Corporate Tax Assistant Manager - North

KPMG International Cooperative; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG International Cooperative in Leeds seeks a Tax Assistant Manager to provide tax advisory, compliance management and business development services to clients and targets.

You will be the principal contact on day-to-day tax matters, collaborate with senior colleagues on advisory projects, and help drive tax compliance and client development while coaching junior staff and maintaining strong client relationships.

Qualifications

• Qualified (ACA or CTA or equivalent)
• Sound knowledge of UK corporate taxation and preferably awareness of international tax issues
• Sound knowledge of accountancy principles, in particular accounting for tax (including deferred taxation and accounts disclosures)
• Strong time and task management skills. Able to remain calm when under pressure and meet deadlines
• Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work
• Monitors and upholds high quality of service and products to clients (internal and external). A practical approach to problems with client focus and commercial awareness
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work. Continuously learns from experiences. Seeks out feedback and development opportunities
• Ability to build good relationships with clients
• Communicates with impact in a way that is open, honest, consistent, and clear
• Ability to work as part of a team. Gives clear directions, positive and constructive feedback. Coaches less experienced staff.
• Works in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues

Responsibilities

• Being the principal contact with many clients on day to day tax matters and working with managers, senior managers, directors or partners on larger clients.
• Being involved on tax advisory and planning work on client portfolio and working with senior colleagues and specialists to deliver expertise to the local market.
• Assisting with business development and attending client events.
• Responding appropriately to requests from clients for other KPMG services. Co-ordinating a number of different teams internally to provide a single point of contact for the client in delivering a comprehensive cross-tax offering.
• Working with the tax computation processing team in the management and delivery of tax compliance work. Monitoring the tax compliance position using tax administration software.
• Reviewing corporation tax computations and advising the client on the computational treatment of contentious issues.
• Co-ordinating tax payments, loss relief, capital allowances, group relief and other claims.
• Delegating delivery of work to junior colleagues whilst maintaining control of quality and timetables.
• Coaching and developing more junior members of staff.
• Maintaining strong financial management of client accounts. For example making sure that fees are raised regularly and identifying situations where overruns can be billed.
• Keeping internal control records up to date and ensuring compliance with quality control procedures

Skills

ACA/CTA knowledge

UK corporate taxation knowledge

accounting principles (tax accounting)

time and task management

client relationship skills

team coaching

Education

ACA/CTA or equivalent professional qualification

Job description

KPMG's Tax practice is a dynamic and successful area of our business. A constantly changing and increasingly high-profile field, Tax can offer a surprisingly broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people. We are looking for a Tax Assistant Manager to provide tax advisory, compliance management and business development services to our clients and targets. This work would include:

• Being the principal contact with many clients on day to day tax matters and working with managers, senior managers, directors or partners on larger clients.
• Being involved on tax advisory and planning work on client portfolio and working with senior colleagues and specialists to deliver expertise to the local market.
• Assisting with business development and attending client events.
• Responding appropriately to requests from clients for other KPMG services. Co-ordinating a number of different teams internally to provide a single point of contact for the client in delivering a comprehensive cross-tax offering.
• Working with the tax computation processing team in the management and delivery of tax compliance work. Monitoring the tax compliance position using tax administration software.
• Reviewing corporation tax computations and advising the client on the computational treatment of contentious issues.
• Co-ordinating tax payments, loss relief, capital allowances, group relief and other claims.
• Delegating delivery of work to junior colleagues whilst maintaining control of quality and timetables.
• Coaching and developing more junior members of staff.
• Maintaining strong financial management of client accounts. For example making sure that fees are raised regularly and identifying situations where overruns can be billed.
• Keeping internal control records up to date and ensuring compliance with quality control procedures.

The Individual

• Qualified (ACA or CTA or equivalent)
• Sound knowledge of UK corporate taxation and preferably awareness of international tax issues
• Sound knowledge of accountancy principles, in particular accounting for tax (including deferred taxation and accounts disclosures)
• Strong time and task management skills. Able to remain calm when under pressure and meet deadlines
• Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work
• Monitors and upholds high quality of service and products to clients (internal and external). A practical approach to problems with client focus and commercial awareness
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work. Continuously learns from experiences. Seeks out feedback and development opportunities
• Ability to build good relationships with clients
• Communicates with impact in a way that is open, honest, consistent, and clear
• Ability to work as part of a team. Gives clear directions, positive and constructive feedback. Coaches less experienced staff.
• Works in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues