Personal Tax Director – Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Hybrid Working
Competitive Salary + Benefits
We are recruiting a Personal Tax Director for a highly regarded and growing professional services firm based in Edinburgh. This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced private client tax professional to take on a senior leadership role within a collaborative and ambitious tax team, managing a diverse client portfolio while driving the continued growth and development of the department.
This role offers a strong combination of high-level client advisory work, team leadership, business development, and strategic influence within a forward-thinking and people-focused environment.
The Role
As Personal Tax Director, you will lead a mixed-experience team consisting of Assistants, Assistant Managers, Managers, and Senior Managers, ensuring both exceptional client delivery and continued development of future leaders within the department.
You will oversee a varied portfolio of personal tax clients, delivering high-quality compliance and advisory services while building and strengthening long-term relationships with clients and their wider professional networks.
The role will involve providing strategic and high-level technical advice across personal tax, business tax, and capital taxes, working collaboratively with colleagues across the wider firm to deliver coordinated and commercially focused solutions.
Alongside client responsibilities, you will play a key role in shaping the strategic direction of the tax department, supporting wider leadership objectives while ensuring operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and strong commercial performance.
You will mentor and support senior members of the team, promoting a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and professional development across the wider tax function.
The position will also involve identifying and securing opportunities to grow the department and wider firm through networking, relationship management, business development activity, and promotion of the firm’s services within the marketplace.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced tax professional seeking a senior leadership position with genuine influence, client ownership, and long-term progression potential.
About You
You will be an experienced private client or personal tax professional with a strong background gained within a UK accountancy practice or professional services environment.
Experience managing both compliance and advisory work across a diverse personal tax portfolio is essential, alongside strong technical knowledge across personal, business, and capital taxes.
You will possess excellent leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to positively influence clients, colleagues, and wider stakeholders while maintaining an exceptional standard of technical service delivery.
CA qualified (or equivalent) is essential.
You will demonstrate strong commercial awareness, strategic thinking, and the ability to lead and develop high-performing teams within a professional practice environment.
Previous experience operating at Senior Manager or Director level, alongside involvement in business development and departmental leadership, would be highly advantageous.
Candidates must have the right to work in the UK permanently and without restriction. Unfortunately, visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
What’s on Offer
Hybrid and flexible working
Senior leadership and strategic responsibility
Exposure to complex personal tax advisory work
Strong focus on professional development and progression
Collaborative and supportive leadership culture
Business development and client relationship ownership
Competitive salary and benefits package
Location
Edinburgh
Easily commutable from Livingston, Musselburgh, Dalkeith, Dunfermline, Falkirk and surrounding areas
Apply
For a confidential discussion or to apply, please contact Jack Wood on jack@oscar-wood.co.uk or 07817 796391.