Family Office seeks a senior tax professional with experience in international tax structuring, tax optimization, and UHNW personal taxation across the UK and Spain. The role involves leading end-to-end tax strategy: identifying risks, designing solutions, coordinating local advisors, and delivering implementation-ready recommendations.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Structuring

• Design and iterate cross-border holding / operating / financing structures
• Optimise WHT/VAT/CT exposures, treaty positioning, and financing flows (interest, fees, royalties, service charges and etc.)
• Advise on substance, beneficial ownership, anti-avoidance risk controls (GAAR/SAAR, ATAD themes, principal purpose tests, etc. at a practical level)

UHNW / UBO advisory

• Advise UBO on residency planning, cross-border personal taxes, and wealth structuring interfaces with corporate flows
• Review and improve UBO loan structures (taxability, documentation, arm's-length, disclosure risk, exit/repayment planning)

Risk management & controversy readiness

• Prepare the group for authority/regulator questions:



what to disclose, how to respond, and how to keep consistency across filings and financial statements
• Coordinate external tax counsel in multiple jurisdictions; ensure outputs are consistent and implementation-ready

Operational

• Maintain a living tax risk register + roadmap (quarterly refresh)
• Provide short weekly async updates + join key calls.

Requirements

• 10+ years in international tax / private wealth tax (Big4 Partner / Big Law / top-tier boutique/family office equivalent)
• Demonstrable experience with UK + Spain tax systems (corporate + personal) and how they interact in practice
• Strong track record of group financing, cross-border structuring, and tax controversy/queries
• Experience advising UHNW individuals / family offices (not just corporates)
• Comfort with ambiguity, high confidentiality, and pragmatic execution

Nice-to-haves:

• Dual-qualified (law + tax), C

📌 Tax Advisor HNWI (España)
🏢 Family Office
📍 España