Senior Associate, Private Client Tax

We are recruiting for a Tax Senior Associate to join our International Private Client tax in London. The role is primarily focused on the provision of high-quality personal tax compliance but also includes the provision of tax advice over the course of the year for our varied and complex client base. Our clients include high and ultra-high net worth individuals, non-domiciled clients and those with complex cross border tax considerations, UK and offshore trusts, and partnerships.

The responsibilities include:

• Delivery of all aspects of the tax compliance cycle on a timely basis for your client portfolio.
• Preparation of tax returns for a complex and varied client base.
• Preparation of written correspondence for clients and dealing with HM Revenue & Customs in connection with the clients’ affairs.
• Corresponding directly with clients, family office representatives and other key stakeholders, and attending client meetings.
• Working with managers, senior managers, directors and partners to deliver tax advice and tax planning for clients.
• Monitoring WIPs and budgets, ensuring work is billed on completion and ensuring debts are chased.

The International Private Client team is headed up by five partners who bring a wealth of experience in looking after a varied client base including those with complex cross-border tax considerations. The team of 30 staff all work closely together to deliver high quality tax compliance and advisory services to our complex and varied client base.

A successful candidate should have the following characteristics and skills:

• A positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• A high level of motivation, ability and commitment.
• Experience of running the compliance cycle for their own portfolio of clients.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills to ensure all deadlines are met.
• Experience in the provision of ad hoc tax advice, including inheritance, capital gains tax and non-dom planning.
• Some experience in working with clients with international considerations.
• A professional services background.
• A confident communicator to colleagues, partners and clients.
• Comfortable working on their own initiative as well as being a good team player.
• High attention to detail and the ability to work in a timely manner.
• Excellent IT skills.

Candidates must be educated to at least ‘A’ level standard and ideally graduate level. He/she should have obtained the CTA qualification.

Reward and benefits include:

• A 35-hour working week with a hybrid working policy allowing flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (core hours are 10-4).
• Excellent benefits including contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies.
• Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan, paid in December.
• Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme.

Saffery LLP is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK’s 15th largest accountancy firm. We’re committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset – our people.

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Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.

We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.