as a key point of contact, they will manage the client relationship, oversee the annual US and UK personal tax compliance cycles and review the work of junior preparers. They will also work closely with respected Directors and Partners on ad hoc planning projects and networking/business development activities.

This is an opportunity for an ATT and EA dual-qualified adviser to develop their career in a supportive environment where they will have a genuine voice. They will take on early responsibility and be encouraged and assisted with progression towards Manager grade. Longer-term prospects are also excellent. 

Salary will be dependent on experience, but is likely to be in the region £55k-£65k + bens + bonus. The team operates hybrid working 2-3 days a week. 

To find out more about this opportunity, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk quoting Ref 858

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This is a great opportunity for a CTA qualified personal tax Manager or Assistant Manager to take on a strategic role with one of London’s premier Private Client Tax teams.

Our client is an independent (non-PE-backed) accountancy firm, that has built a premier offering to HNW/UHNW individuals, family offices, FICs and multi-generational families.

The role will involve undertaking a broad range of personal tax planning and compliance work including advising on IHT, CGT, trusts, APR/BPR and succession planning. As a key client relationship manager, you’ll liaise directly with both clients and their third-party advisers.

Supported by a respected team of CTAs and high-profile Partners, you’ll be encouraged to develop your career towards Senior Manager and Director grades.

This is a friendly and sociable team, based in central London but embracing hybrid working 2-3 days a week. Salary will be dependent on experience but their Manager band runs up to £75k plus benefits and a generous bonus scheme.

To find out more about the opportunity just email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

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Managing the ongoing relationship with HNW/UHNW private clients can be incredibly rewarding. Building trust as their go-to adviser, really getting to know what makes them tick, their background, priorities and aspirations.

If you’re looking to take the next step in your private client tax career, our client offers a multi award-winning team which is home to some of London’s most respected HNW advisers. The client base is both new and old money, and includes UHNW entrepreneurs, international families, family offices, business owners and landed estates.

They are busy, growing and keen to appoint an additional adviser at Manager level. CTA qualified, you’ll be looking to pursue your career in a high quality, supportive environment, where you can really make your mark. Prospects for progression are excellent, but they also offer hybrid working 2-3 days a week and genuine work/life balance.

To find out more about the opportunity, just email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting reference 5255

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Our client is an established and thriving independent tax and business advisory firm. They have built a strong reputation for advising growing, entrepreneurial businesses and their owners on all areas their taxation.

Demand for their capital taxes expertise continues to grow and the team are now keen to appoint a Senior Tax Adviser (£70k-£90k + car + bens + bonus) to focus on IHT and succession planning advice.

The client base is HNW business owners and multi-generational families. Working closely with the partners, the incoming individual will perform an advisory-focused role, covering IHT, succession-planning, the use of family investment companies and trusts. This is very much a hands on, client-facing advisory role. It requires strong project management skills, as well as an excellent grasp of IHT and how it effects entrepreneurial HNWIs.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced CTA to deliver, shape and lead the IHT side of the Private Client Tax offering. Supported by partners and junior staff, there is genuine scope for progression. The role can also be tailored to the individual in terms of business development and/or deep technical advisory and/or team management.

Based in Coventry, the role offers hybrid working 2-3 days a week. The environment is collegiate, supportive and sociable, not a huge corporate entity. An ideal firm for someone looking to be more than a face in the crowd.

If you’d like to learn more about this opportunity and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk   quoting Ref 5266

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We are currently handling a senior IHT planning role for a thriving independent tax advisory firm in Leeds.

The team has built a strong reputation for advising growing, entrepreneurial businesses their owners and families on all areas their taxation. Demand for their capital taxes expertise continues to grow and the team is now keen to appoint a Senior Tax Adviser (£70k-£90k + car + bens + bonus) to focus on IHT and succession planning advice.

Working closely with the partners, the incoming individual will perform an advisory-focused role, covering IHT, succession-planning, the use of family investment companies and trusts. This is very much a hands on, client-facing role. It requires strong project management skills, as well as an excellent grasp of IHT and how it effects entrepreneurial HNWIs.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced CTA to deliver, shape and lead the IHT side of the Private Client Tax offering. Supported by partners and junior staff, there is genuine scope for progression. The role can also be tailored to the individual in terms of business development and/or deep technical advisory and/or team management.

Based in Leeds, the role offers hybrid working 2-3 days a week. The environment is collegiate, supportive and sociable, not a huge corporate entity. An ideal firm for someone looking to be more than a face in the crowd.

If you’d like to learn more about this opportunity and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk   quoting Ref 5267

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Ready for a fresh challenge and a new role?

This friendly, private client-focused firm is continuing to grow and is now looking for a CTA-qualified Personal Tax Senior Manager to join its expanding team.

You’ll be working with an impressive and varied client base, including international HNWIs, entrepreneurs, offshore trusts and wealthy families. The firm genuinely values work/life balance, offering a supportive culture and flexible hybrid working (2–3 days a week).

As part of a highly experienced personal tax and trusts team, you’ll get involved in a broad range of interesting and complex private client work, including:

• Advising on high-end IHT, CGT and offshore trust matters
• Providing tax and trust planning for clients with multi-jurisdictional wealth
• Acting as a key trusted adviser and managing long-term client relationships
• Overseeing and supporting junior team members and their compliance portfolios

This role would suit someone CTA qualified with strong technical experience in IHT, CGT and trust structuring, who enjoys working closely with clients and mentoring others.

Salary will depend on experience and level, but is expected to be in the region of £85k–£95k plus benefits.

If you’re looking to pursue your career in an environment where you’ll be more than a face in the crowd, email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk requesting further information an quoting Ref 5234

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Join a high-profile, US/UK Private Client Tax team and fast-track your career with one of London’s leading independent firms. This respected practice has attracted dual-handling advisers from the Big 4, Top 10 and leading boutiques. They are drawn by the supportive environment, swift progression (including to Partner level) and the opportunity to really have a ‘voice’.

Their US/UK private client tax managers have genuine client ownership. They lead relationships (with the guidance of partners where required) and are encouraged to begin growing their own network of clients and referrers. They advise HNW entrepreneurs, business owners, FS directors and families, all with UK and US aspects to their personal tax affairs. The work offers a healthy mix of ad hoc advisory projects and bespoke, complex compliance, offering the ideal environment in which to progress one’s career.

The team is thriving, growing and keen to recruit the directors and partners of the future. In particular, they seek an EA and ATT dual-qualified tax Manager to handle a portfolio of HNWIs and to work with the partners on business development and marketing initiatives.

Based in central London, the team offers hybrid working 2-3 days a week, a generous bonus and benefits package and salary to £75,000 p.a. (dependent on experience).

If you’d like to take your career to the next level, in an environment where you’ll be judged on ability and not simply years served, drop me an email to find out more quoting Ref 867 – michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

We are on the lookout for a Personal Tax Partner (or top-end Director ready to step up), for a highly respected team in Surrey.

The team handles London and international HNW/UHNW private client tax advisory work, so would be an ideal option for a London adviser looking to maintain their quality of work, without the commute.

The incoming individual will co-lead the Private Client Tax offering in the region, perform a client-facing advisory role, manage a team of experienced personal tax advisers and undertake networking and business development activity.

The client base includes new-money serial entrepreneurs, business owners, PE clients, multi-generational families, trusts and international UHNWIs.

This is a high-profile role, offering a talented adviser a route to equity.

To find out more, just email me at michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk

An opportunity for a Trust Manager to join one of Cambridge’s most respected Private Client teams.

You’ll perform very much a client and third-party facing role, overseeing a portfolio of HNW trusts and estates. This will require excellent communication and relationship management skills.

On the technical side, you’ll prepare and review trust accounts and trust returns, as well as assisting the partners with ad hoc trust planning projects. There is also scope to undertake personal tax advice for HNW individuals and their families.

Based in Cambridge, the team generally works from home two days a week and the firm always encouraged a healthy work/life balance amongst its staff.

Scope exists to progress towards Senior Manager grade, in a genuinely supportive environment. Salary will be dependent on experience but is likely to be in the region £60k - £70k + bens. Ref 737

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

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A strategic appointment by one of London’s premier, multi award-winning Private Client Tax teams.

Our client advises UHNW multi-generational families on all areas of their personal taxation including IHT and CGT advice, succession planning, cross-border wealth planning, property-related issues and the use of trusts. They maintain a high profile both internally and externally and their expertise continues to attract work of the highest quality.

The team now seeks to recruit an additional personal tax adviser at Director level. The successful candidates is likely to be a CTA qualified Associate Director or Director and able to demonstrate deep expertise in advising multi-generational families on CGT, IHT, estate planning, trusts, FICs and potentially the FIG regime. They will also have experience of managing complex client relationships as the key point of contact.

Scope exists to position oneself for partnership. Alternatively, those seeking an interesting and varied role, without the responsibility of partnership, can be accommodated within the Tax Principal band.

This is a tremendous opportunity to join a high-profile Private Client team and to work closely with some of the profession’s leading Private Client Partners.

Salary will be dependent on experience but is likely to be in the region £140k-£150k + bens and bonus. The team operates hybrid working with most advisers in the office three days a week.

To find out more and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk quoting Ref 5219

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A rare opportunity to join an award-winning, advisory-focused Private Client Tax team at an exciting time in its growth. This non-Big 4 and non-PE backed firm has built a strong reputation in the UHNW Private Client field. Their team of CTAs advise an impressive client list of serial entrepreneurs, business owners, multi-generational families, landed wealth and trusts. Many of their clients have international aspects to their affairs.

Demand for their income and capital taxes planning expertise continues to grow and the team now seeks a CTA Personal Tax Senior Manager to perform an advisory-focused role. Working closely with some of the profession’s most respected private client Partners and advisers, the incoming Senior Manager will undertake ad hoc personal tax planning projects as a key client relationship manager. The work will relate to a broad range of issues including CGT, IHT, estate planning, the use of trusts, property issues, residence, international wealth structuring, and succession-planning.

It is a fantastic opportunity for a CTA qualified adviser to progress their career with one of London’s premier Private Client teams, and to be supported with progression towards AD and Director grades.

The CTA qualification is a pre-requisite, along with demonstrable in-depth technical knowledge of income and capital taxes planning for new and old money high net worth clients. Strong communication and relationship management skills are also essential.

In return the team offers a sociable, supportive and collegiate environment. They have embraced hybrid working (the office is based in central London) and would offer a salary in the region of £85k-£95k (depending upon experience) + bonus + benefits.

To find out more about this opportunity and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting Ref 5247

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Our client, a specialist tax boutique in London, is seeking an Associate Director to join their established and growing team. This is an exceptional opportunity to manage a portfolio of high-net-worth individuals with a strong international focus, providing ad-hoc advisory services and an element of compliance review.

This high-end, independent firm offers not only a great range of personal tax and trusts planning work, but also values genuine work/life balance.  The team is proud of the trusted advisor relationships they’ve built, but burning the midnight oil is not encouraged.

The Opportunity:

As Private Client Tax Associate Director, you will:

• Manage a portfolio of high-net-worth individuals, with a focus on international clients.
• Provide expert advice on complex tax matters, including:
  • Residence, the statutory residence test and the FIG regime
  • Double Tax Treaties
  • Remittance Basis and Anti-Avoidance Provisions
  • UK tax implications for offshore trusts and beneficiaries (including motive defence, taxation of distributions, and UK real estate ownership)
  • Implications of Finance Act 2025 changes for non-doms and offshore trustees
  • IHT planning, including APR, BPR, Family Investment Companies, and Family Investment Partnerships
• Combine ongoing complex compliance work with ad-hoc advisory projects. The compliance element can be tailored to the incoming individual and their experience/preferences.
• Communicate complex tax concepts clearly and concisely as a key client-facing adviser.
• Collaborate within a supportive team environment.

About You:

• CTA qualified and possibly also STEP.
• Possess a strong technical background in UK tax and trusts, with a focus on international private clients.
• You are eager to expand your knowledge and skills in a constantly evolving field.
• You have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and can explain complex tax issues in plain language.
• You are a flexible team player, capable of managing your own portfolio while supporting colleagues.

The team operates hybrid working and can offer a salary to £110,000 p.a. (dependent on experience).

To find out more about the opportunity, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting Ref 5249

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We are keen to speak to CTA qualified personal tax Managers and top-end Assistant Managers, who may be interested in a new, advisory-focused role in Cambridge.

As a key member of a high-profile Private Client Tax team, you’ll advise HNW entrepreneurs, business owners, families, trusts and landed wealth on all areas of their income and capital taxes planning.

You’ll work closely with respected Partners, developing your technical, managerial and business development experience in what is a friendly and supportive environment. 

The incoming individual will need to have a strong technical grasp of income tax, CGT and IHT planning for HNWIs (including the use of trusts), with experience of advising new-money entrepreneurial private clients. Experience of succession planning and / or international personal tax (FIG regime, residence etc) would be particularly valued.

The firm has adopted hybrid working and flexible hours, with homeworking possible 2-3 days a week. Salary will be dependent on experience, but is likely to be in the range £60k-£70k + bens.

This is a super opportunity for a personal tax Manager to develop their career in a respected and supportive firm, offering genuine scope for progression to Senior Manager and Director grades. Ref 5223

To find out more, simply email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk 

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