Private Client Tax Senior Manager

TPF Recruitment Ltd; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work and flexible arrangements

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contributions

Generous holiday allowance

Shared parental leave

Job summary

TPF Recruitment Ltd is partnering with a prestigious chartered accountants firm in Salisbury to recruit a Private Client Tax Senior Manager. This senior role focuses on managing complex private client portfolios, delivering high-quality advisory projects, and shaping the future of the tax department.

The successful candidate will lead on planning, governance, and client service, mentoring junior staff, and collaborating across departments to provide integrated, strategic tax solutions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in private client tax within a professional services firm.
• Strong technical knowledge across a wide range of personal tax issues, with proven ability to explain complex matters clearly to clients.
• Experience in both compliance and advisory work, including tax planning.
• Excellent people management skills, with a track record of developing and supporting junior staff.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse portfolio of personal tax clients, including HNWIs, landed estates, agricultural clients, entrepreneurs, partnerships, and trusts.
• Lead on tax planning projects such as succession planning, use of trusts and corporate structures, and advising on capital gains and inheritance tax matters.
• Work closely with Partners and Directors on complex assignments, taking responsibility for delivering exceptional client service.
• Collaborate with other departments (e.g. Accounts and Corporate Tax) to provide joined-up advice and solutions.
• Oversee compliance work and provide guidance to more junior team members.
• Mentor, coach, and develop junior colleagues, offering constructive feedback and technical training.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, identifying opportunities to add value and contribute to business growth.

Skills

Private client tax

Tax compliance

Advisory services

People management

Client relationship management

Leadership

Job description

Salisbury, United Kingdom | Posted on 21/10/2026

TPF Recruitment are delighted to be working with aprestigious and growing firm of chartered accountants who are seeking a PrivateClient Tax Senior Manager to join their well-established team in Salisbury.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced privateclient tax professional to take on a senior leadership role, managing complexclient affairs, delivering high-quality advisory projects, and helping to shapethe future of a highly regarded tax department.

Responsibilities

• Managea diverse portfolio of personal tax clients, including HNWIs, landedestates, agricultural clients, entrepreneurs, partnerships, and trusts.
  
• Leadon tax planning projects such as succession planning, use of trusts andcorporate structures, and advising on capital gains and inheritance taxmatters.
  
• Workclosely with Partners and Directors on complex assignments, takingresponsibility for delivering exceptional client service.
  
• Collaboratewith other departments (e.g. Accounts and Corporate Tax) to providejoined-up advice and solutions.
  
• Overseecompliance work and provide guidance to more junior team members.
  
• Mentor,coach, and develop junior colleagues, offering constructive feedback andtechnical training.
  
• Buildand maintain strong client relationships, identifying opportunities to addvalue and contribute to business growth.
  

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Significantexperience in private client tax, gained within a professional servicesfirm.
• Strongtechnical knowledge across a wide range of personal tax issues, withproven ability to explain complex matters clearly to clients.
• Demonstrableexperience in both compliance and advisory work, including tax planning.
• Excellentpeople management skills, with a track record of developing and supportingjunior staff.
• Strongorganisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
  
• Hybridand flexible working arrangements.
  
• Privatemedical insurance, life assurance, and pension contributions.
  
• Generousholiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional leave.
  
• Sharedparental leave and enhanced family policies.
  
• Fullyfunded training and continuous professional development.
  

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.

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