Assistant Manager, Capital Allowances

KPMG United Kingdom; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Aberdeen City seeks an Assistant Manager for their Fixed Asset Tax Services Team. The ideal candidate will have a tax/accounting qualification, strong knowledge of capital allowances, and experience in the construction or property tax industry. This role requires proactive business development and collaboration with local and national stakeholders. Competitive compensation offered.

Qualifications

• Tax/Accounting/Surveying qualification or working towards.
• Enthusiastic and positive attitude under pressure.
• Shows personal responsibility and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with engagement teams to develop claim methodologies.
• Prepare capital allowance claims for submission to HMRC.
• Manage business development opportunities and assist in proposal preparation.

Skills

Tax/Accounting/Surveying qualification or working towards

Strong academic background

Work experience in the construction or property tax industry

Good level of awareness of property matters

Ability to build relationships and networks

Analytical problem-solving skills

Job description

Job description

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KPMG's Fixed Asset Tax Services Team (capital allowances) is made up of tax advisers, accountants, construction and quantity surveying specialists delivering expert advice to a broad range of clients across almost every industry sector. As one of the largest teams in the industry, our continued investment and desire to grow means that we seek a capital allowances specialist.

Our team works with clients from owner managed businesses, to large multinational organisations, and we are looking for an Assistant Manager to join our National team (covering all sectors and business types) with a strong financial, accounting and tax background.

Role and Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with engagement teams both locally and nationally to assist with developing claim methodologies and preparing capital allowances claims, elections, technical transaction advice to support claims and provision of technical documentation to HMRC.
• Keeping documentation up to date.
• Sharing knowledge.
• Preparing capital allowance claims for submission to HM Revenue & Customs including delegating and working with others to achieve delivery of claims and advisory work.
• Work with local stakeholders and peers to establish a strong network of referrals and business development opportunities.
• Proactively manage business development opportunities and assisting in the preparation of proposals.
• Assisting in the preparation of technical queries from other parts of the firm.

Skills and Qualifications

• Tax/Accounting/Surveying qualification or working towards.
• Strong academic background.
• Work experience in the construction or property tax industry.
• Good level of awareness of property matters including cost estimating.
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work.
• Shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work.
• Continuously learns from experiences.
• Works in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues, clients and the wider community.
• Ability to build relationships and networks.
• Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information.

Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear.

Country

United Kingdom

KPMG Overview

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Legal, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients' most critical challenges.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.

Service Line Information

The Claims and Incentives team are part of our wider Corporate Tax department. They help our clients to secure cash tax savings through government sponsored tax reliefs and incentives. The team is made up of Fixed Asset Tax Services ("FATS") and Innovation Reliefs & Incentives ("IRI") and supports clients who incur expenditure on fixed assets and carry out innovative activities. The FATS team is made up of tax advisers, accountants and surveyors and reviews fixed asset costs such as expenditure incurred on the construction of property to enhance and accelerate the available tax relief wherever possible. They also help clients on their processes to capture data in relation to fixed assets and have developed technology tools to assist with this process.

Within Fixed Assets Tax Services, staff work with clients to help them claim capital allowances, lad remediation relief and deferred revenue on relevant expenditure. The team works with companies of all sizes from almost every sector of the economy to identify their qualifying expenditure. The teams are spread over the UK to best meet our clients' needs and the national team all work together as one unit.