Director Advisory Tax - PE & Credit

Overview

Job Description London, Tax & Law, Director level role in Deal Advisory Tax  Values define who we are and the way we do business, and our strength comes from our people and diverse perspectives.

Location: London
Capability: Tax & Law
Experience Level: Director
Type: Full Time
Service Line: DA Tax
Contract type: Permanent

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.

The Role

Deal Advisory Tax provides market leading services to both Financial and Corporate investors. We have teams focused on clients in three performance groups of Financial Services, Corporates and National Markets. We are a national and connected team, working and learning with each other.

• Financial Services:
  We work with private equity, infrastructure, and real estate funds as well as institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds and pension funds. Our clients have UK, European and Global investment strategies.
• Corporates:
  We work alongside some of the most forward-thinking FTSE 100 and 250 businesses, supporting them with strategic acquisitions, carve outs, de-mergers, disposals, and joint ventures both in the UK and cross-border.
• National Markets:
  We work across the UK with mid-market corporates and PE funds, looking to invest across key UK sectors to grow our local economies.

The Deal Advisory Tax team provides advisory services across the whole deal spectrum including buy-side due diligence and structuring, sell-side vendor assist and vendor due diligence, refinancing and listing support. Deal sizes can be anywhere from £10m to +£10bn – we work with a variety of clients and on a variety of deals.

We help our clients understand historical tax issues and structure transactions, 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 streams.

• 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 be constantly learning
• 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 of these 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
• Input on Deal Advisory Tax thought leadership

• Qualified CTA or ACA/ CA or equivalent
• Ambitious, driven and a proven leader
• Known in their market for building and maintaining strong relationships with clients
• Pro-active in identifying and progressing business opportunities for the long-term benefit of both KPMG and the client
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent UK corporate tax knowledge and understanding of other key tax and accounting matters, especially in deals/transaction tax
• Excellent analytical skills, curious and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice
• Track record of building teams as well as developing, coaching, and leading colleagues

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