Transaction Taxes Director in Reading

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The transaction tax team has over 40 individuals nationally, focussed on delivering high quality transaction tax services to private equity houses and acquisitive corporates across a range of sectors. The team has a focussed growth plan and your contribution will add to this.

This role, based in the Thames Valley, requires an experienced transaction tax operative who is comfortable leading a range of tax due diligence work, both buy side and sell side, and tax structuring assignments. The role will require working closely with other members of the team including tax specialist colleagues in VAT, employment taxes and with colleagues in Transaction Services. The role requires technical excellence as well as the ability to think commercially and to communicate tax technical issues to various stakeholders.

We are looking for someone with the ability and motivation to:

• Lead a variety of tax due diligence and tax structuring projects, working closely with other specialists within the firm and the transaction support team.
• Develop your own network of contacts internally and externally and start winning own work and cross selling.
• Be responsible for managing risks around projects.
• Provide a strong client experience, including responding quickly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the transaction service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Provide input into legal documents and forecast models.
• Be responsible for coaching and developing junior members of staff.
• Contribute to the development of certain key transaction relationships, e.g. key private equity accounts.
• Input into wider strategy and business development activities, including ensuring that we realise opportunities from deal work (such as post deal advisory, exit readiness, etc).

Requirements:

• An in depth, up to date, knowledge of taxation with specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues arising on transactions.
• Demonstrable relevant transactions experience.
• Project and people management experience.
• Ability to develop client relationships and to identify and convert opportunities for expanding our services to existing clients.
• Experience of dealing with client senior management and other stakeholders such as legal advisers.
• CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent.

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