Posted 10 days ago
Director / Partner, Private Client Tax
@ Gravita
London, Ontario
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Overview
Gravita, a tech-enabled accounting firm for SMEs, is hiring a Director or Partner for its Private Client tax team. The role advises entrepreneurs, business owners and high-net-worth families on complex personal tax, succession and wealth transfer, while leading a growing team and developing new client business. Standard week is 37.5 hours, hybrid, with core hours 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday.
Responsibilities:
- Advise high-net-worth clients on complex personal tax and succession
- Lead and develop a growing private client team
- Build referral networks with lawyers and wealth managers
- Drive revenue growth and client retention
- Oversee technical quality and risk management
Requirements summary:
- CTA, ACA or ACCA qualified
- Private client advisory experience in accountancy or professional services
- Strong expertise in personal tax, trusts and inheritance tax
- Experience with owner-managed businesses and family groups
- Proven ability to lead complex assignments and senior client relationships
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-04
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Director |
| Department | Finance & accounting |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 37.5 |
| Schedule | day |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | CTA, ACA, ACCA |
| Perks mentioned | Flexible hours |
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Gravita
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1 |
Job description
We’re Gravita: the accountants fuelling ambitious businesses. We’re a full service, tech-enabled firm, working with entrepreneurs and businesses to help them achieve their goals, and make an impact in the world.
We’re growing fast and are bringing like-minded advisors together to form a full-service tech-enabled accounting partner for thousands of SMEs. Our team use their incredible expertise alongside intuitive technology to help businesses and entrepreneurs plan better and grow faster.
Our mission is to become the UK’s leading tech-enabled accounting firm for SMEs. We have ambitious goals and our high-calibre team work hard to achieve them. We are one team with one agenda, working collaboratively in a respectful environment to deliver a great service to our clients. So if you join us, you’ll not only be working on exciting client challenges, you’ll also be helping us shape the future of accounting.
The Role
As a Director or Partner within our Private Client team, you play a pivotal role in the delivery and growth of a high-quality advisory offering for entrepreneurs, business owners, high-net-worth individuals and families.
You will advise clients on complex personal tax matters while helping them navigate significant life and business events. This includes succession planning, wealth preservation and broader family tax planning strategies.
This role is focused on developing client relationships, helping growing the service line, generating new opportunities and being part of a market-leading advisory team. Working closely with colleagues across Gravita service offerings, you will ensure clients receive holistic advice tailored to their long-term goals.
Key Responsibilities
Client Advisory & Relationship Management
When you join Gravita, we’ll support you on your own growth journey. We want to be the place you learn, grow and unlock your true potential.
We’ll work with you to build a progression plan to outline how you’ll grow at our company and everything we’ll do to help you get there. We’re also passionate about learning and development, to help you focus on your future.
The Key Details
We’re growing fast and are bringing like-minded advisors together to form a full-service tech-enabled accounting partner for thousands of SMEs. Our team use their incredible expertise alongside intuitive technology to help businesses and entrepreneurs plan better and grow faster.
Our mission is to become the UK’s leading tech-enabled accounting firm for SMEs. We have ambitious goals and our high-calibre team work hard to achieve them. We are one team with one agenda, working collaboratively in a respectful environment to deliver a great service to our clients. So if you join us, you’ll not only be working on exciting client challenges, you’ll also be helping us shape the future of accounting.
The Role
As a Director or Partner within our Private Client team, you play a pivotal role in the delivery and growth of a high-quality advisory offering for entrepreneurs, business owners, high-net-worth individuals and families.
You will advise clients on complex personal tax matters while helping them navigate significant life and business events. This includes succession planning, wealth preservation and broader family tax planning strategies.
This role is focused on developing client relationships, helping growing the service line, generating new opportunities and being part of a market-leading advisory team. Working closely with colleagues across Gravita service offerings, you will ensure clients receive holistic advice tailored to their long-term goals.
Key Responsibilities
Client Advisory & Relationship Management
- Act as a trusted advisor on complex private client advisory matters.
- Provide strategic tax planning advice to high-net-worth individuals, families, entrepreneurs and business owners.
- Advise on succession planning, inheritance tax planning, wealth transition strategies and other tax affairs in relation to individuals.
- Support clients throughout key life events, including business disposals, exits, retirement and intergenerational wealth transfers.
- Build trusted, long-term relationships with clients and their wider professional advisers.
- Support the growth and development of the Private Client service line.
- Identify opportunities to expand relationships across the existing client base.
- Build strong referral networks with lawyers, wealth managers, family offices and other professional intermediaries.
- Support the development of Gravita's market presence within the private client sector.
- Mentor, coach and develop a growing team of private client specialists.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, technical excellence and continuous learning.
- Support recruitment and succession planning across the team.
- Provide technical guidance and oversight on complex client matters.
- Act as a visible leader within the wider Tax function.
- Contribute to the strategic direction and growth plans of the Private Client tax business.
- Drive revenue growth, profitability and client retention.
- Oversee quality, risk management and technical standards across the team.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the firm to deliver integrated client solutions.
- Champion exceptional client service and continuous improvement.
- CTA and/or ACA, ACCA qualified
- Experience advising private clients within an accountancy practice, private client consultancy or professional services environment.
- Strong technical expertise across personal tax, trusts, inheritance tax and family succession planning.
- Experience advising entrepreneurs, owner-managed businesses, high-net-worth individuals and family groups.
- Proven ability to lead complex advisory assignments and manage senior client relationships.
- Good ability to generating opportunities within existing client base and support winning new clients.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Commercial, strategic and client-focused approach with a passion for delivering high-quality advice.
When you join Gravita, we’ll support you on your own growth journey. We want to be the place you learn, grow and unlock your true potential.
We’ll work with you to build a progression plan to outline how you’ll grow at our company and everything we’ll do to help you get there. We’re also passionate about learning and development, to help you focus on your future.
The Key Details
- Our standard working week is a 37.5-hour week on a hybrid basis
- Core working hours are 10am - 4pm Monday to Friday
- Flexible working and happy employees are at the top of our list here at Gravita and we have been working hard to support our teams through the fast-paced changes.
- Your development won’t be forgotten, our development support is extraordinary for a firm of our size.
- It's a busy, fast-paced environment here at Gravita. Feel free to check out our social media channels (Instagram, X, LinkedIn and Glassdoor).
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