Private Client Tax Associate Director

At Grant Thornton Advisors (NI), we have a growing Tax Team consisting of over 70 Tax specialists with deep industry, sector and technical knowledge.

We are seeking to recruit a talented, driven Associate Director to join our Private Client Tax team in Belfast to build on our continuing momentum and take advantage of significant opportunities that lie ahead.

As an Associate Director, you will use your technical knowledge and experience to support the Partners and Directors in looking after our substantial client base and helping to develop new business opportunities.

This position in our senior team presents an excellent opportunity to play an integral role in our organisation, while also offering competitive prospects for career growth and advancement.

• Leading engagements to deliver Private Client Tax advisory services to clients; ensuring they and their businesses are looked after holistically.
• Providing commercial, intelligent and creative solutions to complex technical tax issues.
• Managing a number of client relationships and projects concurrently.
• Conversing with clients and colleagues as a subject matter expert with in-depth, up to date, specialist knowledge and experience in dealing with complex personal tax matters.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and intermediaries.
• Identifying opportunities to provide additional services to new and existing clients.
• Actively contributing to financial management within the team, with a proactive approach to monitoring WIP, billing and debtors.
• Managing, motivating and coaching more junior members of the team; with a willingness to provide guidance and technical support.
• Collaborating effectively with colleagues across the wider firm and in other jurisdictions, to provide integrated services to our clients.

• ACA/ACCA and/or CTA qualified.
• Significant post qualification experience working in a Private Client Tax team of a large practice. Experience within a Big Four or top-tier professional services firm is desirable.
• Commercially focussed with experience in business development.
• Proven ability to nurture client relationships and to manage projects from initiation through to completion.
• Experience in performance management and coaching, with a keen interest in staff development and wellbeing.

Reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.

At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied backgrounds, racial differences, cultures, sexual orientations, religious orientations, ages, gender identities, abilities and family types present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.

We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognise the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme.

• Location: 12-15 Donegall Square West, Belfast, BT1 1BG, GB
• Job ID: 113808
• Posting Date: 12/06/2025, 05:05 AM
• Degree Level: Bachelor's Degree
• Job Schedule: Full time