Personal Tax Associate (ATT/CTA), Nottingham - September 2026

Are you a self-motivated, hardworking, ambitious person looking for your next challenge? If you are, and you’re looking to join a national operation with international reach, then we have a great role for you, based at our Nottingham office near the Town Centre. Our firm The UHY Hacker Young Group is a leading network of chartered accountants with 22 offices spanning England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We are also a founding member of UHY International, our Top 20 global network, which has over 318 offices in all major global business jurisdictions. We are a people-first business, and we recognise that you, and the rest of our team, are essential to deliver on our purpose of helping you prosper, whether you are a client, a member of our team, or part of our wider community. We want you to be challenged, to learn and grow while you’re with us, to have fun in the workplace, work with like-minded individuals, and deliver great services.

Are you looking to join a team that:

• believes in and delivers a culture of work-life balance, with a focus on wellbeing?
• provides a clear career framework and routes to progress?
• understands the importance of rewarding and retaining high calibre teams?
• delivered 20% growth in the last 12 months?

If so we would love to hear from you.

Role overview

This is an excellent opportunity to join our Private Client Tax team, which provides a wide range of personal tax compliance and advisory services to a diverse portfolio of clients. The successful candidate will focus primarily on personal tax compliance work, corresponding with clients, other departments within the office, and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). This role includes full support to study the ATT-CTA tax pathway, alongside on-the-job learning and mentoring. You will work as part of a team managing a varied portfolio of personal tax clients, including high net worth individuals, business owners, property landlords, partnerships, and trusts.

Your typical daily duties will include:

• Managing the annual personal tax compliance cycle for your own allocation of clients, including completion of self-assessment tax returns and related correspondence.
• Liaising directly with clients, HMRC, and colleagues in other departments as required.
• Assisting clients and supporting colleagues with ad-hoc tax queries.
• Supporting managers and partners in delivering tax planning and high-level advice across a broad range of personal taxation matters.

Working arrangements

The working week: 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday) to be worked from 09:00-17:30 with flexibility of hours to meet specific work demands. Location: Your principal work base is our Nottingham office.

Training

The firm provides full support, study leave and tuition costs, for the first attempts at all the exams and assessments that go towards the Level 7 Accountancy Professional Apprenticeship with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) qualification. With first time passes, it takes three years to complete your studies. Tuition is given by one of the leading external providers, Kaplan. We also provide practical training internally. Immediately on joining us, you receive two weeks of training in accounting, our business language, and in auditing. This lays the foundation for your first year’s practical experience.

At UHY it’s all about you – our benefits:

• 36 days holiday (including bank holidays & Compulsory Christmas shutdown counted as part of holiday entitlement)
• The ability to ‘purchase’ extra days leave in salary sacrifice
• Private medical insurance at discounted rates
• Private medical insurance (Assistant manager and above)
• Subsidised corporate gym membership at Fitness First
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Season ticket loan (for travel)
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay
• Pension Scheme arrangements
• Employee discount platform – UHY Plus
• Cycle to work scheme

Person specifications – Desirable experience and skills

Academic requirements: Minimum A-levels, B,B,C grades (or equivalent and excluding general studies); Grade B/6 or above in GCSE Maths and English Language (GCSE or equivalent). No previous professional exam study required.

The role requires excellent communication skills and demonstrable ability to write and present professional reports would be an advantage. A keen interest in pursuing a career in tax with a view to completing the examinations would be an advantage.

System experience: Experience of using Microsoft Word/Excel to a good level.

Personal effectiveness: Key role for an enthusiastic and proactive individual with an ambition to succeed within the profession. You will need to be able to work under pressure and to be able to manage workload and expectations. Should be confident with client facing. An awareness of business tax environment, bookkeeping or similar industry knowledge.

Learning and development: We will support your development and progress towards more complex and technical work. Enthusiasm to learn is therefore key.

Understanding of the company and the job: Well researched, enthusiastic and knowledgeable on; The open job vacancy; UHY. Our core values and behaviours run through everything we do and support our purpose of helping you prosper. They set the tone for our team to work by and we are looking for people who value the same things as us: living empathy, making progress, being present and enjoying it!