Tax Manager – Corporate Tax Compliance and Advisory

Base Location: Leeds is the main hub however we are open to regional candidates as well.

The KPMG Corporate Tax team is a cornerstone of our business.  We do work that matters, serving the region with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses.  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.

 We are a network of specialists with a proven track record in Corporate Tax who can offer a forward-thinking working environment with a supportive structure and management team. We collaborate with organisations of all shapes and sizes across a broad range of tax solutions.

 What will you be doing?

•  Being one of the main points of contact on a portfolio of clients on day-to-day tax matters and working with Partners, Directors and Senior Managers on our larger client accounts
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and understanding the client’s business
• Managing tax advisory projects by providing UK corporation tax input and overseeing the successful delivery of commercially viable and technically excellent advice including 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 impacting their business
• Managing 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 Partners, Directors and Senior Managers with client account management, including complying with appropriate quality and risk management procedures and financial management
• Seeking out and pursuing business development opportunities with clients and targets and actively participating with Senior Managers, Directors / Partners in business development activities

 What will you need to do it?

• Qualified CTA or ACA / CA or equivalent
• Strong UK corporation tax compliance and advisory experience, including tax accounting
• Ability to:
  • Analyse problems, identify core issues, investigate, evaluate, and integrate information
  • Communicate with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent, and clear
  • Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills
  • Sustain a high level of drive, show enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work
  • Take personal responsibility and accountability for managing own work and juggling competing priorities
  • Continuously learn from experiences, seeking out feedback and development opportunities
  • Build teams and develop, coach and lead staff
  • Work in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues, clients, and the wider community
  • Build the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowledge, and experience

We are looking for high performing individuals with relevant experience in project and programme management and controls who seek an exciting long-term career in our team. Your experience to date could be from within any of our target sectors above. And, although we are primarily focussed on these sectors within the UK, we also recognise the opportunity of experience and insights from other countries and regions, especially the Middle East. 

Technology is one of the KPMG’s priority investment areas – Connected Technology services the whole of the KPMG client-side business portfolio through delivery of core technology, transformational processes and managed services capabilities, collaboration and innovation development services and building of our Alliances network. Our integrated capability teams design, build and operate flexible technology enabled solutions for clients to help them solve the most complex business problems and transform their operations. 

As our HR technology practice continues to grow we are seeking talented individuals with experience of SuccessFactors implementations. This is a high-profile role within the team, requiring a balance of business development / sales origination and client delivery, including deep solution/configuration experience across Employee Central.

The Role

We are seeking a Manager to support the delivery of our risk and regulatory services to investment managers active in the private markets space, including private equity, real estate, infrastructure and private credit. Responsibilities include:

• Advising private markets clients on their regulatory obligations, the impact of regulatory change and current industry practice.
• Managing and delivering client projects related to risk and regulation for our private markets clients
• Supporting the development of new risk and regulatory services for our private markets clients
• Supporting business development activities in connection with our private markets clients
• Developing thought leadership in connection with private markets, including publications, blog posts and client roundtables and other events
• Keeping abreast of all latest market trends and new regulations that will impact our private markets clients and supporting the development of repeatable consulting propositions connected to these market developments

The Person

The required skills, knowledge and experience include: 

• Knowledge and awareness of private asset classes and alternative investment managers
• Knowledge and awareness of the key regulatory regimes applicable to alternative investment managers, including AIFMD
• An awareness of the different types of investment products and services offered by private markets participants
• Understanding of the UK/EU regulatory environment
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• The ability to evaluate technical issues, analyse facts, consult and deliver solutions to clients
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including an ability to communicate well with clients (internal and external) in writing and verbally and an ability to influence and communicate with senior individuals
• Understanding of regulatory developments and key current issues facing clients
• Experience in working with teams and the ability to work independently
• Understanding and awareness of broader wealth and asset management sector is an advantage, including business structures, governance frameworks, and process and control infrastructure

The Team

We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Asset Management Advisory (AMA) team, part of the KPMG Infrastructure Advisory Group (IAG). Our team advises infrastructure owners in both the public and private sector, including government with their most complex challenges. IAG is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading independent financial and business advisers in infrastructure consisting of over 380 professionals.

Our team leads exciting projects across both public and private sectors principally focused on major capital and infrastructure portfolios in Transport, Energy, Water, Defence, Oil and Gas and Health. This is a fast-growing area offering many opportunities building upon a global capability in Asset Management where we provide:

• Asset Strategy and Transformation, including operating model design and transformation of asset management functions.
• Asset Health and Performance including investment planning, efficiency improvements in capital and operating expenditure, as well as asset resilience, asset data, investment business cases and benchmarking.
• Digital asset management including asset performance and financial modelling and smart technology.
• Investor assurance of asset performance and transaction due diligence support.