Tax Director - Reporting & Compliance - Managed Services

TN United Kingdom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Tax Director to lead their Global Compliance & Transformation team in Birmingham. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a diverse client base, focusing on enhancing tax compliance and reporting through innovative solutions. As a leader, you will drive business growth, manage client relationships, and ensure the delivery of high-quality services. The ideal candidate will possess deep knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. Join a dynamic team that values collaboration and professional development in a rapidly evolving field.

Qualifications

• Experience in UK corporate tax legislation with a focus on large groups.
• Strong project management and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong business relationships with clients.
• Lead outsourced tax reporting engagements with technical excellence.
• Identify additional services and manage business development processes.

Skills

UK corporate tax legislation

Tax reporting/accounting skills

Communication skills

Project management

Leadership

Problem-solving

Education

ATT/CTA/ACA or equivalent qualifications

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Tax Director - Reporting & Compliance - Managed Services, Birmingham

Client: KPMG-United Kingdom

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

24.04.2025

Expiry Date:

08.06.2025

Job Description:

Job description

At KPMG we have re-imagined careers in Global Compliance & Transformation (GCT). A key focus for KPMG's GCT team is to help multinational groups and financial services clients manage their global tax compliance, reporting and statutory accounting obligations, through outsourcing, co-sourcing, transformation and technology.

Our clients leverage KPMG's compliance and transformation expertise and technology to drive better visibility, greater efficiency and improved risk management across their organisation. Ultimately we prepare groups for the future of digital compliance helping them develop a sustainable, technology-enabled and holistic future state operating model.

We are winning new clients and are rapidly growing our team as a result of these investments and successes. As part of an established KPMG network of expert teams and delivery centres, you will have a fantastic opportunity to experience the global nature of these services. Delivery is underpinned by our innovative KPMG Digital Gateway platform. This is an exciting time to be part of our GCT team at KPMG where reimagining tax is a strategic priority for our UK and Global business. We have a diverse client base, from mid-market to FTSE listed groups, from public sector to real estate to financial services. The role involves working on clients of all sizes and across a wide range of sectors.

At Director level you will be proactive, curious, committed and invested in self-development and learning. You will be resilient, able to flex and be experienced in leading a successful team. You will have excellent communication skills with strong attention to detail. You will network confidently and knowledgably communicate with all levels in a professional services environment. You will have strong business development client-facing skills with a proven history of identifying opportunities and converting them into commercial projects.

Roles and responsibilities:

You will be required to work within the team to accelerate the growth of our business. Specifically, key aspects will be to:

1. Build and maintain strong business relationships across a portfolio of clients and actively build an internal network and range of experience to address client needs;
2. Lead the delivery of outsourced tax reporting engagements with tax technical excellence and efficiency;
3. Lead the delivery of corporate tax compliance engagements and the management of compliance outsourcing contracts;
4. Help clients to drive efficiency through the compliance process, improving controls, and leveraging technology; Lead teams who provide advice to clients on the tax implications of new legislation and responding to client requests for ad hoc technical advice;
5. Provide compelling and well thought out solutions to complex problems;
6. Be confident interacting at the most senior levels internally and externally, while at the same time able to interact well with peers and other more junior members of the team;
7. Identify additional services that the client may need and liaise with subject specialists;
8. Lead the business development process to progress leads to sales and taking responsibility for contract negotiation and agreement;
9. Lead teams who support clients with their group/statutory Tax Reporting needs; including delivery and project management on global outsource contracts under US GAAP and IFRS;
10. Coach and provide support for other team members;
11. Follow KPMG best practice and policy;
12. Have a positive and enthusiastic manner in dealing with a cross section of people;
13. Demonstrate strong resilience to enable flexibility in approach and ability to work under pressure;
14. Be an effective networker with ability to understand client needs.

Qualifications and skills:

We welcome applications from those qualified by experience as well as ATT/CTA/ACA or equivalent qualifications. Tax reporting/accounting skills are highly desirable.

1. Deep working knowledge and experience of UK corporate tax legislation and compliance with a focus on large and complex groups;
2. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to quickly adapt to a range of situations and audiences from both written and oral perspective;
3. Strong attention to detail, to enable you to review complex technical, whilst maintaining a client service focused perspective, for all deliverables we produce for our clients;
4. Sustains a high level of leadership and drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work;
5. Builds co-operative relationships and fosters an environment in which everyone's opinion is valued;
6. Excellent project management skills and an ability to manage your own workload, as well the workloads of others in your team;
7. Provides ongoing feedback, coaching and mentoring that supports individual development needs and career aspirations;
8. Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information;
9. Builds the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowledge and experience.

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