Senior Manager - Alternatives (Real Estate, Asset Management)

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The KPMG real estate and infrastructure tax team is a fast-growing part of the KPMG tax practice, that provides high-quality and impactful tax advisory and compliance services.

We are looking for excellent candidates who are seeking a dynamic and challenging working environment within a strong supportive leadership team.

For the right candidates, there are huge opportunities to be part of an expanding business and to progress quickly as the team grows.

The work is interesting and diverse, getting involved with cutting edge developments and working with some of the best-known real estate and infrastructure firms as well as mid-size and new market entrants and supporting their business as they rapidly grow.

The team is diverse and collaborative, with individuals based across the UK and India.

Our team has a mix of backgrounds, people who have spent their entire career in professional services, or those with tax, legal, accounting, and regulatory backgrounds as well as a number of people who have joined from industry and bring real practical experience to the way we can help clients.

Whatever your background we will give you the support, encouragement, and training to thrive at KPMG.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and drive the tax compliance and advisory for a portfolio of real estate and infrastructure clients, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of corporation tax compliance and advisory work.
• Final review corporation tax computations and returns for complex property structures, including partnerships, property unit trusts, and REITs.
• Final review Quarterly Instalment Payments (“QIPs”) calculations, forecasts and related correspondence with clients.
• Lead tax accounting and provisions working, including reviewing tax disclosures and deferred tax calculations for audit purposes under IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Support clients during HMRC enquiries and correspondence, leading the responses, drafting technical analyses and liaising with HMRC to resolve queries efficiently.
• Review Corporate Interest Restriction (“CIR”) calculations, working with client to gather data, assess group ratios and prepare associated filings.
• Lead anti-hybrid rule reviews, identifying potential mismatches and ensuring compliance with UK hybrid mismatch legislation.
• Independently run client meetings and calls.
• Create, maintain and grow a portfolio of clients with whom you will build long-term trusted client relationships.
• Collaborate with other service lines (e. g. audit, deals, accounting) to deliver integrated client solutions.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, reviewing work, providing feedback, and supporting their technical and professional development.
• Maintain strong client relationships, acting as a trusted adviser and identifying opportunities for value-added services.
• Stay up to date with legislative and market developments impacting the real estate and infrastructure sectors.
• Initiate and oversee business development initiatives for the team.

Relevant skills and experience

• Professionally qualified (ACA / ACCA / CTA or equivalent).
• Career drive to be part of a fast-growing, high-performing Alternatives tax team. Positive approach to personal development.
• Track record of leading and overseeing the delivery of high-quality corporate tax advisory and compliance services to clients.

Real estate and infrastructure experience is preferred but not essential.

• Ability to take day to day leadership of delivery team, including supporting them with managing competing deadlines and communicating effectively with colleagues and clients, including when under pressure.
• Strong level of UK corporation tax knowledge and the ability to communicate complex rules and ideas in a simple way, both verbally and in writing.
• A good understanding of CIR, Anti-hybrids, REITs, QIPS.
• Strong project management, delegation and coaching skills.
• Familiarity of and enthusiasm to work with emerging technologies and ability to combine this knowledge with evolving tax regulations.
• Proficiency in using tax compliance software (e. g. Alphatax, CCH) and Microsoft Office applications.
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