Equity Reward Tax Consultant

Our client, a leading independent, full-service tax advisory firm, is seeking an experienced tax professional to join their high-performing Equity Reward team. This strategic hire is due to continued growth and increasing demand across a broad client base, including OMB, listed groups, PE backed companies, and family-owned enterprises.

The role is open to Assistant Manager, Manager, and Senior Manager (acting or ready to take the next step), where you'll play a pivotal role in helping clients attract, retain, and incentivise top talent through equity-based reward solutions, from executive-level incentives to company-wide plans.

The important work you will be doing:

• Advise on the design and implementation of a wide range of equity incentives, including EMI, CSOP, growth shares, freezer shares, ratchet shares, joint interests, and nil-paid arrangements.
• Provide tax-technical input across the entire lifecycle of share plans, including implementation, secondary awards, restructuring, and transaction-related activity.
• Lead due diligence reviews from an employment-related securities (ERS) perspective.
• Work closely with clients to deliver high-quality, commercially driven advice.
• Project manage complex engagements, supervise team members, and provide mentoring and on-the-job training.
• Maintain high standards under time-sensitive or transaction-driven pressures, ensuring technical excellence and service delivery.

The skills and experience you will bring:

• Ideally a minimum of six years' experience in equity reward/share plans and incentives.
• Deep knowledge of relevant tax implications, including employment taxes and capital gains tax.
• Strong grasp of related disciplines including tax valuation, accounting, company law, and employment law.
• Proven ability to manage client relationships and deliver work to a market-leading standard.
• Professional qualification such as ATT, CTA, ACA.

Why Join Our Client?

Our client is one of the UK's fastest-growing independent tax advisory firms, with a bold national growth strategy and a reputation for delivering high-quality work across all areas of tax.

• No timesheets.
• Work/life balance, and a hybrid working model (home and office).
• Inclusion in an All-Employee Share Reward Scheme-offering a share of firm profits above a set threshold.
• A competitive salary, benchmarked regularly against the rest of the market (Big-4 included).
• A generous and flexible benefits package.
• At our client, you'll work alongside some of the UK's top tax professionals in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment, without the bureaucracy of larger firms.