Tax Director

Clear Legal & Financial Recruitment; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Senior client leadership

Career development

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Clear Legal & Financial Recruitment is seeking an experienced Tax Director to join its growing professional services team in Lancashire. You will lead the delivery and growth of tax advisory services across a diverse client portfolio.

The role requires a qualified tax professional with post-qualification experience, strong UK tax knowledge and a track record in business development and mentoring tax professionals.

Qualifications

• Qualified tax professional with significant post-qualification experience.
• Strong knowledge of UK taxation and complex advisory work.
• Proven track record in business development and client services.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery and growth of tax advisory services.
• Advise owners and senior management on strategic tax matters.
• Develop and manage long-term client relationships.
• Identify and convert new business opportunities.
• Mentor and develop tax professionals.
• Ensure regulatory and risk compliance.
• Collaborate with accounting, audit and corporate finance teams.
• Lead pitches and proposals.
• Provide technical leadership within the advisory team.

Skills

Tax advisory

Business development

Client relationship management

Strategic tax planning

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

CTA

ACA or ACCA

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.

Please Note: Due to the number of applications we receive we may be unable to respond to every application directly. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful