Assistant Manager, Alternative Funds - Real Estate Tax

KPMG United Kingdom; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services firm in the UK is seeking candidates to join their real estate tax team. This role involves developing technical knowledge in real estate taxes, managing client relationships, and supporting business development. Ideal candidates will have a background in tax or financial services, enthusiasm for emerging technologies, and excellent project management skills. The firm offers a dynamic working environment with opportunities for rapid progression.

Qualifications

• Evidence of deep technical ability relating to tax or financial services.
• Practical experience dealing with real estate taxes in a financial services context.
• Good knowledge of Corporation Tax compliance, CIR, Anti-hybrids, REITs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain technical knowledge across real estate taxes.
• Support client relationships and projects.
• Develop and advise on client propositions.

Skills

Technical ability in tax or financial services

Experience in real estate taxes

Project management skills

Client facing delivery skills

Familiarity with emerging technologies

Understanding of financial markets

Education

Qualification in tax, audit, finance, law, or regulation

Job description

Job description

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The Role: D Grade, Real Estate Tax, Asset Management, T&L

The KPMG real estate tax team is a fast-growing part of the KPMG tax practice. 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 London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Edinburgh, we embraced hybrid and flexible working long before it became the norm!

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.

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to specialise in real estate taxes.

We would be happy to have an informal chat with you to discuss opportunities in more detail.

The Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining a high level of technical knowledge across real estate taxes and related areas including REITs.
• Supporting the management of client relationships and projects and becoming a focal point of contact for clients within real estate taxes.
• Understanding our client's business and working with teams across KPMG to identify areas for the provision of real estate tax and other services.
• Developing and advising on cutting edge client propositions.
• Being involved in business development and proposal activity.
• Collaborating with KPMG teams across the UK and globally to provide the highest quality real estate tax support to our clients.
• Participating in the development of new client propositions, which will include working with technology teams to develop new solutions, taking these to market and building the delivery model to ensure the highest quality services are provided.
• Being an advocate for KPMG and the real estate tax team and helping us grow the business through the delivery of relevant and high-quality services to our clients.

The Person:

• Evidence of deep technical ability relating to tax or financial services - e.g., this might be a qualification in tax, audit, finance, law, regulation, or significant practical experience gained in an industry role.
• Practical experience of dealing with real estate taxes within a Financial Services context - candidates with industry or professional services experience.
• An understanding of financial markets, participants, investors (e.g., property rental businesses, hotels, institutional investors, custodians, asset managers, private equity etc) and products.
• Good knowledge of Corporation Tax compliance, CIR, Anti-hybrids, REITs, QIPS.
• Excellent project management, delegation/coaching and client facing delivery skills.
• Familiarity and enthusiasm to work with emerging technologies and ability to combine this knowledge with evolving tax regulations.
• Ability to take advantage of new tax developments and create client propositions.

Enthusiasm, passion, resilience, and a desire to continue learning.