Tax Senior Manager - Private Client

Moore Kingston Smith LLP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Moore Kingston Smith LLP is seeking a Tax Senior Manager to lead the Private Client Tax team in the West End, London. You will drive delivery of personal tax advisory work, write reports, and mentor junior staff across a diverse client portfolio.

The role requires high technical knowledge of UK private client tax, including planning, anti-avoidance, and inheritance tax, with the ability to communicate complex tax concepts to non-experts and to develop staff through coaching and training.

Qualifications

• CTA qualified (or equivalent) with significant experience in private client tax.
• Strong technical knowledge of UK private client tax, including personal tax planning, anti-avoidance legislation and inheritance tax matters.
• Experience advising high net worth individuals, business owners, trusts and estates.
• Proven ability to deliver both compliance and advisory services, including report writing and bespoke tax planning projects.
• Experience dealing directly with HMRC on complex enquiries, investigations, settlements and negotiations.
• Strong understanding of Self-Assessment, tax computations and broader private client tax compliance.
• Ability to build and maintain trusted client relationships, providing commercially focused and practical advice.
• Previous experience managing, coaching and reviewing the work of junior team members.
• Demonstrable business development skills, including identifying opportunities, winning work and generating referrals across service lines.
• Strong organisational, communication and leadership skills, with experience managing deadlines, WIP and billing responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to partners and directors in the effective running of the team and in winning new work.
• Managing a portfolio, consisting of a mix of clients with multiple sources of earned and investment income.
• Driving the delivery of technical advisory work on the portfolio.
• Dealing with one off advisory and compliance assignments.
• A key point of contact for the client.
• Dealing with partnerships and high net worth individuals.
• Dealing with a wide range of capital gains tax issues.
• Overseeing the UK tax return filling process for a broad variety of clients.
• Monitoring team progress against targets.
• Providing feedback and giving input into staff appraisals, as well as direct responsibility for appraising staff.
• Monitor progress and encourage the personal development of all team members.
• Ability to produce written work to a high standard.
• Make suggestions and implement changes in order to improve efficiency within the team.

Skills

CTA qualified

Private client tax

UK tax knowledge

High net worth advisory

Tax reporting & drafting

Team leadership

HMRC liaison

Stakeholder management

Client relationship management

Business development

Education

CTA qualification or equivalent

Job description

Tax Senior Manager - Private Client

Department: Private Client Tax

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: West End, London

Compensation: £81,000 - £91,000 / year

Description

Our Private Client Tax team are looking for a Senior Manager to join their exciting and growing department. You will be required to drive the delivery of personal tax advisory work, including writing reports and leading discussions with prospective and existing clients. You will also be required to oversee a team of junior staff who are responsible for day-to-day delivery of private client services across a diverse portfolio of individual clients.

This is a key role within our West End office, where you will be client facing and required to deal credibly and professionally with high net-worth clients and other professional advisors. As such, excellent technical skills are crucial; equally crucial will be your ability to impart complex tax technical information to non-experts.

We are looking for someone to actively manage the delivery of the private client offering for the team, including making suggestions for improving internal processes and efficiencies. This will include mentoring the team to develop their soft skills and providing technical training periodically.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support to partners and directors in the effective running of the team and in winning new work.
• Managing a portfolio, consisting of a mix of clients with multiple sources of earned and investment income.
• Driving the delivery of technical advisory work on the portfolio.
• Dealing with one off advisory and compliance assignments.
• A key point of contact for the client.
• Dealing with partnerships and high net worth individuals.
• Dealing with a wide range of capital gains tax issues.
• Overseeing the UK tax return filling process for a broad variety of clients.
• Monitoring team progress against targets.
• Providing feedback and giving input into staff appraisals, as well as direct responsibility for appraising staff.
• Monitor progress and encourage the personal development of all team members.
• Ability to produce written work to a high standard.
• Make suggestions and implement changes in order to improve efficiency within the team.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• CTA qualified (or equivalent) with significant experience in private client tax.
• Strong technical knowledge of UK private client tax, including personal tax planning, anti-avoidance legislation and inheritance tax matters.
• Experience advising high net worth individuals, business owners, trusts and estates.
• Proven ability to deliver both compliance and advisory services, including report writing and bespoke tax planning projects.
• Experience dealing directly with HMRC on complex enquiries, investigations, settlements and negotiations.
• Strong understanding of Self-Assessment, tax computations and broader private client tax compliance.
• Ability to build and maintain trusted client relationships, providing commercially focused and practical advice.
• Previous experience managing, coaching and reviewing the work of junior team members.
• Demonstrable business development skills, including identifying opportunities, winning work and generating referrals across service lines.
• Strong organisational, communication and leadership skills, with experience managing deadlines, WIP and billing responsibilities.

Please refer to the full Job Description attached to this advert for a comprehensive overview of the role, responsibilities and requirements.