Tax - Director - Private Capital Transactions Tax - London | London, UK

Tax works with clients of all sizes across various industries, collaborating closely with a strong global network of transaction tax teams. In this dynamic environment, professionals apply their skills to a variety of transactions. With an entrepreneurial spirit, there is flexibility to shape your career in specific sectors or areas of the M&A landscape or to gain broad experience. The Private Capital Transactions tax team works with some of the world's largest private equity clients and focuses on rapidly developing areas of the deals market. Our agility and quick market response have allowed us to grow each year, even during downturns. To capitalize on current market opportunities, we seek to recruit top talent.

This team offers wide-ranging experience in core transactional areas such as private equity, infrastructure, clean-tech, distressed debt, turnaround transactions, and restructuring. As deal advisers, team members gain valuable UK tax technical experience and develop a commercial understanding of client priorities in deal contexts. Given the cross-border nature of many transactions, you'll also gain exposure to international structuring techniques and overseas tax regimes. We are currently expanding our Private Capital Transactions Tax team and are eager to speak with experienced Tax Advisors.

Your key responsibilities:

• Contribute to delivering high-quality tax services, build and maintain client relationships, and provide excellent client service.
• Help in winning new work by proactively managing existing clients and ensuring technical excellence with a practical, business-focused approach.
• Manage delivery of complex consulting projects, ensuring technical quality and practical focus.
• Ensure high standards of client service.
• Leverage leads from other practice areas.
• Develop internal and external networks.
• Mentor and develop junior staff.
• Participate in team strategy, operations, staff development, and assignments management.

Skills and attributes for success:

• Client-focused and commercially aware.
• Strong UK and international tax technical skills.
• Excellent client relationship management.
• Negotiation and challenge-handling skills.
• Business development capabilities.
• Good business acumen and financial management skills.
• Effective time management and resilience under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Team player with leadership qualities.
• Commitment to quality and delivery.
• Innovative, flexible, and tech-savvy.

Minimum qualifications:

• Experienced tax practitioner with deep transaction experience.
• Qualifications such as ATT / ACA / CA / CTA or equivalent legal qualification.
• Graduate or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing or coaching teams.
• Project management skills.

What we look for:

Proactively maintain your technical knowledge by staying updated on global UK and international tax developments. We invest in specialist training and project opportunities to help you develop your tax career. Whatever projects you undertake, you will contribute to clients' international tax strategies, ensuring technical excellence and top-tier client service.