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Working at EY UK

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Join EY in London as a Director – US/UK Cross Border Tax within the private client team. This permanent role offers a hybrid working model with at least two days in the office, a competitive salary, and opportunities to lead complex compliance and advisory work for high-net-worth individuals and international clients.

Requirements

  • Significant experience at Director or equivalent level within professional practice
  • Deep technical expertise in UK private client tax, including signing off complex returns and advisory work
  • Strong understanding of non-dom, residence, and internationally mobile client issues
  • Proven commercial awareness and business development track record
  • No specific degree or minimum years of experience stated in the posting

Skills & Responsibilities

  • UK Private Client Tax Expertise: Deliver complex UK tax compliance, residence, domicile, and remittance basis planning for high-net-worth individuals and international clients.
  • Technical Leadership & Review: Review and sign off complex UK tax returns, ensuring high standards of quality, risk management, and technical accuracy.
  • Business Development & Relationship Management: Act as a trusted adviser to senior clients, identifying commercial opportunities and driving portfolio profitability.
  • Team Management & Coaching: Coach, mentor, and develop managers and junior staff to foster a high-performing and inclusive team culture.
  • Potential transition routes: People from senior tax manager or private client advisory roles in professional services may bring strong technical compliance and client management skills, alongside meeting the required senior leadership and UK tax expertise.

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Director – UK Tax - US/UK Cross Border

About EY Tax

EY Tax is a market leader, renowned for delivering sustainable growth and empowering people to shape their careers. Our collaborative UK practice advises on high‑profile and complex matters, combining deep technical expertise with a strong focus on quality, innovation and people development. Join EY to work on challenging cross‑border assignments in a supportive, high‑performing environment where your leadership truly makes an impact.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced UK Tax Director to join EY’s market‑leading US/UK Cross‑Border Private Client team. This role is predominately UK‑focused, with responsibility for leading the delivery of complex UK tax compliance and advisory work for high‑net‑worth individuals, entrepreneurs, family offices, and internationally mobile clients with US connections.

You will own a significant client portfolio, act as a trusted adviser to clients and internal stakeholders, and play a key role in driving team performance, technical excellence, risk management, and business growth.

The Team

The US/UK Cross‑Border team advises UK‑resident and non‑UK domiciled individuals, family offices, private equity principals, hedge fund managers and professional partnerships. Our work spans:

  • UK tax compliance and advisory
  • Residence, domicile and remittance basis planning
  • International and cross‑border structuring
  • Transactions, wealth optimisation and succession planning
  • Coordination with US and other overseas EY teams

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a portfolio of clients with complex UK tax affairs, ensuring exceptional client service, technical accuracy and timely delivery
  • Act as the UK tax technical lead on engagements, providing practical, commercial advice aligned with client objectives
  • Review and sign off complex UK tax returns and advisory outputs, maintaining EY’s high standards of quality, risk management and governance
  • Identify UK and cross‑border tax issues (including IHT, trusts, estate and succession planning, and international structuring) and coordinate with relevant specialists
  • Drive business development through client relationships, referrals, and collaboration across the wider EY Tax practice
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EY UK

Director - US/UK Cross Border Tax (UK team) - London

London
Hybrid
Competitive salary and benefits
  • Take ownership of billing, WIP, recoveries and overall financial performance across your client portfolio
  • Lead, coach and mentor managers and junior staff, supporting performance, progression and retention
  • Contribute to strategic and operational management of the team, including resourcing, training, and people initiatives
  • Act as a visible role model for EY values, fostering a positive, inclusive, and high‑performing team culture

    • Skills and Attributes for Success

    You will demonstrate:

    • Significant experience at Director (or equivalent) level within professional practice
    • Deep technical expertise in UK private client tax, with experience signing off complex UK returns and advisory work
    • Strong understanding of non‑dom, residence and internationally mobile client issues
    • Proven ability to manage senior client relationships with confidence, credibility and professionalism
    • Commercial awareness with a track record of identifying and converting opportunities into work
    • Experience managing financial performance, including billing, recoveries and portfolio profitability
    • Strong leadership capability, with a commitment to developing high‑performing teams
    • Excellent communication skills and the confidence to influence, negotiate and challenge where appropriate
    • Highly organised, resilient, and able to manage multiple complex priorities

    What We Offer

    At EY, we’ll help you develop future‑focused skills and gain world‑class experience in a flexible, inclusive environment.

    • Global Exposure: Work with international clients and EY teams worldwide
    • Career Progression: Opportunity to grow your leadership profile within the UK practice
    • Support & Coaching: Access to senior mentors and tailored development
    • Flexible Working: Hybrid working model with a minimum of two days in the office
    • Total Rewards Package: Competitive salary, benefits and EY perks
    • Inclusive Culture: A workplace that values authenticity, diversity and belonging

    EY | Building a better working world

    EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.

    Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

    EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

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