An experienced tax leader who helps CFOs and finance directors make better business decisions — at the moments tax becomes board-visible: year-end, a transaction, an HMRC enquiry, an overseas expansion. Not a compliance shop. Someone who has sat in the seat, built the provision, and faced the auditors.
CFOs don't buy "tax advisory" — they act on a trigger. Find the one that's live for you now; each routes to exactly what you need.
Whichever trigger is live for you, the first step is the same — a short call to scope exactly what's needed, with no obligation.
The commercially sharp questions that land in the boardroom — and where the answer already lives.
Most boutique firms explain tax from a textbook. This is tax leadership from someone who has built provision workbooks in-house, reconciled deferred tax and sat opposite the auditors — has been Head of Tax for the European operations of a hyperscale group, across multiple jurisdictions.
What CFOs and finance directors ask before their first call.
Most mid-market groups don't need — or can't justify — a full-time Head of Tax. What they need is board-level tax judgement at specific moments: year-end provision, a transaction, an HMRC enquiry, an overseas expansion. An Outsourced or Fractional Head of Tax provides exactly that, without the cost of a permanent hire.
Your accountant is typically excellent at compliance — filing returns and preparing accounts. This is different: it's tax strategy and leadership — owning tax risk, handling the provision and auditors, and advising on decisions like acquisitions, group structure and expansion. It sits alongside your accountant, not in place of them.
Usually on a trigger event: the tax provision is delaying year-end or the auditors have raised issues; a transaction or investment round is coming; HMRC has opened an enquiry; the group is expanding overseas; or the board realises no one actually owns tax risk. Each is a defined, urgent piece of work that often becomes an ongoing relationship.
No. The first step is a short discovery call to understand which trigger is live for you and scope what's needed. Engagements are then agreed as fixed-scope pieces of work — a provision review, a diligence health check, an expansion review — before any ongoing arrangement is discussed.
Start with the trigger that's live for you now. A short discovery call scopes what's needed — no obligation, no jargon.
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