Private Client Tax Director

Private Client Tax Director
Ipswich or Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
£65,000 - £90,000

A leading UK accountancy firm is seeking an experienced Private Client Tax Director to join its East Anglia team, based in either Ipswich or Bury St Edmunds.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing a substantial portfolio of high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs and complex private clients. You will provide strategic tax planning and compliance advice, drive business development, and play a key role in shaping the future direction of the department across Suffolk.

The role offers the opportunity to influence regional growth, lead and mentor senior team members, and work collaboratively across service lines to deliver a fully integrated client offering.

• Lead and manage a significant portfolio of private clients, acting as a trusted strategic adviser.
• Take ultimate responsibility for complex compliance work and high-level advisory projects.
• Provide technical oversight, ensuring quality, risk management and adherence to internal processes.
• Drive business development, building and leveraging your professional network to win new work.
• Identify cross-selling opportunities and work closely with other service lines to deliver joined-up advice.
• Develop and implement departmental growth strategies aligned to regional and firm-wide objectives.
• Lead, mentor and develop managers and senior team members, supporting succession planning.
• Oversee resource planning, fee setting, and revenue growth across the portfolio.
• Champion digital transformation and process improvement initiatives.
• Support recruitment, team development and performance management across the department.

• CTA, ATT, ACA, ACCA, CA qualified or qualified by experience.
• Significant experience within an accountancy practice environment, operating at Senior Manager or Director level.
• Strong technical expertise across personal tax compliance and advisory matters.
• Proven ability to manage and grow a client portfolio.
• Demonstrable business development experience with a track record of winning work.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience mentoring and developing high-performing teams.
• Commercially astute with the ability to assess risk, pricing and profitability.
• Confident communicator, capable of influencing stakeholders at senior level.

• Senior leadership role with genuine influence over strategy and growth.
• Exposure to complex, high-value private client work.
• Opportunity to shape and grow the Suffolk private client offering.
• Collaborative and forward-thinking working environment.

If you are an experienced Private Client Tax professional ready to step into (or further establish yourself in) a Director-level role within a growing East Anglia team, apply now.

Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.