Head of Tax - North London

Due to extensive growth and multiple acquisitions, this Firm are looking to recruit a Head of Tax to join their experienced team within their Head office (North West London). The group has several subsidiaries ranging from Tax, Accounting, Legal, Financial Services and Executive Recruitment. Their mission is to disrupt the disjointed Professional Services space.

Responsibilities

To assume ownership and manage the Tax Practice, which comprises of UK private client service provision to a number of clients around the globe. Looking for a highly experienced candidate who is ideally CTA qualified (although not essential). The role offers variety, autonomy and the opportunity to work with an incredibly broad range of clients. The business is geared towards providing Taxation services to a broad range of clients including expats, non-UK residents and to support High Net Worth clients, Entrepreneurs and Trusts through the life cycle of their business. Additional responsibilities include:

• Leadership & Management of tax department
• Reporting to the Managing Director
• Producing reports on efficiencies of the department
• Setting deadlines and ensuring KPIs are met for the tax team and wider department
• Leading weekly departmental meetings
• Signing off and monitoring training programmes
• Leading staff reviews
• Assisting with recruitment
• Speaking with clients and prospects (over the phone) and answering tax queries
• To attend face to face meetings with clients, and in certain cases to lead those meetings
• Handle new leads and enquiries with a view to signing up new clients
• Manage the returns processes with our 3rd party outsourcing agencies
• Assisting the wider tax team with tax return reviews from outsourcing company
• Development, mentorship and growth of junior members of the team
• You may be required to produce technical newsletters and articles for the firm's website
• You will be required to write technical taxation reports and tax planning advice
• Small portfolio of gold standard clients compliance & advice
• Assisting tax leadership team with strategy
• Various ad hoc work as and when it arises

Requirements

• Strong tax technical and practical expertise within the private client tax arena with demonstrable broad experience of the tax affairs of non-domiciled individuals, entrepreneurs and share schemes for small and medium-sized enterprises
• Experience in managing a portfolio of clients through the self-assessment tax cycle
• Aptitude for research and the ability to prepare complex written advice/calculations
• Strong communication skills, be it face-face, email or in writing, and have an emotional intelligence in dealing with sensitive private client matters e.g. divorce cases, business partner disputes
• Some experience in identifying opportunities for business development on tax clients and across other service lines would be advantageous
• Proven track record of managing successful teams and delivering results
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong IT skills (e.g. Microsoft Office - notably, Excel)

What's on Offer?

Competitive Salary + Additional Benefits