Compliance Tax Manager

Zohorecruit; Worthing; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TPF Recruitment is assisting a professional services firm in Worthing to appoint a Tax Manager for its Private Client tax team. The role focuses on personal tax compliance, client relationships and technical review for high net worth individuals.

Responsibilities include managing complex tax returns, overseeing deadlines, and guiding junior staff while exploring advisory opportunities within the client base.

Qualifications

• ATT qualification and CTA qualification or part qualified
• 5+ years' experience in personal tax
• Strong technical knowledge of personal tax compliance
• Experience in preparing and reviewing personal tax returns
• Comfortable managing a portfolio of high net worth clients
• Confident liaising with HMRC on behalf of clients
• Organised and able to manage multiple deadlines
• Experience supporting junior team members and developing skills
• Interest in advisory opportunities within existing client base

Responsibilities

• Manage and review complex personal tax returns
• Own a portfolio of high net worth private clients
• Ensure all compliance deadlines are met
• Build long-term relationships with clients
• Liaise with HMRC on behalf of clients
• Keep up to date with tax legislation changes
• Review work by junior team members and provide guidance
• Support development and training of junior colleagues
• Identify opportunities for advisory work across clients
• Support senior management with advisory projects
• Collaborate with Wealth teams for joined-up service
• Monitor portfolio time, profitability and billing

Skills

Personal tax

Tax compliance

HNW clients

Education

ATT

CTA

Job description

Worthing, United Kingdom | Posted on 23/09/2026

TPF Recruitment is working with a highly regarded professional services firm that is looking to appoint a Tax Manager to join its Private Client tax team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced personal tax professional to take responsibility for a portfolio of high net worth individuals, with the role predominantly focused on personal tax compliance, client management and technical review.

You will oversee the delivery of high quality tax compliance work, act as a key point of contact for clients and HMRC, and provide technical support and guidance to more junior members of the team.

The Role

You will take responsibility for a portfolio of HNW clients, overseeing their personal tax compliance requirements and ensuring work is completed accurately and within statutory deadlines.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and reviewing complex personal tax returns
• Taking ownership of a portfolio of HNW private clients
• Ensuring all compliance deadlines are met
• Building strong, long term relationships with clients
• Liaising with HMRC on behalf of clients, including dealing with enquiries where appropriate
• Keeping up to date with changes in tax legislation and communicating relevant developments
• Reviewing work completed by junior team members and providing technical guidance
• Supporting the development and training of junior colleagues
• Identifying opportunities for additional advisory work across the existing client base
• Supporting senior management with ad hoc advisory projects and technical queries
• Working closely with other areas of the business, particularly Wealth, to provide a joined up service to clients
• Monitoring your portfolio's time, profitability and billing

Although there will be some exposure to advisory work, this is primarily a personal tax compliance focused position.

Requirements

ATT qualified and CTA qualified or part qualified

Experienced in personal tax, with 5 years' experience or more

Strong technically across personal tax compliance

Experienced in preparing and reviewing personal tax returns

Comfortable managing your own portfolio of clients

Confident dealing directly with HNW individuals and HMRC

Well organised, commercially aware and able to manage multiple deadlines

Comfortable reviewing work and supporting the development of junior team members

Competitive salary based on experience

Opportunity to work with a portfolio of HNW private clients

Strong professional and technical development opportunities

A supportive team environment with genuine opportunities for progression

Exposure to wider professional services and Wealth teams

We’re keen to remain the leading provider of the best accountancy talent in the South-East. We are continually exploring ways to expand our network and we know that great candidates like you can introduce us to other equally brilliant people. We’re looking to work with the best accountancy practice and tax staff in the South-East so if your friends, family, or colleagues are considering a new opportunity and can demonstrate relevant experience, we'd love to speak to them.

For every candidate you refer and we subsequently place into a permanent position, we will give you £200 of Love2Shop vouchers. (Terms & Conditions apply).