Head of Employment Taxes, Partner/Director

Job Details

We are seeking an experienced employment taxes leader to head our Employment Taxes team. This is a strategic leadership role, with responsibility for growing and developing a high-quality, outward-facing practice within a mid-tier firm environment. The role can be filled at Partner level, or Director with a clear pathway to Partner.

The successful candidate will lead a small but high-performing team, with a mandate to expand capability, increase visibility across the firm, and drive revenue growth through both internal collaboration and external business development.

The responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Employment Taxes team, setting strategy, driving performance and developing team members
• Grow the team to a size more aligned with the firm’s broader scale and client base
• Drive cross-selling of employment tax services to audit, corporate tax and wider advisory clients
• Build a strong external profile and develop the team into a market-facing function that generates its own work
• Provide high-quality technical advice on all aspects of employment tax, including PAYE, benefits, employment status and compliance
• Oversee delivery of compliance and advisory work, ensuring quality, risk management and timely delivery
• Support and develop team capability across global mobility and share scheme work, working with specialists where required
• Contribute to wider firm strategy, leadership and culture as a senior member of the business

The team

The Employment Taxes team provides a mix of compliance and advisory services across a diverse client base. The team currently includes support for global mobility and share scheme work, with opportunities to further strengthen these capabilities. This role offers the opportunity to shape and scale the team into a leading offering within the firm.

You

• Significant experience in employment taxes within a professional services environment
• Strong technical grounding across employment taxes, including advisory and compliance
• Demonstrable leadership experience, including managing and developing teams
• Commercially driven, with a track record of winning work and building client relationships
• Ability to collaborate effectively across service lines and drive cross-selling initiatives
• A strategic mindset, with the ability to identify and execute growth opportunities
• Professional qualification such as CTA, ACA or equivalent

Reward and benefits

A 35 hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (our core hours are 10-4).

Excellent benefits including contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and flexible benefits and family friendly policies.

Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan (paid in December) and discretionary bonus scheme.

About us

Saffery LLP is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK’s 15th largest accountancy firm.

When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title.   We’re a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We’re committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset – our people.

As a proud member of Nexia, a leading, international network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we’ve got access to local insight on a global scale.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion  

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.

We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.

Company

At Saffery, we’re more than just chartered accountants and tax and business advisers. We’re a partner-led and people-focused firm, committed to our clients and honouring our heritage.

Since 1855, we’ve evolved in size and scope, but our unwavering dedication to exceptional client service remains the same.

As a proud member of Nexia, a worldwide network of trusted member firms, we’ve got access to local insight on a global scale.

In the UK, Saffery LLP is the 15th largest accountancy firm by fee income, with 90+ partners and 1,200+ staff across nine offices. Overseas, Saffery is represented in Cayman, Guernsey, Geneva, Zurich, Dublin and Dubai.