(Senior) Consultant, Real Estate Tax | Corporate Finance

About the Role

The FTI real estate tax transactions team provides a holistic client offering and frequently acts as an extension of the client’s internal team. As a result, you will work closely with clients, understand their business plans and strategic objectives, and contribute to key decision‑making processes.

What You’ll Do

• Support tax due diligence on corporate real estate acquisitions, including preparing information requests, reviewing documents, drafting reports, and managing the input of other specialists (e.g. VAT, capital allowances, stamp taxes, employment taxes/CIS).
• Support financial due diligence on corporate real estate acquisitions, including reviewing management accounts and overlaying proposed pricing adjustments.
• Assist with tax structuring work for acquisitions, refinancing, re‑organisations and disposals, researching technical points, managing specialist input, and drafting clear, practical, robustly supported advice that is commercially driven.
• Support clients on related (non‑tax specific) workstreams such as funds flows analysis, financial due diligence and sale‑and‑purchase agreement negotiations.
• Assist clients with tax modelling for underwriting deals and assessing preferable holding structures such as corporate structures, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Offshore Property Unit Trusts and Exempt Elected structures.
• Undertake post‑transaction workstreams such as treaty relief claims, disregard elections and the implementation of real‑estate‑specific regimes such as REITs and Exempt Elected structures, as well as other ad‑hoc requests.
• Advise landlords and occupiers on all aspects of real estate lease transactions, including incentives, renewals, dilapidations and surrenders.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of relevant technical developments.
• Liaise with the tax compliance and reporting team to ensure transaction‑related and ongoing advice is reflected in the client’s annual UK tax returns.
• Proactively manage risk and engagement administration requirements.
• Help with project financial management, including WIP management and billing.
• Delegate work to, and support the development of, junior members of the tax team.
• Use AI‑enabled and other technology tools responsibly to support research and drafting, critically reviewing outputs for technical accuracy and identifying where further analysis or challenge is required.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• Experience in providing real estate (or M&A) tax advisory services on UK assets, as well as international inbound investment, preferably from a large tax consultancy firm.
• Strong tax technical knowledge in relation to UK corporation tax.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm to develop technical knowledge across other tax specialisms in a real estate context (e.g. SDLT, VAT, CIS and capital allowances).
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues in a straightforward and practical way to tax and non‑tax specialists.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Outgoing and personable, able to integrate with a team and interact with colleagues of all grades.
• Ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload under pressure.
• Ability to take ownership of projects and progress independently while being supported by the senior team.
• Demonstrable skills at building and maintaining relationships with colleagues within and outside tax teams.
• A curious and adaptable approach to new technologies, with the ability to use AI‑enabled tools responsibly while applying independent technical judgment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (2.1) or equivalent ACA, CTA or equivalent qualified.

Equal Opportunity

FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.