Senior Tax Accountant – Lead, Advise and Shape a Trusted Private Client Service

Clara Rose Consultancy; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected Private Client firm in East Anglia is seeking a Senior Tax Specialist to deliver high level tax advice and oversee a team of tax executives. The role offers the opportunity to tackle complex tax issues, training junior colleagues, and provide high-quality client advisory services. With a supportive environment encouraging hybrid working, generous benefits including unlimited holiday, and career development, this position is perfect for those looking to thrive in a collaborative atmosphere.

Benefits

Unlimited holiday

Strong pension scheme

Enhanced family and sick pay

Life assurance

Health cash plan

Mental health support

Gym discounts

Qualifications

• Must have solid experience in tax and trust accounting.
• Confidently manage complex and sensitive client matters.
• Excellent communication skills for client contact and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high level tax advice to individuals and trustees.
• Oversee tax executives and review their work.
• Advise on complex income tax and capital gains tax issues.
• Prepare or review CGT returns on property disposals.
• Lead on complex estate and trust accounts.

Skills

Senior level experience in tax and trust accounting

Confident managing complex client matters

Excellent technical knowledge of UK taxation

Ability to mentor junior colleagues

Experience of overseas domiciled taxation

Education

ATT, ACA, ACCA or TEP qualified

Job description

If you are a senior tax specialist who thrives on complex advisory work and guiding others, this role puts you right at the heart of a respected Private Client team in East Anglia. You will be the go to expert for solicitors and clients alike, offering the high level tax insight that completes and strengthens the firm’s overall service.

You will focus on strategic, client facing tax advice while a skilled team of tax executives handles the day to day. This gives you the freedom to tackle more technical matters, oversee quality and provide the calm, informed guidance that clients genuinely value. The work is varied, interesting and often deeply meaningful.

Hybrid working is the norm, with two days a week in the office and flexibility built around your needs.

What you will be doing

• Delivering high level tax advice to individuals, executors and trustees
• Overseeing tax executives and reviewing their day to day work
• Advising on complex income tax and capital gains tax issues, including planning and mitigation
• Preparing or reviewing 60 day CGT returns on residential property disposals
• Leading on complex estate and trust accounts
• Handling tax during the administration period and finalising lifetime tax affairs for deceased individuals
• Advising on stamp duty land tax
• Preparing or reviewing Inheritance Tax forms for trusts
• Working closely with solicitors, providing the specialist support that enhances their client work
• Advising clients with French assets in collaboration with the French property team
• Training and supporting junior colleagues
• Helping to promote and grow the Trusts and Tax service

About you

• Solid senior level experience in tax and trust accounting
• ATT, ACA, ACCA or TEP qualified
• Confident managing complex and sensitive client matters
• Experience of overseas domiciled taxation
• Excellent technical knowledge across UK taxation for individuals, estates and trusts
• A clear communicator who enjoys client contact and mentoring others

Why this firm

You will join a warm, supportive environment where people are trusted to work flexibly. Two days in the office is typical, with hybrid working encouraged. Unlimited holiday, dress for your day and genuine family friendly working all form part of the culture.

Career development

is taken seriously, with in house learning and development, leadership programmes, and funded CPD and subscriptions. The wider benefits package is generous and designed to look after your wellbeing, finances and lifestyle, including:

• a strong pension scheme,
• enhanced family and sick pay,
• life assurance,
• health cash plan,
• mental health support,
• gym discounts, and more.

Let’s talk

If this sounds like a role where you could thrive, or if you would simply like an informal and confidential chat about your options, please get in touch. If you meet most but not all of the criteria, please reach out anyway. You may be exactly the person they are hoping to meet!

To apply, request further details or arrange a confidential conversation, please contact: Clara Rose [e-mail] 07971 493048