Escape the stress of billing, chargeability and recoverability, and focus on delivering trusts advice to a multi-generational UHNW family.

We have been instructed by a long-established private family office. Their Trusts team is growing and they are keen to appoint an additional Trust Senior or Assistant Manager.

Working closely with a Trust Director and Trust Manager, the incoming individual will oversee a portfolio of high value trusts, their administration, accounts and returns. They will perform very much a family-facing role, so excellent communication and inter-personal skills are essential.

The successful candidate will have demonstrable trust accounts and trust return preparation experience and may also hold a tax, accounting or trust qualification. They will be a team player, with an excellent eye for detail, as well as an interest in being a key trusted adviser to HNW clients.

Based in central London, hybrid working and a great work/life balance on offer. Salary will be dependent on experience but is likely to be c.£45k - £55k p.a. plus 8% non-contributory pension, private medical cover and a range of benefits.

Opportunities within the private family offices are typically quite rare, so to find out more please contact - michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk   

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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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We are working with a high quality tax boutique that advises an impressive client list of HNW business owners and professional practice partners. 

Their Personal Tax team works entirely remotely, offering the opportunity to handle high quality private client tax work from anywhere in the country.

They are growing and keen to appoint a part-time personal tax Senior (two and a half days a week). The role will involve overseeing a portfolio of private clients, their tax returns and annual compliance. You'll liaise directly with clients, as well as being supported by experienced senior managers and directors. 

The role offers a great lifestyle option to a personal tax adviser (preferably ATT qualified), looking to perform an interesting and varied private client role alongside wider non-work interests. Hours and which days each week are completely flexible. 

To find out more just email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting Ref 5230

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An opportunity to join a prominent and thriving Private Client Tax team at an exciting time in its growth.

Our client advises new-money entrepreneurs, HNW families, business owners and non doms / international wealth on all areas of their UK personal taxation.

The team is growing and looking to bolster its offering with the appointment of a CTA qualified personal tax Associate Director. The role would suit a talented adviser looking to be part of a dynamic, thriving and high quality Private Client team. Genuine scope exists to progress on towards Director grade with the support of the team's Partners. 

The firm has fully-adopted hybrid working and scope exists to work from home 2-3 days a week if one wishes.

Key elements of the role will include:

• Managing HNW client relationships as their primary point of contact.
• Overseeing their annual compliance cycle and a team of junior tax advisers
• Handling high-end ad hoc income and capital taxes planning projects.
• Advising on CGT, IHT, domicile/residence issues and the use of trust structures
• Working closely with leading Partners where required.
• Identifying potential planning opportunities and assisting with marketing and networking initiatives.

As very much a client-facing role, you will require excellent communication and relationship management skills. The CTA qualification is a pre-requisite, along with experience of advising international as well as domestic HNWIs.

Salary will be dependent on experience and grade, but is likely to be in the region £80k-£90k + bens p.a.

This is an opportunity to pursue one’s career with a high-end Private Client practice, whilst enjoying a flexible work/life balance.

To find out more please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk quoting Ref 5200ad 

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

Our client advises UHNW 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. They are likely to be a CTA qualified Associate Director or Director and able to demonstrate deep expertise in advising multi-generational families on IHT, estate planning and trusts. 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 terrific 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 £130k-£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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If you are CTA qualified with experience of advising HNW individuals on their personal taxation, this is a great opportunity to join a highly-respected Private Client Tax team at an exciting time in its growth.

Our client advises an impressive client list of new-money entrepreneurs, business owners and landed wealth. They are busy, thriving and keen to appoint a Personal Tax Assistant Manager whom they can support with development towards Manager grade.

You’ll look after a portfolio of HNWIs and families, their personal tax compliance obligations and tax returns. You’ll also work with leading partners on ad hoc capital taxes and trust planning work.

In addition to strong technical knowledge of UK personal taxation, you’ll need excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as this is very much a client-facing, relationship management role.

To find out more, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk quoting reference 5222.

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We are working with a prominent Cambridge accountancy firm that has built a strong reputation in the HNW Private Client field. They are growing and keen to find a talented individual at Senior Manager level. The role would suit either an SM seeking a new challenge and a route towards Director, or alternatively, a Manager ready for the step up to SM grade.

The role will include:

- Acting as the key trusted adviser to HNW private clients with complex tax affairs. These will include serial entrepreneurs, agricultural / landed wealth, prominent families, partnerships and Trusts.

- Providing ad hoc personal tax planning advice on areas including succession, IHT and estate planning, CGT, trusts and property related taxation.

- Building and maintaining client relationships, as well as identifying new work opportunities.

- Supervising junior staff, their compliance and advisory workloads.

- Developing the junior team and assisting with their technical and personal growth.

Background:

- Significant experience in private client tax from a professional services firm.

- Sound knowledge of private client tax issues including CGT, IHT and trusts 

- Proven technical expertise and the ability to convey complex messages effectively.

- Experience in tax planning/advisory projects and handling compliance issues.

- People management and organizational skills.

- Qualified Chartered Accountant and/or Chartered Tax Adviser (ACA/CTA).

The firm offers hybrid working 2-3 days a week. Salary dependent on experience but likely to be in the region £70k-£85k + bens. 

To find out more please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk quoting Ref 5220

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Are you looking to build your private client tax career with an award-winning, high-profile team?

We’re working closely with one of London’s most respected advisers to HNWIs. Their Personal Tax team provides advice to international entrepreneurs, UHNW families, family offices, sports & entertainment stars and dynamic business owners.

Demand for their expertise continues to grow and the team is keen to recruit an additional adviser at Personal Tax Senior grade. You will need to be CTA qualified with experience of advising international HNW private clients on a wide range of income and capital taxes issues. Experience of residence, domicile, remittance and ATED is important.

You will take responsibility for an impressive portfolio of new-money clients, acting as a primary point of contact. You'll oversee their annual personal tax compliance, whilst also identifying and assisting with ad hoc tax planning projects. Strong relationship management and communication skills are therefore important.

The firm has been recognised for its collegiate, encouraging and supportive environment. The team offers hybrid working (typically 2-3 days a week in the office) and are keen to find someone with the ability to be supported with progression to Manager and on towards Senior Manager grade in due course. Starting salary will be dependent on experience and qualifications, but is likely to be £40k-£50k plus bonus and benefits.

If this sounds like an opportunity that may be of interest, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk for further details and a job description. Ref 5256

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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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A great opportunity for a CTA qualified personal tax Senior to develop their tax planning skills in an advisory-focused role.

Advise a broad range of HNW individuals, families, landed wealth, business owners and entrepreneurs. Work with leading Partners on an interesting range of ad hoc capital taxes planning projects.

Act as a key point of contact, in very much a client-facing, relationship management role.

You'll need demonstrable experience of advising HNW private clients on their personal taxation. Strong communication, report writing and interpersonal skills are also important.

In return you'll join a thriving, sociable and supportive team that is proud of the high quality work they handle.

Salary dependent on experience but likely to be in the range £30,000 - £40,000 + Bens. They also genuinely embrace work/life balance, including offering hybrid working 2-3 days a week.

To find out more about this great career opportunity, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk quoting Ref 5193

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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

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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This high profile London Private Client team handles high-end UK and international personal tax work. 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.

Salary dependent on experience but six figures and a route to equity participation. Ref 5176

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

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Are you an experienced expat tax adviser, familiar with the tax issues facing HNW globally mobile executives and employees? Our client has a high profile Expatriate Tax offering that provides private client tax advice to the employees of dynamic, growing international companies. 

The team is thriving and key to make a strategic appointment at Senior Manager level. You will perform very much a client-facing role as a key relationship holder. You'll work closely with leading Partners to provide high-end tax planning advice, as well as overseeing the compliance process undertaken by junior tax staff. 

This is an opportunity to really make a difference to not only your clients, but also to the team you are part of. You'll have a voice and an opinion that is heard and acted upon. 

In addition to a broad range of interesting private client tax work, you'll also have the opportunity to participate in networking and business development activities, as well as the ongoing development of more junior team members. 

The role would suit an existing Senior Manager seeking a new challenge and a supported pathway to AD and Director grades. Alternatively, the team would consider a strong Manager ready to make the step up to Senior Manager grade.

Salary will be dependent on experience but is likely to be in the region £80k-£95k + bens. The team operates hybrid working.

To find out more, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk quoting Ref 860.

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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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