Roles

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

Alternatively, simply apply below:

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

Alternatively, simply apply below:

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

Alternatively, simply apply below:

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

Alternatively, simply apply below:

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

Alternatively, simply apply below:

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

Alternatively, simply apply below:

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

Alternatively, simply apply below:

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 

Alternatively, simply apply below:

Our client is one of London's premier (non-Big 4) 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 Manager. You will provide ad hoc personal tax planning and asset structuring advice to multi jurisdictional families, entrepreneurs, business owners and family offices. Strong experience of advising on residence, domicile and remittance-related personal tax planning is therefore important.

You'll work with leading private client tax Directors and Partners, who will help you to develop your technical and non-technical skills - assisting with the progression towards Senior Manager 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. Salary to £75,000 (dependent on experience) plus bonus and benefits.

To find out more about this opportunity please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting reference 5254

Alternatively, simply apply below:

Handle high-quality private client tax work as a key member of a respected team near Gatwick.

One of the region’s leading accountancy firms is looking to make a strategic hire into its thriving Private Client Tax team. They are keen to appoint a CTA qualified personal tax Manager, to handle a broad range of capital taxes planning and complex personal tax compliance review work.

You’ll look after a HNW portfolio of dynamic business owners, wealthy families, landed clients and trusts. In particular, you’ll utilise your knowledge of CGT and IHT planning to preserve wealth and ensure successful succession planning.

The role also involves supervising junior members of the team, overseeing their compliance work and performing very much a key client-facing role.

This is a supportive and sociable environment in which you will be encouraged to progress your career on towards senior manager grade. Based in the Gatwick area, the role offers homeworking a couple of days a week.

To find out more and to request a full job description, please email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk  quoting reference 5268

Alternatively, simply apply below:

Are you looking to progress your private client tax career with a respected and supportive team, handling high quality, HNW personal tax work?

An opportunity has arisen to join the Private Client Tax team of a high-profile firm in Chichester. They advise a broad range of new and old money private clients, including HNW entrepreneurs, business owners and international families. The team is thriving, growing and keen to appoint an Assistant Manager to handle a mix of personal tax compliance and ad hoc planning work.

Ideally CTA qualified (or ATT and looking to study for CTA), the incoming individual will perform very much a client-facing role. Supported by an experienced team, they will gain exposure to a broad range of income and capital taxes issues and be encouraged to progress their career towards Manager and Senior Manager grades.

Based in Chichester, the role offers homework two days a week.

To find out more about the opportunity and to request a full job description, just email michaelhowells@howellsconsulting.co.uk quoting reference 5269

Alternatively, simply apply below:

Handle high quality private client tax work for new-money entrepreneurs, wealthy families, international HNWIs 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 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 important, 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 Senior Manager grade.

Based in Bristol, the firm offers hybrid working 2-3 days a week if one wishes. Ref 5214

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

Alternatively, simply apply below:

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

Alternatively, simply apply below: