Tax Director

Clear Legal & Financial Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Clear Legal & Financial Recruitment is seeking an experienced Tax Director to lead the delivery and growth of its Tax Advisory offering within a growing professional services team. The role focuses on advising business owners and senior stakeholders with strategic tax planning and long-term client relationships.

The successful candidate will shape services, mentor tax professionals, and drive new business opportunities across diverse client sectors, ensuring high standards of compliance and

Qualifications

• Qualified tax professional with significant post-qualification experience.
• Strong UK tax knowledge and advisory delivery experience.
• Proven trusted adviser to business owners and senior stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness and ability to translate business objectives into tax solutions.
• Proven track record in business development and winning new advisory work.
• Experience leading, mentoring and developing tax professionals.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery and growth of tax advisory services across a diverse client portfolio.
• Provide high-quality, commercially focused advice on complex UK tax matters.
• Advise business owners, shareholders and senior management on strategic tax planning.
• Support clients with business structuring, reorganisations, acquisitions and disposals, succession and exit planning, and shareholder matters.
• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Identify and convert new business opportunities to support growth of the Tax Advisory practice.
• Lead pitches, proposals and other business development activities.
• Collaborate with colleagues across accounting, audit, corporate finance and wider advisory teams.
• Provide technical leadership and ensure advisory work is accurate and commercially relevant.
• Coach and develop members of the tax team.
• Contribute to the development of new tax advisory services and market opportunities.
• Maintain high standards of professional, regulatory and risk compliance.

Skills

Tax advisory

Business development

Client relationship management

Leadership

Education

CTA qualification

ACA or ACCA qualification

Job description

We are recruiting for an experienced Tax Director to join a growing professional services team and play a key role in developing its Tax Advisory offering.

This is a senior opportunity for a commercially minded tax professional who enjoys working closely with business owners and senior stakeholders, providing strategic advice and developing long-term client relationships.

The Role

As Tax Director, you will lead the delivery and growth of tax advisory services across a diverse client portfolio.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing high-quality, commercially focused advice on complex UK tax matters.
• Advising business owners, shareholders and senior management on strategic tax planning.
• Supporting clients with areas including business structuring, reorganisations, acquisitions and disposals, succession and exit planning, and shareholder matters.
• Building and maintaining strong, trusted relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Identifying and converting new business opportunities to support the growth of the Tax Advisory practice.
• Leading pitches, proposals and other business development activities.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across accounting, audit, corporate finance and wider advisory teams.
• Providing technical leadership and ensuring advisory work is accurate, practical and commercially relevant.
• Coaching and developing members of the tax team.
• Contributing to the development of new tax advisory services and market opportunities.
• Maintaining high standards of professional, regulatory and risk compliance.

About You

You will ideally have:

• A relevant professional tax qualification with significant post-qualification experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of UK taxation and experience delivering complex tax advisory work.
• Proven experience acting as a trusted adviser to business owners and senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to translate business objectives into practical tax solutions.
• A proven track record in business development and winning new advisory work.
• Experience leading, mentoring and developing tax professionals.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex tax matters clearly.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• A proactive, entrepreneurial and commercially focused approach.

Desirable

• CTA qualification.
• ACA or ACCA qualification.
• Experience working with owner-managed businesses, privately owned groups and/or larger corporate clients.
• An established network of clients, professional advisers or introducers.

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Senior role with significant client and commercial responsibility.
• Opportunity to help shape and grow a Tax Advisory offering.
• Exposure to a broad range of complex and interesting tax advisory work.
• Strong opportunities for career development and progression.
• Collaborative working environment with access to wider advisory and professional services expertise.