Head of Private Client Tax & Accounting - International Law Firm
The Practice
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.
The Role
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
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The Practice
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.
The Role
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
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