Associate Tax Accountant

Associate Tax Accountant

Our Tier 1 Private Client team is looking for an Associate Tax Accountant to join our tax compliance team. You'll work with national and international clients on a varied portfolio, alongside colleagues advising on tax and estate planning, offshore tax and corporate tax.

Rachel Cadby, a Chartered Accountant in our trust management and tax compliance teams, shares her experience:

“Joining a law firm from a firm of accountants may initially seem a scary prospect.  However, I found that much of the work I do at Burges Salmon was very similar to work I did before, and you get the extra bonus of a team of lawyers available to help with any difficult legal questions!”

The Role

You'll support a varied range of tax compliance work, including:

• Preparing inheritance tax (IHT) returns, predominantly for excluded property trusts, and supporting lawyers with structure analysis.
• Preparing income and stockpiled gains pools for non-UK trustees, supporting tax advice for UK-resident beneficiaries.
• Preparing UK personal tax returns for UK-resident individuals who are not long-term residents, and for non-UK residents.

You'll work across the department and may support projects such as de-enveloping UK properties, including non-resident capital gains tax, corporation tax, Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) and Trust Registration Service (TRS) compliance.

The Burges Salmon Experience

At Burges Salmon, we create an environment where talented people can do their best work and build rewarding careers. You'll benefit from:

• High-quality work for national and international clients.
• Learning, development and mentoring opportunities.
• A supportive, genuinely collaborative culture, with lawyers on hand to help with legal questions.
• Flexibility to succeed professionally and personally.
• A workplace where every voice is heard and you can make a lasting impact.

We're proud to hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation and to be RollOnFriday's ‘Best Law Firm to Work At' 2026, for the fifth consecutive year.

What you'll need

• A background working in personal tax.
• Exposure to international tax matters would be an advantage, as would experience with trusts.
• A relevant professional qualification (ACA, ACCA or CTA) and a keen interest in tax.
• Experience using tax software packages

We're focused on finding the right person and are open to discussing flexible working patterns, including part-time working.

Benefits

Explore our benefits and rewards package.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident Leader, we provide a fully accessible recruitment process and offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

Get in touch!

For an informal, confidential conversation about the role, please contact Katie Harding – [email protected]