Senior Manager - Deal Advisory Tax in Didsbury

Deal Advisory Tax provides market‑leading services to both Corporate and Financial investors. We have teams focused on clients in four key markets—Corporates; Private Equity & Credit; Real Estate, and Energy & Infrastructure—working and learning with each other.

Client Types

• Corporates: We work alongside some of the most forward‑thinking FTSE 100 and 250 businesses, as well as corporates across the UK, supporting them with strategic acquisitions, carve‑outs, de‑mergers, disposals, and joint ventures both in the UK and cross‑border. Our corporates business is multi‑sector, including Consumer, Life Sciences, TMT, Industrials, ENR and Banking & Insurance.
• Asset Management: We work with Private Equity, Infrastructure, Renewable/Energy transition, and Real Estate Funds, both large and mid‑cap, as well as institutional investors such as Sovereign Wealth Funds and Pension Funds. Our clients have UK, European and Global investment strategies and often work across multiple asset classes.

Services

The Deal Advisory Tax team provides advisory services across the whole deal spectrum including buy‑side due diligence and structuring, sell‑side vendor assists and vendor due diligence, refinancing and listing support. Deal sizes can be anywhere from £10m to +£10bn. We help our clients understand and quantify historical tax issues, structure transactions, model tax considerations and reflect our advice in the legal documents that underpin each transaction, with a continuous focus on maximising value throughout the investment cycle. Our work often involves advice on multiple countries and taxes.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Partners and/or Directors on complex transactions to deliver exceptional advice and service.
• Support in the pursuit of new opportunities, working on proposals and joining pitches.
• Develop and maintain client relationships alongside Deal Advisory.
• Be a key KPMG point of contact for clients, legal advisers, and other KPMG teams to facilitate effective delivery.
• Coach and develop colleagues, collaborate with peers and be constantly learning.
• Prepare/oversee detailed technical advice covering a range of UK and international tax issues.
• Perform/oversee detailed analysis of tax‑related documents/data, highlighting key issues and articulating the commercial impact to the client.
• Collaborate with other UK and overseas tax specialists, critically analysing and challenging their input.
• Demonstrate up‑to‑date tax technical knowledge in respect of key UK and OECD developments.
• Understand financial models from a tax perspective.
• Input on Deal Advisory Tax thought leadership.

Qualifications

• Qualified CTA or ACA/CA or equivalent.
• Ambitious, enthusiastic, and keen interest in working on transactions.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong UK corporate tax knowledge and awareness of other tax and accounting matters.
• Strong analytical skills, curious and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice.
• Excellent project management skills, including ability to work as part of a team and to show initiative to drive projects forward.
• Pro‑active in progressing business opportunities for the long‑term benefit of both KPMG and the client.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with clients and other stakeholders.
• Ability to build teams, coach, develop and lead colleagues.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Benefits & Working Arrangements

Intelligent Working: Many of our client‑facing professionals may need to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites. We support a balance between home and work demands, and offer flexible working arrangements.

Culture & Values

At KPMG, our values define who we are and how we do business. We are a leading professional services firm, drawing strength from our people: their different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Deal Advisory Tax is a dynamic and successful area of KPMG’s Tax & Legal business, with an inclusive and collaborative leadership strategy and bold changes to our culture and how we work.

EEO Statement

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