Director of Tax & Accounting Services

Director of Tax & Accounting Services – High-Growth Tech Start-up

Eames are partnering with a fast-growing, venture-backed technology business in the entertainment sector to hire a Director of Tax & Accounting Services.

You'll be the first accountant in the new service line, reporting directly to the CEO. The opportunity and ceiling for this role is endless. The first accountant in this service line as part of one of the UK’s fastest growing tech companies, with autonomy to build the practice your way.

• Self-Assessment: Prepare and file returns for everyone from simple sole traders to actors with several income sources, PAYE work and repeat fees.
• Bookkeeping & Accounts: Deliver quarterly bookkeeping for members, prepare year-end accounts for limited companies, and get members ready for Making Tax Digital.
• Client Advisory: Give actors a wide range of accounting and tax advice, explained clearly and without jargon.
• Practice Set-Up: Build the practice from scratch. This covers HMRC registration and agent codes, AML supervision and client due diligence, engagement letters, PI cover, and filing and bookkeeping software.
• Member Experience & Compliance: Own turnaround times, escalations, guidance and webinars. Keep the service compliant with your institute's rules, GDPR, ISO 27001 and SOC 2.
• Team Growth: Hire as client numbers grow and build a first-class tax and accounting team for the entertainment and media industry.
• Efficiency & Automation: Take an AI-first approach, using templates, automation and contract support to cut the hours spent on routine work each quarter.

• ACA, ACCA or CTA qualified
• 5+ years in practice, with strong experience of preparing and filing UK self-assessments at volume, plus year-end accounts and bookkeeping
• Limited company experience covering accounts, corporation tax, payroll and directors' returns
• Confident in a client-facing role, with a track record of improving processes through templates, automation or AI
• Experience in the entertainment and media industry is strongly preferred

• 20-150% performance bonus against milestones, paid quarterly
• 5% of service-line profit
• Eligible for company share option scheme
• 5 days in the office

This is a rare chance for an entrepreneurial, practice-trained accountant to build and lead a new tax and accounting service inside a fast-growing tech business.