Assistant Manager, Deal Advisory / M&A Tax – Private Equity & Credit

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 (DAT) 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

DAT provides market leading advice to corporates and financial institutions on a broad range of transactions. 

Embedded within DAT is our Private Equity & Credit team. The PE&C team works with large and mid-cap private equity and credit intuitions, advising them throughout the deal spectrum including buy-side due diligence and structuring, sell-side vendor assist, due diligence and structuring, refinancing, restructuring and listing support.

The PE&C team has advised on some of the largest deals in the market, helping clients understand and quantify historical tax issues, structure transactions, model tax outcomes and reflect advice in the legal documents underpinning each transaction, all with a continuous focus on maximising value throughout the investment cycle. Working collaboratively across the KPMG network, our work often involves advice across multiple countries, taxes, and work streams.

Key Responsibilities

1. • Work alongside 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 colleagues in the wider Private Equity and Credit business at KPMG.
   • Be a key KPMG point of contact for clients, legal advisers, and other KPMG teams to facilitate effective delivery.
   • 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.
   • Financial models and tax assumptions.
   • Preparation / review of transaction funds flows and capitalisation tables.
   • Coach and develop colleagues, collaborate with peers and be constantly learning.
   • Remain up-to-date tax technical knowledge in respect of key UK and international developments.
   • Input on Deal Advisory Tax thought leadership.

The Person

1. • Qualified CTA or ACA/ CA or equivalent
   • Enthusiastic and a keen interest in working on transactions
   • Good interpersonal skills
   • Good oral and written communication skills
   • Good UK corporate tax knowledge
   • Good analytical skills, curious and seeks to resolve issues and provide commercial advice
   • Ability to work as part of a team and manage own workload
   • Good Excel and PowerPoint skills]

Intelligent Working

While some of KPMG’s client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, in Deal Advisory Tax we are supportive of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands. We are