Tax Accountant

This law firm are looking for an experienced Tax Accountant with strong UK personal tax expertise to join a specialist tax function supporting senior individuals within a professional services environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys end‑to‑end personal tax compliance, thrives on detail, and values working closely with stakeholders to deliver a high‑quality, reliable service.

The Role

You'll play a key role in managing the annual personal tax compliance cycle, taking responsibility for preparing returns, calculating liabilities, managing tax reserves and acting as a trusted point of contact for partners, former partners and external advisers.

Working closely with the Head of UK Tax, you'll be hands‑on in delivery while also contributing to continuous improvement across processes, controls and data management.

Key Responsibilities as the Tax Accountant

Personal Tax Compliance (Core Focus)

• Supporting the full annual UK personal tax compliance timetable.
• Preparing UK Self Assessment (ITSA) tax returns, including amendments to prior‑year estimates.
• Calculating personal tax liabilities and refunds.
• Maintaining accurate control schedules to ensure completeness of the tax population.
• Registering individuals for National Insurance and ITSA and managing HMRC agent authorisations.
• Preparing partner aide memoires at the start of each tax year.
• Preparing banking instructions and schedules for HMRC payments and tax reserve releases.
• Assisting with the build‑up, maintenance and release of personal tax reserves.
• Filing returns and issuing submission confirmations.
• Liaising professionally with partners, former partners and third‑party tax advisers.

Data, Analysis & Reporting

• Preparing and maintaining detailed spreadsheets covering tax returns, reserves, payments, pensions and return progress.
• Analysing income and expenditure to support business tax computations.

Technical & Regulatory

• Keeping up to date with UK personal tax legislation, including devolved income tax rates (e.g. Scottish and Welsh taxes).
• Ensuring the accurate application of allowances, adjustments, deductions and credits.

Wider Support

• Providing cover for other tax roles as required.
• Supporting the Head of UK Tax on ad‑hoc projects and queries.

What They're Looking For in this Tax Accountant role

This role is best suited to someone with solid, hands‑on UK personal tax experience who enjoys ownership, accuracy and stakeholder interaction.

Essential:

• Strong, practical understanding of UK personal taxation.
• Experience preparing UK income tax returns.
• High level of IT literacy and confidence working with detailed data and spreadsheets.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to manage deadlines.

Desirable:

• Formal tax or accountancy qualification (or qualified by experience).
• Experience using CCH or similar tax software.
• Background in professional services or partnership environments.

About You

• Highly organised, proactive and dependable.
• Comfortable balancing detailed compliance work with broader awareness of the business.
• Confident communicator, able to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Solutions‑focused with a strong sense of accountability.

Why Apply?

You'll be joining a collaborative, expert tax team where personal tax is central to the role, your technical skills are genuinely valued, and your work has real visibility and impact. The role offers varied work, stakeholder interaction and the chance to deepen your expertise in personal tax within a supportive environment.

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