Personal/Partner Tax Senior Manager in Manchester

We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with more than 5,000 people across over 30 countries. We’re full-service with deep niche and sector experience. Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we’re equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we’re purposeful and purpose‑led. So although the world is fast‑moving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive.

What To Expect

For business professionals, our environment is highly collaborative with value being placed on diversity of ideas, skills and mindsets. Not least yours. It’s energetic, fast‑moving and there’s always something new to get involved in. You will get exposure across geographies and the firm as a whole. The future is a place of opportunity. Focusing on your success and for what’s next, will ensure you thrive too.

Role Summary

Senior, partner‑facing role responsible for the delivery and oversight of partner individual tax matters within a professional services / partnership environment. The role combines technical expertise, senior stakeholder management, people leadership, and operational excellence, with a strong focus on governance, cash‑flow visibility, and process automation. The role is suited to a highly credible tax professional comfortable operating at partner, ExCo, and Board level.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner & Individual Tax: Lead UK individual tax compliance for equity partners, including internationally mobile and non‑UK resident partners. Advise on partnership profit allocations, foreign income, treaty claims, and residence/split‑year positions. Advise partners on remote working arrangements and associated UK residence/residency issues (including Statutory Residence Test considerations), and support risk mitigations and partner communications. Manage tax implications for new partner joiners (entry positions, historic exposures) and retiring partners (final year filings and ongoing obligations).
• Partner Tax Payments, Reserving & Cashflow: Own the partner tax reserving process, ensuring reserves are accurate, timely, and reflect current‑year performance and emerging risks. Oversee partner tax payment processes (payments on account and balancing payments), including clear partner communications. Provide regular, reliable input into the firm’s cash‑flow forecasting and budgeting process, covering expected partner tax outflows and timing impacts. Oversight of the partner payroll to ensure tax rates are appropriate.
• HMRC Enquiries & Risk: Lead and manage HMRC enquiries relating to partner individual tax and employment tax. Manage correspondence, technical position papers, and discussions with HMRC and advisers. Identify and elevate tax, financial, and reputational risks at partner and firm level.
• Senior Stakeholder Management: Act as a trusted adviser to partners and senior leadership. Communicate complex tax issues clearly, focusing on tax exposure, effective tax rates, cashflow impact, and risk. Confidently and constructively challenge senior stakeholders where governance or tax risk arises.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Lead, coach, and develop a small specialist partner tax team. Promote a collaborative culture across Tax, Partner Finance, HR, Payroll, and external advisers. Act as a senior escalation point for partner‑related tax matters.
• Operational Excellence & Automation: Drive operational excellence across partner tax processes. Lead simplification, standardization, and improved controls. Champion technology‑enabled solutions and AI‑driven automation to improve accuracy, efficiency, and partner experience.

Essential Skills & Qualifications

• CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent.
• Strong UK individual tax background within a partnership or professional services environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and driving process improvement.

Desirable

• Law firm or professional services partnership experience.
• Proven experience dealing directly with equity partners or board‑level stakeholders.
• Exposure to internationally mobile partners.
• Global mobility tax experience (including cross‑border working, double tax treaty considerations, and related compliance).
• Experience implementing or working with tax technology, automation, or AI tools.

What’s in it for you?

At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world. We’re fair, transparent and equitable. We share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance. We support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working. We support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support. We support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion. We provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs. We provide experience and opportunity through international and cross‑function exposure. We provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement. We help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, “Inclusive” is a core business value. We bring together different skillsets, global mindsets and approaches. We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We have an inherent respect for the individual. We have a strong belief in collaboration and teamwork. Sharing ideas, asking questions, solving challenges and meeting our clients’ goals: together. We want all our people to thrive at work and reach their full potential and we work hard to continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture, monitor and report on our progress and impact, and develop our approach. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations. Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process. We want you to perform at your best during our recruitment process. If there is any adjustment or support you need, please contact us so we can discuss how we can best assist you.