Tax Manager - LDC in London

Tax Manager reporting to the Head of Tax. Location: London or Birmingham. The role supports investment transactions, tax structuring, and governance across the 90+ portfolio companies of Lloyds Private Equity (LDC).

Responsibilities

• Manage tax and structuring aspects of acquisitions, reorganisations and disposals, supported by external advisers.
• Support portfolio company transactions and initiatives such as bolt‑on acquisitions, MIPs and refinancings.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to protect and increase investment value, helping to improve portfolio companies’ tax control environment and reduce uncertainties and risks.
• Advise on tax across LDC and help to develop tax awareness within the organisation.
• Engage directly with portfolio companies on tax governance, tax risk management, development projects and ad‑hoc tax‑related queries and discussions.
• Support the provision of accurate and robust tax information to LDC’s investor.
• Contribute to prudent tax management across LDC and its portfolio.
• Manage and build productive relationships with external advisers.

Skills and Attributes

• Six‑plus years of corporate tax experience, including substantial exposure to structuring, due diligence and execution of transactions in a UK private equity context.
• Inquisitiveness required to delve into and understand a changing menu of issues.
• Determination needed to query information and opinions to arrive at robust decisions.
• Diplomacy necessary to achieve these objectives while supporting a range of stakeholders.
• Can‑do attitude, willing to take on a broad range of tasks and projects.
• Structured approach to organising and prioritising work – and initiating and anchoring projects through to completion.
• Able to communicate with precision, conviction and concision.
• Confidence to operate at different levels within organisations, from interacting directly with senior management to managing input from junior advisers.
• Energised by the prospect of being part of several project teams simultaneously, and contributing to a variety of objectives within those teams.

Beneficial

• Experience of working with SMEs or entrepreneurs, particularly in relation to management incentive plans and/or other transactional contexts.
• Familiarity with M&A and other transactional documentation, investment agreements, capital tables, partnership fund structures and VAT.
• Some exposure to international tax matters and cross‑border transactions.

Compliance and Certification

This role is considered Certified under the Senior Manager and Certification Regime as either requiring mandatory qualifications or being deemed as a role capable of providing ‘significant harm’ to customers. Successful candidates will be subject to enhanced levels of vetting, and will be required to complete a fitness and propriety attestation on commencement in the role and on an annual basis. The role is a Client‑dealing function under SYSC 27.8.18R and the person may perform activities that involve dealing with the property of one or more persons.

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

We are an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.