About the role
As a Tax Manager, your main responsibility will be overseeing relationships with HNWI clients from a tax perspective, reviewing the work of more junior members of the team, working on your own allocation of complex work and assisting with advisory projects.
Key responsibilities include:
- Ensure personal tax compliance obligations are met in line with statutory deadlines, managing priorities effectively across your portfolio.
- Deliver high-quality personal tax compliance services for a portfolio of clients, including reviewing work and maintaining accuracy.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships.
- Liaise with HMRC on behalf of clients, ensuring their tax affairs remain up to date and dealing with enquiries where appropriate.
- Keep abreast of legislative and technical developments, sharing relevant updates with clients and colleagues.
- Identify opportunities to provide additional services, including legal and financial advisory support, and assist with problem-solving where required.
- Support senior management with ad hoc advisory projects and client queries.
- Assist in overseeing the workload of junior team members, providing regular feedback and highlighting development needs.
- Support the technical and professional development of junior colleagues through coaching and guidance.
- Review work to a high standard, identifying technical issues and potential risks or opportunities that may not be immediately apparent.
- Seek opportunities to generate additional advisory work from existing clients.
- Contribute positively to the team, acting as a supportive and motivational presence.
- Use technical resources and reference materials to support decisions and enhance team knowledge.
- Monitor time and profitability across your client portfolio, ensuring timely invoicing and strong recovery rates against chargeable time.
What success looks like
- Tax returns are completed to a high quality and efficiently with deadlines being met.
- Supporting the development of junior team members from a quality and technical perspective.
- Successful liaison with other service lines within the business, particularly the Wealth team.
Our ideal person
- CTA qualified (or part-qualified) and ATT qualified, with at least 5 years’ experience in personal tax.
- Strong technical knowledge of personal tax compliance, including preparing and reviewing tax returns.
- Experience managing a portfolio of clients and building long-term trusted relationships.
- Up-to-date understanding of tax legislation, Budget changes and compliance requirements.
- Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical matters clearly and support junior team members.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office; experience with CCH and AI-enabled tax systems would be advantageous.
We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Skills Required
- CTA qualified (or part-qualified) and ATT qualified
- At least 5 years' experience in personal tax
- Strong technical knowledge of personal tax compliance, including preparing and reviewing tax returns
- Experience managing a portfolio of clients and building long-term trusted relationships
- Up-to-date understanding of tax legislation, Budget changes and compliance requirements
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical matters; support junior team members
- Experience overseeing, coaching and developing junior colleagues
- Ability to liaise with HMRC and handle client enquiries
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Experience with CCH
- Experience with AI-enabled tax systems
What We Do
Progeny is the first and only global professional services firm to bring together independent advisory excellence across financial planning, tax, legal and asset management. We join the dots to understand the bigger picture of you, your family and your business to ensure you always receive first-class non-siloed advice, regardless of complexity, speciality or territory. Our team of Chartered Financial Planners, Corporate Lawyers, Private Solicitors and Tax Specialists are equipped to deliver sophisticated solutions that meet your complex needs. Working together, for you. We aim to achieve the very best for investors, businesses, and family offices with our diversity of expertise. Matching you with the right team of professionals, we can help you to achieve your needs and goals.
