Associate Director, Tax Treasury in Frampton on Severn

We are looking for experienced tax professionals to join our pre‑eminent Financing & Treasury Tax advisory team in London, focusing on privately owned companies, at experienced Manager or Associate Director level. Investment into privately owned companies has reached record highs, and private capital markets are emerging as a dominant force for industry growth. At Deloitte, we understand this dynamic market and the importance of trusted relationships and forge them based on purpose and a passion for helping private companies and their stakeholders.

We have a dedicated team of tax professionals with a primary focus on advising this market. Our clients range from emerging growth businesses that have received their first rounds of venture capital investment, to private equity backed companies, to large, long‑established family businesses. It includes exciting businesses disrupting the sectors in which they operate to significant multinational household names. We advise all industry sectors, with a bias towards technology, media, retail, leisure and business services.

We are experiencing a huge demand for tax advice in the area of financing & treasury tax and are looking to expand the London, Cambridge team. You might have experience in a compliance & advisory or a transactions team. Either way, you will be excited by the idea of providing value to our clients throughout their lifecycle, whether that be assisting with organic growth, international expansion, M&A, refinancings, carve‑outs or disposals.

Successful candidates will join a national and international network of professionals advising privately owned companies and help the practice continue to grow the firm’s presence in this large and important sector of the UK economy. You will also benefit from being a key member of our dynamic and fast‑growing national Financing & Treasury Tax team, working with market leaders in the Financing & Treasury Tax space.

Tax advice to privately owned companies is a core area of focus and growth for Deloitte in the UK and globally. This means that you will have plenty of development opportunities as well as the chance to learn and work with the market leaders. We are proud to offer flexible hybrid working arrangements which allow our people to choose the most suitable working arrangement that works for them. Whether this is working 4 days per week, taking the summer months off work, or more flexibility around your working pattern, we consider both formal and informal working arrangements that allow our people and our clients the best outcome.

Your role will be diverse and challenging, and you will take the lead on delivering our client services and developing client relationships, as well as playing an active part in building new relationships and identifying and winning opportunities with your existing clients and new clients. You will be a confident team player and enjoy sharing your knowledge and expertise with others, as well as continuing to build your own technical expertise or specialism.

Your responsibilities will include managing diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution. As part of your role, you will receive continuous on‑the‑job training, including direct interaction with the partners and directors in our team, as well as extensive opportunities to interact with our clients and targets. You will have people management responsibilities, including developing junior members of the team and may act as a coach for more junior members of the team.

You will have responsibility for providing technical advice across a wide range of financing and treasury tax projects for privately owned companies such as in relation to:

• Raising acquisition finance for M&A transactions (including complex instruments such as convertible loans);
• Interest deductibility reviews (including the late interest, hybrids, transfer pricing, unallowable purpose and corporate interest restriction rules);
• FX and commodity hedging;
• The taxation of derivative contracts such as interest rate swaps, currency forwards, put / call options and warrants;
• Implementing cash management strategies and cash pooling projects;
• Intra‑group reorganisations and loan simplification projects.

We work in close collaboration with a broad range of client service teams, as well as other specialist teams such as M&A Tax, Transfer Pricing, Accounting Advisory, Corporate Treasury and Deloitte Legal, and you will be encouraged to co‑ordinate tax advice across our specialist teams and have knowledge of key issues across other taxes.

You will have the following skills:

• UK corporate tax or equivalent experience gained working in a compliance, advisory or transactions team;
• Keen attention to detail;
• Experience of working on financing and treasury projects would be preferable, but the ability to demonstrate strong technical skills across a range of UK corporation tax areas is crucial;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Ability to deal effectively with issues face‑to‑face and by telephone;
• Demonstrable skill in managing key stakeholders’ expectations and consistently delivering to the highest standards;
• Uses own initiative to identify appropriate solutions to problems;
• Ability to work independently and manage own workload;
• Strong team working skills and ability to build internal networks;
• Calm, efficient and resilient under pressure;
• Capable of meeting challenging/demanding and competing deadlines;
• High degree of IT literacy or equivalent including Microsoft Office programmes.

Innovation and tax consultancy may not seem to go together, but that’s exactly what you’ll find at Deloitte. We’re constantly seeking the new and working together to push the limits of what’s possible. Discover a new kind of tax career that you can make your own.

Our comprehensive range of services encompasses everything from the completion of tax returns (corporation tax self‑assessment) to complex consultancy assignments and strategic tax planning. We advise on corporate and general tax, international M&A, stamp tax, cross‑border transfer pricing, reorganisations and reconstructions, and competent authority negotiations.

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships).

We advise some of the largest, most prestigious clients in the world, so the work is really challenging and exciting. We also have a fantastic team of smart, driven people, and a supportive, entrepreneurial culture where everyone’s encouraged to be bold, creative, and ambitious.