Tax Advisory Director

Saffery LLP

Saffery is growing, and we are looking for an experienced Tax Advisory Director to join our highly regarded Corporate Tax team. This is a senior opportunity for a commercially minded tax professional who enjoys working on complex advisory matters, building trusted relationships, and helping clients navigate significant business decisions.

As part of Saffery’s wider tax advisory offering, you will work on a broad range of projects for clients across the UK and internationally. From transactions and tax due diligence to reorganisations, employee incentives, and cross-border structuring, this role offers variety, challenge, and the chance to make a real impact.

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The Opportunity

In this role, you will work closely with tax partners in London and across Saffery’s regional offices, supporting a wide-ranging client base and collaborating with specialists across the firm. You will also be encouraged to develop your own strong network of client and internal relationships, particularly with colleagues in Corporate Finance and other non-tax teams.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives in an advisory-led environment, enjoys solving technically complex issues, and wants to play a key role in the continued growth of a dynamic and ambitious firm.

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What You’ll Be Doing

As Tax Advisory Director, your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting and shaping go-to-market strategy alongside Saffery’s partners

• Leading and collaborating on advisory assignments for a diverse portfolio of clients, including:

• startups

• entrepreneurial and growing businesses

• private family capital

• large international groups

• investment funds

• Advising management teams and shareholders on acquisitions and disposals

• Running tax due diligence projects and coordinating with:

• Corporate Finance

• Employment Tax

• VAT teams

• Advising on corporate reorganisations and supporting implementation, including:

• capital reductions

• section 110 demergers

• Reviewing transactional documentation, including:

• share purchase agreements

• tax covenants

• tax disclosure letters

• Preparing HMRC clearance applications, both statutory and non-statutory

• Advising on international structuring and cross-border corporate transactions, including liaison with firms in the Nexia network

• Supporting property transaction structuring, including acquisitions and disposals

• Designing and implementing employee incentive plans

• Advising on the interpretation and application of double tax treaties in relation to corporate transactions

• Working with tax compliance teams on post-transaction compliance matters

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Your Impact

This is a role for someone who can combine technical excellence with strong commercial judgement. You will be a visible leader within the tax advisory team, helping clients solve important challenges while contributing to the continued development of Saffery’s service offering.

You will also have the flexibility to shape a portfolio of work that reflects your strengths and interests. At Saffery, we believe in “Potential meets personal” — and that includes building a role that works for you. In partnership with your line manager, you will have the opportunity to develop a mix of work aligned to your experience, aspirations, and preferred focus areas.

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About the Team

Saffery’s Corporate Tax team spans all 9 office locations and includes 7 partners and more than 100 professionals. The team supports a broad portfolio of businesses across a wide range of sectors, including:

• Manufacturing

• Technology

• Retail

• Recruitment

• Financial Services

• Hospitality

• Property

The Tax Advisory team sits within Corporate Tax and works closely with both tax colleagues and the Corporate Finance team, creating a collaborative and multidisciplinary environment.

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About You

We are looking for a qualified tax professional with strong advisory experience and a track record of delivering high-quality work in a client-facing environment.

You will likely have:

• A professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CTA, or equivalent

• Several years’ post-qualified experience in:

• corporation tax

• due diligence

• M&A tax advisory

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Strong UK tax technical expertise and a sound understanding of complex advisory matters

• The ability to interpret technical issues of varying complexity and explain them clearly to clients and colleagues

• Experience in reviewing and preparing advisory reports and correspondence on technical tax matters

• Excellent project management skills, including:

• planning and prioritising workloads

• meeting deadlines

• monitoring budgets

• The ability to keep stakeholders informed and provide clear updates on project progress

• Strong relationship-building skills with both clients and internal stakeholders

• A high level of commercial awareness and a client-first mindset

• A commitment to delivering quality outcomes and taking ownership of projects day to day

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across a range of audiences and situations

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Why Join Saffery?

Saffery LLP advises individuals and businesses across multiple sectors, delivering market-leading services in:

• Accountancy

• Audit

• Business Advisory

• Tax

• VAT

Founded in 1855, Saffery is now the UK’s 15th largest accountancy firm. Despite our scale and reputation, we remain a firm where people know your name, not just your job title.

Our culture is shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We are deeply committed not only to our clients, but also to our greatest asset — our people.

As a proud member of Nexia, a leading global network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we combine local expertise with international reach, giving our people and clients the benefit of truly global insight.

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Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

At Saffery, equality, diversity and inclusion are a genuine priority. Through our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are continuing to strengthen our inclusive and equitable culture, with commitment and leadership from the top of the firm.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability, or neurodivergence. We believe that individual differences create collective strength.

Built on the values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is a place where Potential meets Personal.

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Apply Now

If you are an experienced tax advisory professional looking for a senior opportunity in a collaborative, ambitious, and people-focused firm, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Join Saffery and help shape the future of our tax advisory offering.