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

Job Profile 

To ensure high quality and accurate payroll service to our clients whilst managing and developing the core payroll team. Working alongside the existing payroll manager the new role will help grow payroll services for both domestic and global clients.  

We are looking for a self-motivated, confident payroll professional with an analytical/logical approach. They must have the ability to think creatively whilst ensuring all compliance requirements are met. Maintaining and building excellent working relationships with clients and internal teams they will be expected to identify any process improvements, system developments and training needs. 

KPMG Tax & Legal

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.

KPMG’s Tax & Legal business has 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

KPMG’s Energy and Natural Resources (“ENR”) tax practice covers Oil and Gas, Mining, Power and Utilities (including renewables) and Chemicals. As our clients are facing unprecedented change with the energy transition and fiscal uncertainty our ENR tax and legal practice is growing significantly.  

Our clients comprise some of the largest global ENR clients, covering both UK headquartered and inbound groups. Our work covers deal advisory support, international tax and domestic tax advice.  A successful candidate would have opportunities to work across these areas.

Our Deal Advisory Tax work includes advisory services across the whole deal spectrum including company/sell-side vendor assist, refinancing and due diligence projects, to buy-side due diligence and structuring. 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.

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, refinancing and leasing as well as the impact of windfall taxes

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.

Base Location: We would look at London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds plus network of 20 offices nationally.

Who are we?

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies. The Technology Risk practice sits in Enterprise Risk Services (ERS): one of seven super service lines across KPMG’s Advisory business. Operating from all over the UK we do work that matters, serving the Country with diligence and expertise.

Our IGH (Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare) Technology Risk team is a multi-disciplinary team that offers a wide variety of assurance related advisory services to help our clients build digital trust in their organisations. This includes IT internal audit, IT risk management, independent programme assurance, clinical systems assurance, GRC tooling and Tech Transformation (AI, Strategy etc). We are proud of helping our clients to innovate and navigate regulatory and governance challenges along the way and work closely alongside other specialist technology teams in IT Consulting such as our CIO Advisory, Cyber and Data Analytics teams as well as our wider Tech Risk teams in Financial Services and Corporates.

Our team is committed to helping our clients to develop and deliver key UK public services and infrastructure. We aim to make a difference.

Why join KPMG as an IGH Technology Risk Assistant Manager?

• You will be getting hands on exposure with some of the most exciting and largest public sector organisations across the UK.
• The Technology Risk team has seen significant growth in IGH meaning you will be joining at a time of real significance.
• We have a very friendly and collaborative team culture.
• You’re working with a huge variety of different teams and subject matter specialists across the advisory landscape. 

 What will you be doing?