[Hiring] Tax Manager @Thomas and Co international

Role Description

Thomas & Co International is a growing, multi-award-winning tax and strategic advisory firm supporting entrepreneurs, privately owned businesses, and internationally mobile clients across the UK and overseas. Following sustained, profitable growth, we are seeking an experienced Tax Manager to join our growing team of high performers.

This role is designed for experienced tax professionals who want to step beyond delivery and into senior advisory, client leadership, and internal influence. You will work with some of the most complex and interesting clients in the market, supporting founder-led businesses as they scale, restructure, and protect wealth.

As a Tax Manager, you will take full ownership of complex tax advisory engagements from initial scoping through to technical analysis, client delivery, implementation and close-out. You will act as a trusted adviser to entrepreneurs, business owners and high-net-worth clients, taking responsibility for the client relationship, technical direction, commercial delivery and overall outcome of each engagement.

• Lead complex corporate and private client tax advisory engagements end to end.
• Act as the principal adviser for a portfolio of entrepreneurs, owner-managed businesses and high-profile private clients.
• Establish the client’s objectives, relevant facts, technical issues and required workstreams.
• Lead client meetings, present recommendations and manage discussions with solicitors, valuers, banks and other professional advisers.
• Provide technical leadership on structuring, reorganisations, succession, remuneration, extraction, transactions and international tax matters.
• Develop and compare credible options, considering tax, commercial practicality, risk, cost and implementation.
• Take responsibility for project scope, fees, deadlines, client communication and delivery quality.
• Ensure recommendations are properly evidenced, technically defensible and capable of implementation.
• Review and challenge work prepared by Senior Associates and Assistant Managers.
• Mentor junior team members and provide clear technical and performance feedback.
• Identify wider risks, planning opportunities and additional advisory needs across the client relationship.
• Work closely with the Head of Tax and senior leadership on complex cases, new service offerings and strategic initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of the firm’s advisory methodologies, templates, systems and internal processes.
• Represent the firm at relevant events and help build professional and referral networks.

Qualifications

• ACA / CA / ACCA / CTA (or equivalent)
• Significant experience in corporate and private client tax advisory
• Strong client-facing experience, including leading advisory discussions
• International tax exposure (UAE experience advantageous)
• Proven ability to interpret and apply new and existing tax legislation in complex scenarios

Requirements

• Strong technical capability across corporate tax, private client tax or a broad mixed-tax advisory environment.
• Proven experience leading client engagements or significant advisory workstreams.
• Confidence advising entrepreneurs and business owners directly.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to translate legislation into practical, clear recommendations.
• Comfortable making and defending judgement-led technical decisions.
• Ability to manage multiple complex engagements, deadlines and stakeholders.
• Experience reviewing technical work and developing junior colleagues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Up-to-date knowledge of developments across the UK and international tax landscape.
• A proactive, collaborative approach and a genuine interest in helping build a growing tax department.

Benefits

• Highly competitive base salary
• Commission structure calculated as a percentage of your contribution to advisory outcomes, billable work, and commercial impact
• Profit-share model aligned to department-level results
• Wellness subscription
• Life assurance cover
• An additional day’s leave for your birthday, plus a holiday buy-back scheme
• Remote & Flexible working arrangements
• Clear progression into higher level positions, with increasing responsibility for client leadership, technical authority, and team development