Deal Advisory Tax Manager

KPMG International Cooperative; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm is seeking a qualified tax professional to join their Deal Advisory Tax team in Leeds. You will be responsible for providing exceptional advisory services across various transactions while developing client relationships. The role requires strong UK corporate tax knowledge and interpersonal skills. You will collaborate closely with partners and colleagues, ensuring clients receive top-notch service throughout the deal spectrum. A supportive environment is offered for flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Qualified CTA or ACA/CA or equivalent.
• Ambitious, enthusiastic and keen interest in transactions.
• Strong project management skills required.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Partners/Directors on complex transactions.
• Support new opportunities through proposals and pitches.
• Develop and maintain client relationships.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Oral and written communication skills

UK corporate tax knowledge

Analytical skills

Project management skills

Excel skills

PowerPoint skills

Education

Qualified CTA or ACA/CA or equivalent

Job description

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

Our Client Segments

• Corporates: We 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: We 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. Our 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 assists and vendor due diligence, refinancing and listing support. Deal sizes can range from £10m to +£10bn. We help clients understand and quantify historical tax issues, structure transactions, model tax considerations and embed our advice in the legal documents underpinning each transaction, all with a continuous focus on maximising value throughout the investment cycle. Working collaboratively across the KPMG network, our work often involves advice on multiple countries, taxes, and work.

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 KPMG point of contact for clients, legal advisers, and other KPMG teams to facilitate effective delivery.
• Coach and develop colleagues, collaborate with peers and continually learn.
• 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 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.

Core Qualifications

• Qualified CTA or ACA/CA or equivalent.
• Ambitious, enthusiastic and a keen interest in working on transactions.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong UK corporate tax knowledge and good awareness of other tax and accounting matters.
• Strong analytical skills, curious and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice.
• Strong project management skills, including ability to work as part of a team and to show initiative to drive projects forward.
• Ability to build relationships with clients and other stakeholders.
• Ability to coach colleagues.
• Good Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Intelligent Working: While some of KPMG's client‑facing professionals may be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, in Deal Advisory Tax we are supportive of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands. We are happy to discuss individual requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements could be of interest. Furthermore, as part of the recruitment process, we can put you in touch with people who work flexibly so you can understand from them what our culture is like.

At KPMG, our Values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people: their different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Deal Advisory Tax is a dynamic and successful area of KPMG's Tax & Legal business. We have an inclusive and collaborative leadership strategy and are making bold changes to our culture and how we work. A constantly changing and high‑profile field, we work in a fast‑paced, challenging and rewarding environment, and can offer a broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people.