Manager, Real Estate Tax, Alternatives

KPMG-UnitedKingdom; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a dedicated individual to join their real estate tax team. The successful candidate will develop and maintain expertise in real estate taxes, manage client relationships, and collaborate with teams to deliver high-quality services. This role is ideal for those with strong technical abilities and a background in financial services or real estate taxes. The position offers excellent opportunities for professional growth in a flexible working environment.

Qualifications

• Evidence of ability relating to tax or financial services.
• Experience dealing with real estate taxes.
• Understanding of financial markets and participants.
• Knowledge of Corporation Tax compliance and related areas.
• Ability to adapt to new tax developments.

Responsibilities

• Develop high technical knowledge across real estate taxes.
• Manage client relationships and projects.
• Work with teams to identify service areas.
• Develop new client propositions.
• Participate in business development activities.
• Collaborate with teams to provide quality support.

Skills

Deep technical ability in tax or financial services

Experience with real estate taxes

Project management skills

Client facing delivery skills

Familiarity with emerging technologies

Ability to create client propositions

Education

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

Job description

Job description

The Role : C 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 – 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.
• Understanding of financial markets, participants, investors – 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.