Personal Tax Accountant

Johannesburg | Hybrid
Work with a leading UK professional services firm through GCO Partners

Join GCO Partners and build your global career while staying rooted in South Africa. We connect strong professionals to meaningful international work, with the support, structure, and community to help them grow. At GCO, we care deeply about People, Performance, and Progress, and we look for professionals who want to do high-quality work, keep learning, and make a real impact.

We are hiring a Personal Tax Senior to support one of our UK partners. This role suits an experienced tax professional with at least 2 years of recent UK Personal Tax experience who is ready to take greater ownership of a client portfolio, build direct client relationships and support the development of junior team members.

You will prepare and review UK personal tax compliance work for a varied portfolio of individuals, partnerships and trusts, while acting as a key point of contact for clients and contributing to the wider development of the tax team.

This is a hands-on UK Personal Tax role for someone who has moved beyond purely technical preparation and is ready to take greater responsibility for client relationships, compliance deadlines and the quality of their own work.

You will work closely with senior managers and directors while managing your own portfolio and supporting junior members of the team.

• Prepare and review UK Self Assessment tax returns for individuals, partnerships and trusts.
• Prepare Capital Gains Tax calculations and returns where required.
• Prepare tax computations and supporting schedules.
• Manage a portfolio of clients and ensure all compliance deadlines are met.
• Act as a key point of contact for day-to-day client tax matters.
• Handle HMRC correspondence and enquiries and resolve matters efficiently.
• Review client information and identify missing or inconsistent information.
• Maintain accurate client records and well-organised working papers.
• Support and mentor junior members of the tax team.
• Manage multiple assignments and conflicting priorities while maintaining a high standard of work.
• Follow internal procedures and UK tax compliance requirements.
• Work closely with senior managers and directors on more complex client matters.
• Identify issues that require further technical consideration and elevate them appropriately.

• At least 2 years of recent UK Personal Tax experience.
• Proven experience preparing UK Self Assessment tax returns for individuals, partnerships and trusts.
• Experience preparing Capital Gains Tax calculations or returns.
• Experience managing a portfolio of UK personal tax clients.
• Confidence dealing directly with clients and acting as a key point of contact.
• Experience handling HMRC correspondence and enquiries.
• Strong understanding of UK Personal Tax compliance requirements.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple clients, competing priorities and strict deadlines.
• Ability to work independently while knowing when to elevate more complex technical matters.

A relevant professional accounting or tax qualification, or progress towards one, would be advantageous, such as:

• CA(SA) / SAICA
• ACCA
• SAIPA
• SAIT
• CTA
• An equivalent recognised accounting or tax qualification

Candidates who are qualified, part-qualified, completing articles/traineeship, or qualified by experience will be considered.

For this role, practical UK Personal Tax experience is more important than the specific qualification held.

Experience with UK tax or accounting software would be advantageous, including:

• IRIS
• CCH
• Taxfiler
• Xero
• Sage
• Quick Books

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