Job Overview

This exciting role is within our International Tax Team based in the London office, focussing on multinational businesses. You’ll join a high performing team advising some of the largest and most complex organisations.

We are looking for a talented individual at Assistant Manager level to support our continued rapid growth. The successful candidate will thrive in a dynamic and challenging working environment, supported by a strong and ambitious leadership team.

Job Description

You will work with a diverse portfolio of clients across UK listed and take on a variety of projects, including tax structuring, international expansion, and operating model redesign.

Previous experience of working with multinationals is helpful, but strong technical skills, drive and curiosity are essential.

Key roles and responsibilities will include:

• Working as a key member of the team to provide International Tax Advisory services to support our clients in achieving their commercial objectives.

• Supporting the successful delivery of technically excellent advice including tax structuring, refinancing, legal structure optimisation, pre/post transaction reorganisations, tax authority enquiries and providing technical support to the wider corporate tax team.

• Liaising with specialists in other departments and overseas offices to oversee their input into tax advisory projects.

• Starting to develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and understanding of their business in order to create opportunities to help with the provision of tax and other services.

• Supporting on proposals for new work, including delivering tender documents, presenting at client pitches and identifying solutions for client issues.

• Being a role model for KPMG’s values.

Qualifications and Experience

• ACA, CA, CTA, ACCA or equivalent qualified with strong corporate tax and accounting knowledge.

• Strong interpersonal skills are required in addition to strong oral and written communication skills.

• Well-developed analytical skills.

• Ability to multi-task – to manage a wide range of projects and relationships.

• High level of drive and enthusiasm with a positive attitude.

• Dedication to continuously develop technical knowledge.

• Inquisitive with attention to detail.

Service Line Information

KPMG's International Tax practice is a dynamic and successful area of our business. A constantly changing and increasingly high-profile field, International Tax can offer an exciting broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people.

Working in the International Tax business at KPMG will give you the opportunity to develop relationships with clients assisting them with all their strategic tax requirements. This involves giving advice on corporate planning and restructuring projects both in the UK and Internationally.

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. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

The Team

We are currently recruiting managers to join our successful Family Office & Private Client Compliance team in our Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow,

As a national practice our FO&PC team consists of 162 team members across the UK, led by 4 Partners, 7 Associate Partners and 19  Directors.  

We work with a variety of high net worth individuals – from stakeholders in privately owned and entrepreneurial businesses, executives of multi-national firms, landed estates and members of private equity firms, who may be tax resident and/or domiciled in a range of jurisdictions. We also specialise in providing advice to Trusts and Estates, and Partnerships. 

If you are a highly motivated qualified tax adviser/ accountant (ATT, CTA or ACA/ACCA) with experience of working in personal tax, then we’d love to hear from you.

We also recognise and value highly motivated individuals who are qualified through experience rather than exams and invite you to apply too. 
 The Role

The personal tax environment moves rapidly and our practice sits within a highly regulated environment.  Candidates should be capable of managing a diverse range of tasks and demonstrate an aptitude for project management whilst maintaining impeccable standards of client service.

The role entails managing a portfolio of, and holding the relationship with, compliance clients whilst identifying and actively seeking value-added advisory opportunities.  You will lead the provision of day to day advisory matters on your clients, introducing and working alongside advisory colleagues where appropriate. 

You will ensure the delivery of a high quality compliance service to our clients, including the review of complex and varied tax returns, capital gains calculations, land and property accounts and complex residence and remittance issues.  You will also manage the risk and regulatory considerations on your portfolio, budgeting, work in progress and ensure prompt billing and cash collection.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

The role will suit either a high performing Manager keen to work with an exciting client base and keen to progress, or a recently qualified individual looking to gain exposure to a dynamic and entrepreneurial team.

Candidates interested in this role should have the following skills and qualifications:

• A desire to work in a challenging but rewarding environment;
• Comfortable with building internal and client relationships in a hybrid working environment;
• Strong communication skills and a willingness to contribute ideas and actively participate in supporting business growth and practice development;
• Qualified accountant or tax advisor with experience working in a personal tax focussed environment with exposure to a varied client base and strong commercial acumen.
• Academically strong results in career to date coupled with a keen and insightful understanding of the issues facing private clients and partnerships.
• An understanding of the KPMG Values and their importance in our work together.
• Professional curiosity, enthusiasm for private client work and an aptitude for technical analysis perhaps with a desire to specialise in an area of interest alongside a strong general technical competence.

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