Private Client Tax Manager / Senior Manager

TPF Recruitment Ltd; Horsham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TPF Recruitment Ltd in Horsham, United Kingdom, seeks an experienced Private Client Tax Manager or Senior Tax Manager to lead a growing tax team. You will manage a portfolio of high net worth individuals and business owners, provide strategic tax planning, and collaborate with partners on advisory projects.

You will have autonomy, direct access to decision-makers, and scope to broaden into corporate tax and share schemes.

Qualifications

• CTA qualification or equivalent experience in private client tax.
• Strong private client tax experience in an accountancy practice.
• Solid knowledge of income tax, CGT and IHT.
• Experience managing a portfolio and reviewing personal tax returns.
• Excellent communication and client relationship skills.
• Proactive, commercially minded with leadership potential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of private clients, building strong relationships.
• Provide tax planning advice covering income tax, CGT, IHT, trusts, property taxation and succession planning.
• Support complex advisory assignments, including international personal tax matters.
• Review personal tax returns and oversee compliance deadlines.
• Identify opportunities to provide proactive tax advice and add value for clients.
• Supervise and develop junior team members.
• Contribute to the continued growth of the private client tax department.

Skills

CTA qualification

Private client tax experience

Tax advisory

Client relationship management

Education

CTA qualification or equivalent

Job description

Horsham, United Kingdom | Posted on 22/10/2026

Are you an experienced Private Client Tax professional looking for a role offering more than compliance?

We are working with a growing, independent accountancy practice in Sussex seeking a Private Client Tax Manager or Senior Tax Manager to join its expanding tax team.

This is an excellent opportunity to manage an established portfolio of high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs, business owners and investors, while working closely with the partners on a range of interesting tax advisory projects.

You'll have genuine autonomy, direct access to senior decision makers and the opportunity to help shape the development of the firm's private client tax offering. There is also scope to broaden your experience into corporate tax, business restructurings and share schemes, if of interest.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of private clients, building strong, long term relationships.
• Provide tax planning advice covering income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, trusts, property taxation and succession planning.
• Support complex advisory assignments, including international personal tax matters.
• Review personal tax returns and oversee compliance deadlines.
• Identify opportunities to provide proactive tax advice and add value for clients.
• Supervise and develop junior team members.
• Contribute to the continued growth of the private client tax department.

Requirements

Ideally, you will have:

• CTA qualification, or equivalent relevant experience and qualifications.
• Strong private client tax experience within an accountancy practice.
• Good technical knowledge of income tax, CGT and IHT, including more complex advisory matters.
• Experience managing a portfolio and reviewing personal tax returns.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical matters clearly.
• A proactive, commercially minded approach, with an interest in developing client relationships.

You will be joining an independent and growing accountancy practice with an entrepreneurial outlook and a diverse client base.

The firm offers the technical variety and quality of work associated with a larger practice, while retaining a more personal, collaborative environment with direct access to the partners and fewer layers of hierarchy.

You will have the opportunity to influence the direction of the tax department, develop your own client relationships and take ownership of your work, with the support and autonomy needed to succeed.

For the right person, this is an opportunity to make a genuine contribution to the business while developing your advisory expertise and building a long term career.

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 £500 of Love2Shop vouchers. (Terms & Conditions apply).