Senior Manager - Corporate Tax Advisory and Compliance

Overview

The Team KPMG's Tax practice is a dynamic and successful area of our business. A constantly changing and increasingly high-profile field, Tax can offer a surprisingly broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people. Our CTAC department is a fast-growing part of our Tax practice with a diverse client base ranging from PE-backed, owner-managed and family businesses through to UK listed and multinationals. Working in our successful CTAC department will give you the opportunity to develop relationships with clients as you help with advisory work and manage the compliance process.

The Role

We are currently looking to recruit a Senior Manager to be based out of our CTAC team in CSQ although we work as a wider London region team made up of 5 other offices. The successful candidate will be able to build strong relationships, develop junior staff, provide excellent client service and identify business development opportunities. At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people: their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we are making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

This exciting role is within our CTAC team based in our CSQ office. We are looking for a talented individual at Senior Manager level to support our continued rapid growth. The successful candidate will thrive in a dynamic and challenging working environment, supported by a strong and ambitious leadership team. You will work with a diverse portfolio of clients across UK listed, PE backed, inbound and family owned groups, and take on a variety of advisory projects, including tax structuring, domestic tax advice and international advice. Previous experience of working with multinationals is helpful, but strong technical skills, drive and curiosity are essential.

Role And Responsibilities

• Working as a key member of the team to provide International and Complex UK Tax Advisory services to support our clients in achieving their commercial objectives, as well as managing the compliance process.
• Managing the successful delivery of technically excellent advice including: tax structuring, refinancing, legal structure optimisation, pre/post transaction reorganisations, tax authority enquiries, compliance work and providing technical support to the wider corporate tax team.
• Liaising with specialists in other departments and overseas offices to oversee their input into tax advisory projects.
• Coaching and developing more junior members of the team.
• Managing aspects of the team’s operations and performance, including resourcing.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and understanding of their business in order to create opportunities to help with the provision of tax and other services.
• Managing proposals for new work, including delivering tender documents, presenting at client pitches and identifying solutions for client issues.
• Seeking out and pursuing opportunities with targets and actively participating and supporting Directors and Partners in business development activities.
• Being a role model for KPMG’s values.

Qualifications, Experience And Skills

• ACA, CA, CTA, ACCA or equivalent qualified with strong corporate tax and accounting knowledge.
• Ability to develop, coach and lead staff, as well as manage stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills are required in addition to strong oral and written communication skills.
• Well-developed analytical skills and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice.
• Pro-active in identifying and progressing business opportunities for the long-term benefit of both KPMG and the client.
• Ability to multi-task – to manage a wide range of projects and relationships.
• High level of drive and enthusiasm with a positive attitude.
• Dedication to continuously develop technical knowledge.
• Inquisitive with attention to detail.

A final word from us…

Everybody likes to say they’re different... but we really think we are. We’re hugely proud of what we’ve managed to achieve so far, but we’re only just getting started. We’re looking for people to grow with us and are committed to helping everybody reach their destination, regardless of what that is.

Should you choose to join us, you can expect an attractive benefits package, which typically includes:

• A competitive salary.
• Pension options.
• Bonus scheme that reflects firm and individual performance.
• Rail and Oyster Card reimbursement.
• Staff discounts.
• Access to preferential banking.
• Lifestyle 25 days holiday, with the option to buy up to an extra 10 days, plus an additional day of leave for your birthday.
• Competitive maternity and paternity leave.
• 6 days of work time each year for volunteering.
• Daily lunch allowance.
• Flextra – a flexible benefits scheme that allows you to choose benefits for you and your family, such as travel insurance, critical illness insurance, dental insurance and discounted gym memberships.
• Health and Wellbeing: Private medical insurance, personal accident insurance, life assurance of 4 x salary with the option to increase this via flexible benefits scheme, access to private, remote GP appointments anytime and anywhere via a smartphone, online health risk questionnaire, BeWell employee assistance programme for confidential information, advice, or counselling for life’s daily challenges, group income protection.

No matter what skills you bring to our team, you’ll be surrounded by spirited, naturally curious people. People who want to learn from you, and who’ll also teach you a thing or two along the way. It’s how we make a collective impact, greater than the sum of its parts.

And if this isn’t the role for you but you like what you see, keep in touch. There will be other opportunities to join us.

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