Personal Tax Director

Clark Wood - Tax Recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Career progression

Job summary

Clark Wood - Tax Recruitment in Leeds seeks a Senior Personal Tax Director to lead and grow a private client team. You will engage with high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs and family groups, delivering strategic tax planning and strong client management.

This is a senior, client-facing role with immediate portfolio engagement and scope for progression within a supportive, hybrid-working environment. The Leeds office serves West and North Yorkshire, offering regional reach and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong technical expertise across personal taxation.
• Extensive experience delivering complex advisory work.
• Experience working with entrepreneurs, OMBs, business owners and family businesses.
• Ability to manage issues spanning personal and corporate tax.
• Excellent communication and client relationship skills.
• Experience coaching and mentoring team members.
• Commercial approach to business development and networking.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary tax advisory and planning projects.
• Advise high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, business owners and families.
• Manage key client relationships and lead client meetings.
• Identify tax planning opportunities and deliver commercially focused advice.
• Work with partners and specialists to deliver robust solutions.
• Provide technical support on complex compliance matters.
• Manage WIP, recoveries and billing across portfolio.
• Coach and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Technical tax knowledge

Advisory experience

Entrepreneurial clients

Personal and corporate tax

Client relationship skills

Mentoring/team leadership

Business development

Job description

Personal Tax Director – Leeds

Competitive Salary | Hybrid Working | Career Progression

Clark Wood is working with a leading tax practice in Leeds seeking an experienced Personal Tax Director to help lead and grow its established private client team.

This is a senior, client-facing opportunity with an established portfolio of high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, business owners and family groups, providing immediate client engagement and scope to make a significant impact.

The Role

• Leading multidisciplinary tax advisory and planning projects.
• Advising high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, business owners and families.
• Managing key client relationships and leading client meetings.
• Identifying tax planning opportunities and delivering commercially focused advice.
• Working with partners and specialists to deliver technically robust solutions.
• Providing technical support on complex compliance matters.
• Managing WIP, recoveries and billing across your portfolio.
• Coaching and mentoring junior team members.
• Developing business and building intermediary relationships across Leeds and Yorkshire.

About You

• Strong technical expertise across personal taxation.
• Extensive experience delivering complex advisory work.
• Experience working with entrepreneurs, OMBs, business owners and family businesses.
• The ability to manage issues spanning personal and corporate tax.
• Excellent communication and client relationship skills.
• Experience coaching and mentoring team members.
• A commercial approach to business development and networking.

Applications are welcomed from Senior Manager through to Director level, with clear opportunities for further progression.

The role offers excellent hybrid working, a competitive salary and a supportive, progressive environment.

The Leeds office is well connected and accessible from across West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and the wider Yorkshire region.