Deal Advisory Tax

Infrastructure – Assistant Manager

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.

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.  Whilst we have teams focused on clients in our 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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

The Person

D Grade

1. • Qualified CTA or ACA/ CA or equivalent
   • Enthusiastic and a keen interest in working on transactions
   • Good interpersonal skills
   • Good oral and

Job Title/Req Number: Forensic Manager Data Analytics

Base Location: London / Regions plus network of 20 offices nationally: KPMG Office Locations

The KPMG Forensic function is a cornerstone of our business. Operating from London / Regions, we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies. We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

By encompassing a wide range of disciplines across a breadth of areas such as Customer Experience and Digital, Strategy, Forensic, Risk and Regulatory, People and Talent, and Operational and Financial Transformation, we become immersed in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes and get it right first time.

Why Join KPMG as a Forensic Manager Data Analytics

KPMG’s FS Forensic Financial Services practice is a key contributor to the Firm’s strategic growth initiatives. We have achieved rapid year-on-year growth since the team’s inception and have set ourselves ambitious targets to maintain the momentum. We possess a strong pipeline of work for the year ahead and continue to develop innovative market-leading solutions for our clients. We now need an experienced and dependable Manager to assist in converting the existing pipeline, expand it with our current offerings and to develop Data Analytics propositions.

Our managers are responsible for managing the delivery of a range of financial crime projects with a particular focus on Data Analytics. Each project will generally incorporate a review and assessment of the current state of compliance, discussing matters directly with the client, proposing and delivering solutions, and providing oral presentations. They will be expected to collaborate across FS Consulting to deliver the best solutions for our clients.

The role will also involve the opportunity to take a leading role in our growing team of Data Analytics specialists, supporting the delivery of a range of financial crime projects and delivering comprehensive and well-considered solutions to clients’ challenges. A core part of the role will also include leveraging your industry contacts, skills, and experience to contribute to winning work and knowledge sharing and practice development across the team.

What will you be doing?

• Managing financial crime engagements or projects from scoping, analysis, and execution of the project, through to reporting (including delivery workstreams focusing on data modelling).
• Managing the risk and commercial aspects involved in the delivery of projects including budgets, planning, and project governance.
• Taking accountability for the successful delivery of engagement outputs and Client outcomes.
• Providing structure and direction to the delivery of engagement activities.
• Supporting relationships between Vendors and Clients to translate system ‘jargon’ into business terminology.
• Building positive and collaborative relationships with senior Client stakeholders.
• Facilitating collaborative and fulfilling working environments for the Client and KPMG staff on engagements.
• Managing and mentoring more junior colleagues from diverse backgrounds during projects and as part of the KPMG appraisal process.

Business Development

• Building and leveraging both internal and external relationships to support senior stakeholders to contribute to business development opportunities.
• Contributing to the development of responses for proposals (RFPs) to Client opportunities.
• Developing innovative and Client-

The Group Finance & Commercial domain is empowered by technology, guided by data and committed to delivering commercial challenge and strategic value to the Group. We ensure that our financial performance is accurately stated and reported upon and is compliant with accounting policy. We translate financial information into meaningful insights that inform commercial decision making enabling our commercial specialists to provide guidance and support to partners and engagement leads.   

We are looking for a Director to lead and grow our fixed asset tax services. The role will combine technical leadership, client relationship management, business development and people leadership. You will oversee high-quality capital allowances work, strengthen delivery processes and collaborate with tax technology and risk specialists to develop practical solutions for clients and internal teams.