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.
• 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), CTA/ACA/
📌 Tax Advisor HNWI (España)
🏢 Elesta
📍 España