Private Client Tax Director

PKF Francis Clark; Exeter; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

In a nutshell

Are you a senior manager or director with significant experience in trust taxation who is looking for a new challenge in a firm that supports your development?

Heading up our Trust tax team, you’ll help us to provide a first-class tax compliance and advisory service to our personal tax clients.

What you'll be doing day to day

• Ensure compliance with legislative and ethical standards within the Trust team
• Resolve client issues efficiently, meeting timescales and budgets
• Lead and develop a team of advisors
• Liaise with trustees, beneficiaries, individuals, and intermediaries to provide top-tier service
• Act as principal on a portfolio of trust and high-net-worth clients, reviewing and signing off advice
• Review and advise on trust accounts
• Play an active role in marketing and business development for trust services
• Support team growth and expansion of the trust business
• Upskill colleagues in other departments to manage risk and identify opportunities
• Meet with clients to assess and advise on tax planning, overseeing delivery by team members
• Work with Private Client tax partners to identify key opportunities and risks
• Promote firm-wide services, especially financial planning
• Ensure work is allocated effectively and departmental targets are met
• Assist in the running of the trust corporation

About you

• Previous experience in a similar role
• ATT or CTA qualified (or equivalent) with up-to-date technical knowledge (STEP qualification is desirable)
• The ability to lead a team and inspire them to become the best advisors they can
• Highly motivated with the ability to engage with clients with significant levels of wealth and with colleagues at all levels
• Organised and able to plan time efficiently in order to meet deadlines
• Demonstrates a creative approach to problem solving with a strong desire to succeed

Why work at PKF Francis Clark

As the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisors in South West England, joining PKF Francis Clark brings opportunities to develop your career in a direction that interests you.

Having celebrated our centenary in 2019, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 people, based across our offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay, and Truro.

Our culture is flexible and supportive, enabling you to be the best you can be. We work hard to ensure you can be yourself, develop, and be part of a forward-thinking team that makes brilliant things happen.

PKF Francis Clark is certified as a Great Place to Work. In 2024, we climbed nine places to 24 out of 105 large organisations on the list of the UK’s Best Workplaces.

We’re also ranked among the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women (33 out of 90 large organisations), Best Workplaces for Development (30 out of 100), and Best Workplace for Wellbeing (44 out of 100).

Workplace culture experts Great Place to Work also highlighted PKF Francis Clark as a top achiever among the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services.

And in recognition of our outstanding training programmes for graduates, school leavers, and career changers, we’ve been ranked among England’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers for two years running.

Whilst we’re proudly independent, PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms – together we’re the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK. Being part of a global community of business advisors in 150 countries provides opportunities to expand your horizons by connecting with PKF colleagues around the world.

Your core benefits

Financial benefits:
• Pension
• Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary
• Group income protection
• Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare

Health & Wellbeing benefits:
• Option to buy 5 extra days holiday*
• Counselling and support for you and your immediate family
• Virtual GP for you and your immediate family
• Cycle to work*

Other benefits:
• Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discounts
• Gifts for career and family milestones
• One volunteering day per year to support local organisations
• Emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation

Please note
* These benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee’s post-exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage.