Tax Specialist - Morgan McKinley

A leading Big 4 Accountancy firm are seeking M&A Tax professionals between the Assistant Manager to Director grade to join their expanding Deal Advisory Tax team.

The Deal Advisory Tax team provides market leading services to both Corporate and Financial investors. Whilst they have teams focused on clients in four key markets Corporates; Private Equity & Credit; Real Estate and Energy & Infrastructure, they are a national and connected team, working and learning with each other.

• Corporates: They 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 a multi-sector business, including Consumer, Life sciences, TMT, Industrials, ENR and Banking & Insurance.
• Asset Management: They 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. Their clients have UK, European and Global investment strategies and will often have teams across multiple asset classes which allows our people to experience different types of transactions.

The Deal Advisory Tax team provides advisory services across the whole deal spectrum including buy-side due diligence and structuring, sell-side vendor assist and vendor due diligence, refinancing and listing support. Deal sizes can be anywhere from £10m to +£10bn – they work with a variety of clients and on a variety of deals.

Key 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 point of contact for clients, legal advisers, and other 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 of these 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

About you

• Qualified CTA or ACA/ CA or equivalent
• Ambitious, enthusiastic and a keen interest in working on transactions.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong written and oral 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 the firm and the client
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with clients and other stakeholders.
• Ability to build teams as well as develop, coach, and lead colleagues.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills