As a Director you would provide senior leadership to the team, working closely with other Directors and Partners in IAG P&U as part of a ‘one team’ culture.  You would have particular responsibility for building our competition finance practice, leading projects related to competition economics, profitability and regulatory reporting.

This role is for an innovative professional at Assistant Manager level, who can work alongside our existing team to use their lived experience of planning, scheduling and project controls in construction to solve complex problems. There is no one-size fits all in MPA; we’re as diverse as the world around us. We hand pick our people because they’re our most important asset, and people pick us because we really mean that.

Assistant Managers in our team are client-facing and right at the forefront of delivery. This role requires previous experience ideally gained from infrastructure-related projects and programmes, but we’ll happily consider candidates with experience in other relevant fields.

As part of a team of consultants on the ground, you’ll be applying your subject matter expertise and experience every day, bringing to life tailored solutions for our clients whilst managing important relationships.

The MPA team in the UK are based in London, Birmingham and Manchester. This role will be based in one of these locations but will require travel to client locations throughout the UK and occasionally overseas.

Join KPMG's Thriving Asset Management Financial Services Tax Team!

Are you ready to be part of a team that's at the forefront of global financial services tax? KPMG's Asset Management financial services tax team is expanding rapidly and is a key focus for the Firm globally. We're on the lookout for exceptional candidates to join us in a dynamic and challenging environment, backed by a supportive leadership team.

Why Join Us?

Due to our incredible business growth, we have multiple positions available in our Asset Management Tax Team, serving a diverse client base across the FS sector. This particular role is for an Assistant Manager or Manager to support a fast-paced, highly technical team in providing bespoke global tax services to major institutional investors and asset managers dealing with publicly traded securities.

Your Role:

• Master Technical Knowledge: Dive deep into the advisory aspect of operational taxes, including global withholding tax, capital gains tax, transfer tax, and related global tax compliance.
• Navigate Global Withholding Tax Relief Opportunities: Learn how clients can access WHT relief by way of ruling applications or tax reclaims under applicable tax treaties, domestic provisions and/or claims under the European Court of Justice.
• Client Relationship Management: Handle large global client relationships and projects with finesse.
• Collaborate Globally: Work closely with KPMG’s extensive network of member firms worldwide.
• Drive Business Development: Participate in business development and proposals to attract new clients.
• Innovate with Technology: Develop new client solutions in collaboration with our technology teams.
• Advocate Excellence: Represent KPMG and deliver “gold standard" services.

Our Team Environment:

Join our diverse and collaborative team based in London, Bristol, Manchester, and Edinburgh. We embraced hybrid and flexible working early on, ensuring a balanced work-life experience. Our team includes professionals from various backgrounds, including tax and accounting, as well as industry experts.

Support and Development:

We are building a national team of advisory tax professionals focused on providing international tax advice to the largest and fastest growing businesses throughout the UK, be it listed, privately owned or private equity.  

This role will be entirely advisory focussed with no tax compliance responsibilities; however, we welcome applicants with either tax advisory and/or compliance background.

This is a dynamic, collegiate and supportive environment for someone to join a great team where they will be invested in and given opportunities to grow their experience and achieve their potential.

This team works with some of the most exciting and prestige organisations throughout the UK and internationally.

We are committed to providing opportunities for tax professionals to access the most interesting work and opportunities wherever they may be based within the UK.

Deal Advisory Tax

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 Corporate and Financial investors.  Whilst we have teams focused on clients in four key markets Corporates; Private Equity & Credit; Real Estate and Energy & Infrastructure, we are a national and connected team, working and learning with each other.

• Corporates:  We work alongside some of the most forward-thinking FTSE 100 and 250 businesses, as well as Corporates across the UK, supporting them with strategic acquisitions, carve outs, de-mergers, disposals, and joint ventures both in the UK and cross-border. Our corporates business is a multi-sector business, including Consumer, Life sciences, TMT, Industrials, ENR and Banking & Insurance. 
• Asset Management:  We work with Private Equity, Infrastructure, Renewable/ Energy transition, and Real Estate Funds, both large and mid-cap, as well as institutional investors such as Sovereign Wealth Funds and Pension Funds.  Our clients have UK, European and Global investment strategies and will often have teams across multiple asset classes which allows our people to experience different types of transactions.

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 and quantify historical tax issues, structure transactions, model tax considerations and reflect our 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 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

• Qualified CTA or ACA/ CA or equivalent
• Ambitious, enthusiastic and a keen interest