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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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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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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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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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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We are working with a high quality, non-PE backed London accountancy firm that has built a particularly strong reputation in the Private Client Tax field. They are undertaking Partner succession planning and are keen to appoint a Director whom they can support with progression to Partnership in the short term. 

The team advises an impressive client list of HNW/UHNW entrepreneurs, business owners, international families, trusts and family offices. There is therefore scope to handle a broad range of interesting and challenging income and capital taxes planning work.

Very much a client-facing role, the incoming individual will nurture and develop professional relationships with the existing client base, build their own third-party referral network and (alongside several private client tax Partners) act as a high-profile ambassador for the Private Client team.

The successful candidate will be CTA qualified with a demonstrable track record of advising UK and international HNWIs on IHT and CGT planning, residence/domicile issues, property-related planning and trusts. They will also need to be an accomplished networker and business developer as this will form a key element of their role as they progress to partnership. 

This is a great opportunity to join a respected firm and to build one's career to Partnership within an independently recognised Private Client team. 

To find out more just email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting Ref 5210

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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.

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 into London. 

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

To find out more please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk quoting Ref 665

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