Manager, Product & Operational Taxes, Asset Management

KPMG International Cooperative; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm in Birmingham is seeking experienced candidates for their tax team. The role focuses on managing tax reporting compliance for UK and pan-European investors while leading a team of professionals. Ideal candidates will have deep technical knowledge in tax, strong project management skills, and an understanding of financial markets. The firm supports hybrid working and offers significant career progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• Evidence of deep technical ability relating to tax or financial services.
• Practical experience of dealing with product & operational taxes.
• An understanding of financial markets and products.
• Excellent project management, delegation, and coaching skills.
• Ability to take advantage of new tax developments.

Responsibilities

• Managing and growing a portfolio of compliance and advisory engagements.
• Leading and developing a team of professionals.
• Maintaining technical knowledge in product & operational taxes.
• Supporting client relationships and becoming a focal point.
• Participating in business development and proposal activity.

Skills

Technical ability in tax or financial services

Project management skills

Client-facing delivery skills

Understanding of financial markets

Familiarity with emerging technologies

Education

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

Job description

The KPMG financial services 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. As a result of growth in our business, we have a number of roles across our Financial Services Product & Operational Taxes team, which has a diverse client base spanning the FS sector – providing services to banks, custodians, brokers, asset managers, alternative investors, wealth and hedge asset managers and global institutional investors such as pension funds and sovereign wealth funds. 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 FS 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, 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 primarily have a focus on product & operational taxes but also the opportunity to work across our FS and Asset Management tax teams. We would be really happy to have an informal chat with you to discuss opportunities in more detail.

Responsibilities

• Managing, delivering and growing a portfolio of UK and pan‑European investor tax reporting compliance and advisory engagements.
• Leading and developing a team of KPMG professionals to support their work.
• Developing and maintaining a high level of technical knowledge across product & operational taxes and related areas.
• Supporting the management of client relationships and projects and becoming a focal point of contact for clients within product & operational taxes.
• Understanding our client's business and working with teams across KPMG to identify areas for the provision of product & operational 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 product & operational 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 operational taxes team and helping us grow the business through the delivery of relevant and high‑quality services to our clients.

Qualifications

• Evidence of deep technical ability relating to tax or financial services – e.g., a qualification in tax, audit, finance, law, regulation or significant practical experience gained in an industry role.
• Practical experience of dealing with product & operational taxes within a Financial Services context – candidates with industry or professional services experience.
• An understanding of financial markets, participants, investors (e.g., banks, brokers, institutional investors, custodians, asset managers, private equity etc.) and products.
• Excellent project management, delegation/coaching and client‑facing delivery skills.
• Familiarity with 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.