36 Tax Specialist jobs in the United Kingdom

Robert Half are recruiting for a Tax Specialist with detailed Excise duty experienceReporting to the Tax Manager

The role is Hybrid with travel to home offices closest to home address around Midlands or Hemel Hempstead

Role Responsibilities:

• Organise and run Excise Duty Due Diligence
• Manage due diligence questionnaires for duty suspended customers & suppliers.
• Liaise with HMRC and Due Diligence Group .

We are excited to be recruiting for a new job vacancy with a firm of accountants based in Grantham, who are looking to hire a Tax Specialist. The firm offers flexibility in terms of the seniority of the role and can provide an excellent level of hybrid and flexible working for the right individual, once they have settled in and passed their probation.

After an initial four to eight weeks working in.

Private Client Tax Specialist – CTA Qualified
Surrey  | Circa £100,000 + Excellent Benefits

A newly created opportunity for a CTA Qualified Private Client Tax Specialist to take on a senior position within a highly regarded firm. This is a chance to step into a role designed to support continued growth in private client advisory services, offering a professionally rewarding environment where your expertise will be recognised and trusted.

Ideal for a specialist with a number of years of relevant post-qualification experience, this role will see you advising high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trustees, and directors of owner-managed businesses – including those with international concerns – on complex UK and cross-border tax matters.

Your role

You will be responsible for delivering bespoke tax advice across a broad range of matters, including:

• UK and Offshore tax structuring
li>Residence and domicile planning
• Trust and estate structuring
• Property taxation
• Corporate and Group restructuring
• Complex HMRC enquiries
• Cross-border and international tax issues

While this is primarily a private client role, there will also be involvement in corporate tax planning where high-net-worth individuals have significant business interests. This may include advising on company reorganisations, shareholder structuring and tax-efficient profit extraction strategies.

What you will offer
We are seeking a commercially aware, solutions-focused individual with advisory expertise in private client taxation. You will have:

• CTA qualification
• A solid academic background
• Demonstrable experience in private client tax advisory gained within an Accountancy and Tax practice or Family Office
• Comprehensive understanding of the legal concepts which underpin UK tax legislation

The client base
You will work directly with a high-quality client base of HNW and UHNW individuals, family offices and business owners, often dealing with highly technical and complex matters.

The opportunity
This is a newly created role which has plenty of head room for future growth which will demonstrate the firm’s continued growth and demand for specialist advisory services to their client base. You will take on a position of influence within the firm and have a defined scope to shape your own development including an opportunity to win new business and network across the service lines.

The firm offers a collegiate and inclusive culture with long-term progression for the right person and level of relevant expertise.

Next steps – please apply to this Private Client Tax Specialist role and we will aim to reply to all suitable applicants within 48 hours.

Fletcher George is an inclusive Surrey based financial recruiter welcoming all applications relevant to the role. We are committed to attracting a diverse pool of applicants and to assist talent to find career opportunities in which they can thrive. 

We are an accountancy and finance recruitment agency acting as an Employment Agency.

Referrals are welcome - you can receive up to £500 of Amazon or John Lewis vouchers when we successfully place your referral, just make sure they mention you when they register. The full details of Fletcher George’s referral scheme is on our website.

Private Client Tax Specialist – CTA Qualified
Surrey  | Circa £100,000 + Excellent Benefits

A newly created opportunity for a CTA Qualified Private Client Tax Specialist to take on a senior position within a highly regarded firm. This is a chance to step into a role designed to support continued growth in private client advisory services, offering a professionally rewarding environment where your expertise will be recognised and trusted.

Ideal for a specialist with a number of years of relevant post-qualification experience, this role will see you advising high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trustees, and directors of owner-managed businesses – including those with international concerns – on complex UK and cross-border tax matters.

Your role

You will be responsible for delivering bespoke tax advice across a broad range of matters, including:

• UK and Offshore tax structuring
li>Residence and domicile planning
• Trust and estate structuring
• Property taxation
• Corporate and Group restructuring
• Complex HMRC enquiries
• Cross-border and international tax issues

While this is primarily a private client role, there will also be involvement in corporate tax planning where high-net-worth individuals have significant business interests. This may include advising on company reorganisations, shareholder structuring and tax-efficient profit extraction strategies.

What you will offer
We are seeking a commercially aware, solutions-focused individual with advisory expertise in private client taxation. You will have:

• CTA qualification
• A solid academic background
• Demonstrable experience in private client tax advisory gained within an Accountancy and Tax practice or Family Office
• Comprehensive understanding of the legal concepts which underpin UK tax legislation

The client base
You will work directly with a high-quality client base of HNW and UHNW individuals, family offices and business owners, often dealing with highly technical and complex matters.

The opportunity
This is a newly created role which has plenty of head room for future growth which will demonstrate the firm’s continued growth and demand for specialist advisory services to their client base. You will take on a position of influence within the firm and have a defined scope to shape your own development including an opportunity to win new business and network across the service lines.

The firm offers a collegiate and inclusive culture with long-term progression for the right person and level of relevant expertise.

Next steps – please apply to this Private Client Tax Specialist role and we will aim to reply to all suitable applicants within 48 hours.

Fletcher George is an inclusive Surrey based financial recruiter welcoming all applications relevant to the role. We are committed to attracting a diverse pool of applicants and to assist talent to find career opportunities in which they can thrive. 

We are an accountancy and finance recruitment agency acting as an Employment Agency.

Referrals are welcome - you can receive up to £500 of Amazon or John Lewis vouchers when we successfully place your referral, just make sure they mention you when they register. The full details of Fletcher George’s referral scheme is on our website.

Ideas People Trust

We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We'll broaden your horizons

BDO's Tax Accounting Group is a national group bringing together tax professionals who specialise in tax accounting and tax audit work. Headed by an equity partner, we can offer an exciting and quality career path for ambitious people.

This role will provide tax audit support on our largest, high-profile audits across a range of groups and sectors. Just as key will be acting as a tax accounting specialist to our non-audit clients, assisting with complex provisioning engagements and the tax accounting aspects of GAAP conversions, carve out accounting and acquisition accounting. Clients and audited entities include FTSE companies, AIM listed companies, large inbounds and private equity backed businesses.

You will be responsible for a number of tax audits, acting as the point of contact with the main audit team, and working closely with junior staff and tax partners to deliver this work. You will also work on a number of ad hoc, project based engagements working with other BDO teams, using your tax accounting knowledge in different contexts to deliver the best to our clients.

You will act as a key contact for tax accounting queries for the wider tax and audit practices and be involved in coaching and training more junior members of the team.

When you join us, we'll make your growth our priority. If you can demonstrate the following skills, we can help you go far. We're looking for someone with:

• Prior experience of tax accounting and tax auditing, with a clear desire to specialise in this area.
• Knowledge of tax accounting under FRS102 and IFRS; prior experience of US GAAP is useful but not obligatory.
• General corporate tax experience providing corporate tax advisory and compliance services to a variety of clients.
• Good project management skills, including meeting agreed deadlines, taking ownership and managing a team.
• Experience of coaching and training more junior staff.
• Experience of dealing with client senior management and key stakeholders.
• Educated to degree level, and CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent

We're in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO.

We're looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions

We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and detail-oriented UK Group Tax Specialist to join a multinational organization’s in-house tax function. You’ll play a pivotal role in supporting UK corporation tax and VAT compliance across the group, working closely with business units across the UK and Europe. You’ll report directly to the North Europe Tax Manager and be part of a wider European tax team that offers shared services support. This is a hands-on role that balances compliance duties with strategic business partnering.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage mandatory UK group tax compliance processes (SAO, group reliefs, CIR, UK tax policy).
• Prepare UK corporation tax returns (using Alphatax) and quarterly VAT returns (using OneSource).
• Lead year-end tax provisioning and support external audit requirements.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with UK businesses to support tax-efficient operations.
• Provide UK tax support on internal projects, system changes, and legislative updates.
• Liaise with European stakeholders on VAT compliance and regulatory updates.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on UK tax experience.
• Working knowledge of Alphatax, SAP (S4Hana/R3), and advanced Excel skills.
• Familiarity with corporate tax compliance, VAT returns, and financial reporting.
• Exceptional organization and time management skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate across functions.
• Proficiency in business English.

For more information, please contact Mo Hanslod at Goodman Masson

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and detail-oriented UK Group Tax Specialist to join a multinational organization’s in-house tax function. You’ll play a pivotal role in supporting UK corporation tax and VAT compliance across the group, working closely with business units across the UK and Europe. You’ll report directly to the North Europe Tax Manager and be part of a wider European tax team that offers shared services support. This is a hands-on role that balances compliance duties with strategic business partnering.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage mandatory UK group tax compliance processes (SAO, group reliefs, CIR, UK tax policy).
• Prepare UK corporation tax returns (using Alphatax) and quarterly VAT returns (using OneSource).
• Lead year-end tax provisioning and support external audit requirements.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with UK businesses to support tax-efficient operations.
• Provide UK tax support on internal projects, system changes, and legislative updates.
• Liaise with European stakeholders on VAT compliance and regulatory updates.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on UK tax experience.
• Working knowledge of Alphatax, SAP (S4Hana/R3), and advanced Excel skills.
• Familiarity with corporate tax compliance, VAT returns, and financial reporting.
• Exceptional organization and time management skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate across functions.
• Proficiency in business English.

For more information, please contact Mo Hanslod at Goodman Masson

Associate Solicitor, Tax and Trusts Specialist

Devizes

Full Time

Salary is dependent on experience

We are currently recruiting for an Associate Solicitor, Tax and Trusts Specialist to join our client based in their Devizes office.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities:

Specific Areas of Law :

You will be required to develop, conduct and deliver your own workload across the following areas of expertise within the team:

• Tax and Tax efficient Wills
• Probate and estate administration
• LPAs
• Life Time Tax Planning
• Court of Protection
• IPFD Claims
• Trusts

File Management:

You will be responsible for the maintenance of WIP at or below target level.

You will be responsible for the maintenance of Debtors at or below target level.

All filing is to be kept up to date and in order, in compliance with the Lexcel practice management standards.

You will be responsible for maintaining your section of the diary of key events.

Targets:

Client Development and Marketing:

To be active in promoting the services of the firm and the ALE (Agriculture and Landed Estates) team, its image and ethos (in liaison with the Team Leader) through local marketing activities e.g. forums, trade groups, professional bodies etc.

Management:

• Supervision of a secretary.
• Potential supervision of a trainee.
• Providing input and direction to the Partners as required concerning the management of the team.

Person Specification:

Experience and knowledge:

• 5-7 years post qualification experience
• In depth experience and understanding of Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax planning in the context of individuals and trusts with emphasis on family businesses, landed estates and farming enterprises and knowledge of other taxes relevant to these areas (other than VAT) and keen interest in expanding experience and knowledge in these areas.
• In depth understanding of the use of trusts and settlements within tax planning and asset protection
• Ability to draft related bespoke documents and a significant enjoyment of this aspect of the work
• An 'expert' in matters of tax efficiency and planning and the use of trusts, and a real passion to work in this area of the law.
• Experience of managing own work load effectively, particularly in a pressurised environment
• Strong organisational skills
• Flexible approach to work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to high quality and a customer service focus
• Ability to travel to, clients etc
• Strong ICT skills.
• Need experience of Agriculture and Landed Estates

Professional Qualifications:

At least a degree of 2:1 or evidence of a similar ability

Recognised professional qualification as a Solicitor entitling the role-holder to practice in England & Wales.

Current practising certificate (or entitlement to obtain one) from the Law Society

Evidence of continuing professional development in the areas of expertise outlined above.

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