This exciting role is within our London Region Corporate Tax Advisory & Compliance team, based in our Canary Wharf office. 

Our clients include UK headquartered businesses and inbound groups across a range of sectors. 

Our work in the tax advisory space includes supporting clients with business and fiscal change. This can include advising on new jurisdiction entry, the development of new business areas, business reorganisations, tax authority enquiries, pre/post transaction reorganisations, refinancing, cash repatriation, interest deductibility and the impact global fiscal change (e.g. BEPS Pillar 2).

We work as a hybrid team where we get together in the office or at client sites at least twice a week to collaborate and learn together, with flexibility over how you spend the rest of your time. 

The role is to provide in-house employment law related advisory service on demand and proactively on initiative, to clients of the ELAT team, principally being human resources professionals within KPMG.  The proposal is that the solicitor will assist other team members in relation to all of the employment law requirements of the business including advising on the creation and interpretation of People policies.  There is also a requirement to undertake investigations in high-risk or sensitive conduct cases as and when required.

KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory (MPA) team works with some of the world’s most demanding organisations, helping to crack some of the biggest challenges in Infrastructure.

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 are making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

Overview

This exciting role is within our South Region Corporate Tax Advisory & Compliance (CTAC) team, based in our Reading office. KPMG’s CTAC team has an immediate need for an Assistant Manager to support delivery of a range of engagements across corporate tax advisory, compliance and related work. The CTAC Reading team has a very strong market reputation working with leading Global clients on a range of tax services. There is a strong pipeline of project and advisory work. Our clients include UK headquartered businesses and large international groups across a range of sectors including TMT, healthcare amongst others. Our work in the tax advisory space includes supporting clients with business and fiscal change. This can include advising on new jurisdiction entry, the development of new business areas, business reorganisations, tax authority enquiries, pre/post transaction reorganisations, refinancing, cash repatriation, interest deductibility and the impact global fiscal change (e.g. BEPS Pillar 2). We work as a hybrid team where we get together in the office or at client sites at least twice a week to collaborate and learn together, with flexibility over how you spend the rest of your time.

The Role

• Being one of the main points of contact on a portfolio of clients on day-to-day tax matters and working with Partner/Director group, Senior Managers and Managers on our larger client accounts

• Supporting tax advisory projects by providing UK corporation tax input based on experience and researching topics and by working with other areas of tax and our overseas members firms to incorporate their input into our advice

• Ensuring our clients are kept up to date with emerging corporate and wider tax developments and budgets impacting their business

• Supporting the delivery of UK corporation tax compliance services

• Supervising the work of junior members of staff and providing coaching to support their development

• Assisting our Managers and Senior Managers with client account management, including complying with appropriate quality and risk management procedures and financial management

• Support the leadership with business development opportunities

The Person

• Qualified CTA or ACA / CA or equivalent

• UK corporation tax experience (preferable)

• Problem solver, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates, and integrates information

• Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent, and clear

• Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work

• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for managing own work and juggling

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.