Head of Private Client Tax in City of London

A leading professional services firm is seeking a Head of Private Client Tax & Accounting to lead a specialist function within its private client practice. This is a senior, hands-on role combining technical expertise, client advisory work, and team leadership. The successful candidate will manage a portfolio of complex private clients while overseeing tax compliance and trust accounting activities, working closely with senior stakeholders across the wider business.

The private client practice advises high-net-worth individuals, families, trustees and related structures on a wide range of tax, fiduciary and advisory matters. The Tax & Accounting team plays a key role in delivering this offering, with responsibility for:

• Personal tax compliance for UK and international clients
• Trust administration and tax reporting
• Regulatory reporting and interaction with tax authorities
• Supporting wider advisory work across private client matters

The team works with a diverse client base including entrepreneurs, senior executives and globally mobile individuals with complex financial affairs.

This is a leadership role with responsibility for managing the personal tax and trust accounting function, including supervision of a small specialist team. The successful candidate will take ownership of a mixed portfolio of private clients and play a critical role in supporting broader advisory work across the practice. The position offers a high degree of autonomy, with direct interaction with senior stakeholders and involvement in complex, high-value client matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the personal tax compliance function, including oversight of annual reporting cycles
• Managing a portfolio of UK and international private clients
• Advising on complex technical matters, including:
• Statutory residence and domicile
• Remittance basis and international tax considerations
• Estate and inheritance tax matters
• Overseeing trust accounting and tax compliance, including:
• Periodic and exit charge reporting
• Capital gains tax considerations
• Trust registrations and ongoing regulatory obligations
• Supervising and supporting trust and tax team members, providing technical guidance and oversight
• Managing interactions with tax authorities, including enquiries, investigations and disclosures
• Overseeing international reporting requirements (e.g. AEOI frameworks)
• Providing technical input to support legal/advisory colleagues on complex client matters
• Delivering bespoke tax and accounting support on ad hoc projects

Candidate Profile

• Professionally qualified (e.g. ACA, CTA, STEP or equivalent)
• Extensive experience in personal tax compliance
• Strong technical knowledge of UK tax, with exposure to trusts and fiduciary structures
• Experience advising high-net-worth and/or internationally mobile clients
• Demonstrated ability to manage a team and oversee complex workflows

Skills & Attributes

• Strong technical and analytical capability
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Commercial and pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Organised, proactive and capable of managing competing priorities
• Collaborative, hands-on leadership style

Opportunity

• Senior leadership role within an established private client practice
• Exposure to complex and high-value client work
• Opportunity to shape and develop a key function
• Close collaboration with senior stakeholders across the business
• Scope for growth and long-term career progression

If this role sounds of interest, please contact Sally McIntyre-Brown on sallymcintyre-brown@brewermorris.com for more information and a confidential discussion.