Tax | Private Client Compliance Senior Associate

PwC; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Newcastle is seeking a Senior Associate for Tax compliance. This role involves managing client relationships, overseeing complex tax compliance, and mentoring junior team members. The ideal candidate will have a tax professional qualification and experience with partner tax. The position offers flexible working conditions and competitive benefits including medical cover and volunteer days, making it an attractive opportunity for experienced tax professionals.

Benefits

Empowered flexibility

Private medical cover

24/7 access to virtual GP

Six volunteering days

Qualifications

• Possess experience in partner/partnership tax.
• Have experience in managing a client portfolio.
• Demonstrate senior stakeholder management capabilities.
• Previous experience managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Review complex personal tax returns and ensure compliance.
• Serve as primary contact for client portfolio while mentoring team.
• Support financial management by maintaining efficiency and identifying opportunities.
• Coordinate effectively with internal teams.
• Stay updated on UK and US tax law changes.
• Build internal and external networks for client opportunities.
• Manage compliance-related advisory work.

Skills

Tax Compliance Management

Stakeholder Management

Financial Management

Internal Collaboration

Technical Development

Network Development

Compliance Advisory

Risk Management

Education

Tax professional qualification (ACA, ATT, CTA, CA, ACCA or equivalent)

Job description

Tax | Private Client Compliance Senior Associate

Employer Location: Newcastle, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 16 Jan 2026

About the Role

Our specialist tax compliance team is responsible for ensuring UK compliance and managing client relationships on behalf of partners at some of the largest firms both in the UK and internationally. This diverse and dynamic client base offers an excellent platform for prospective candidates to enhance their client relationship skills while delivering high‑quality compliance work and ad‑hoc consultancy within a well‑respected team.

What your days will look like

You will have the opportunity to work with a variety of clients, focusing on areas such as personal tax compliance, tax reserving, and internationally headquartered firms including US‑based companies. Your role will involve liaising with client finance teams and attending partner surgery days. You will also manage a broad range of complex compliance requirements throughout the annual compliance cycle, including the preparation and completion of self‑assessment tax returns.

• Tax Compliance Management : Review complex personal tax returns and calculations prepared by junior team members, ensuring accuracy and timely compliance with filing and payment deadlines.


• Stakeholder / People Management : Serve as the primary contact for a client portfolio whilst coaching and mentoring a team.


• Financial Oversight : Support financial management of client engagements by maintaining efficiency, managing work in progress, identifying opportunities, and raising invoices.


• Internal Collaboration : Coordinate and communicate effectively with PwC relationship managers, teams, and offices.


• Technical Development : Stay updated on UK and US tax law changes, deepen expertise in partner and partnership taxation, and build reputation as a technical specialist.


• Network Development : Build internal and external networks to enhance reputation, identify client opportunities, and support business growth.


• Compliance Advisory : Manage compliance‑related advisory work including projections, modelling, tax reserving, and provide referrals for specialist advice when needed.


• Risk Management : Ensure strict adherence to all internal and external risk management policies and procedures

This role is for you if :

• You possess a tax professional qualification (ACA, ATT, CTA, CA, ACCA or an international equivalent)


• Experience in partner / partnership tax.


• Experience in managing a client portfolio.


• Senior stakeholder management.


• Previous experience managing teams.

What you'll receive from us :

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.

We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.

Company

In order to be the leading professional services firm it's important we have the right values, culture and behaviours embedded throughout our organisation, so our work reflects our purpose and we can successfully deliver our strategy.

We set the expectations for the way we interact with each other, our clients, and in the communities in which we operate. These values, and the behaviours that they require from us, are relevant to all our people regardless of grade.

They support a culture that empowers our people to be the best they can be, through challenging experiences and encouraging our people to speak up to make the firm a better place. We want all our people to understand and embrace the culture and personally feel part of the legacy this will create for our future employees.

We’re a hugely diverse business, bound together by our purpose – to build trust in society and solve important problems for our clients and the communities in which we operate. We believe we can make the biggest impact when our purpose is embedded within everything we do.