Private Client International Tax Senior Manager

Overview

As a Senior Private Client Tax Specialist, you will lead complex client work and shape the growth of a private client offering. You’ll balance hands-on technical advice with people leadership and strategic input to help the department scale. You’ll build trusted client relationships and guide colleagues through complex tax issues, ensuring high-quality, practical solutions. This role offers influence over client strategy, collaborative teamwork, and opportunities to broaden your leadership and commercial impact.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working
• flexible hours
• modern office spaces
• collaboration-focused environment
• professional development opportunities
• contribution to business growth

Responsibilities

• Lead complex private client engagements from advisory to delivery
• Advise on inheritance tax, trusts, estates, succession planning, capital gains tax and shareholder transactions
• Review and sign off complex Self-Assessment tax returns and manage risk
• Build trusted relationships with private clients and liaise with external advisers
• Support management with department planning and strategic objectives
• Guide colleagues through clear work briefings, delegation and technical support
• Share specialist knowledge and identify opportunities for connected service lines
• Contribute to business development and raise the firm’s profile
• Keep technical knowledge sharp and contribute to thoughtful, commercially grounded advice

Key requirements

• ATT or CTA qualification or equivalent
• Significant private client tax experience in professional practice
• Detailed knowledge of UK personal taxation, capital gains tax and inheritance tax
• Experience managing complex compliance portfolios and providing technical advice to private clients
• Strong organizational skills for project management and deadlines
• Experience managing client relationships and supervising colleagues
• Ability to explain complex tax matters clearly to clients and advisers
• Experience in international private client tax is valuable

• clear communication
• relationship building
• leadership and mentoring
• private client tax advisory
• inheritance tax
• capital gains tax

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