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Deal Advisory Tax provides market leading services to a number of top-tier and mid-tier financial services and private equity houses, including houses with a UK, European and Global focus.

The Deal Advisory Tax team is embedded within the wider Financial Services Group and provides 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 Globe, our international M&A projects often involve advice on multiple taxes and work streams; including corporate income tax, VAT, employment related securities, transfer taxes/stamp duties and payroll.

We work on some of the most high profile deals in the sector, in what is a fast-paced, challenging and rewarding environment.

Key Responsibilities

Delivering quality service

Individuals will assist in the delivery of high quality service. They will manage their own time, plan and organise work tasks, monitor progress and meet deadlines. Among other responsibilities the individual will:
• Perform detailed analysis of the tax numbers in the financial statements and other primary documents e.g. tax computations and returns.
• Collaborate with other UK and overseas tax teams to provide input into due diligence and structuring deliverables, critically analysing and challenging their input.
• Demonstrate up-to-date knowledge in respect of developments in the field of UK and international tax e.g BEPS, Corporate Interest Restriction, Anti-Hybrids, FX etc.
• Understand financial models and analyse underlying tax assumptions.
• Provide visualised output (e.g. tables, charts, graphs, timelines etc.).
• Read and analyse due diligence reports, highlighting key issues and articulating the commercial impact of these to the client/senior members of the team.

Team work, coaching and developing people

Individuals will be key team members on larger, complex assignments and will lead smaller transactions where Individuals will work closely with Partners/Directors and develop junior team members. The individual will:
• Coach and manage junior staff members, providing constructive feedback when requested and liaising junior staff with senior team members.
• Design and monitor the distribution and allocation of tasks for each project.
• Perform initial review of the tasks performed by junior team members and KPMG Global Support function.
• Become a key KPMG point of contact for clients, legal advisers and other KPMG teams in order to facilitate effective delivery.

Interaction with counterparties to a transaction

Individuals will be required to build and sustain relationships with clients/potential clients and other counterparties (e.g. legal advisers, overseas firms) for the benefit of the Global KPMG network. The individual will:
• Lead/participate in conference calls and face-to-face meetings with targets’ management, clients and bidders.
• Critically review and analyse information from Sellers and input from overseas offices to assess historical/structural tax issues.
• Assist KPMG Partners and Directors in market research and winning new work.
• Attend networking and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing events to build and personal relationships.

The Person

• Qualified CTA or ACA/CA or equivalent
• Ambitious, driven and a keen interest in Financial Services, Infrastructure and / or Private Equity
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong UK corporate tax knowledge and awareness of other tax and accounting areas
• Strong analytical skills and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice
• Excellent project management skills, including ability to work as part of a team and to show initiative to drive projects forward
• Ability to build and maintain client relationships
• Be proficient in the use of Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to develop as a coach and lead staff

KPMG Overview

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Pensions, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients’ most critical challenges.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.

Service Line Information

KPMG's Tax practice is a dynamic and successful area of our business. A constantly changing and increasingly high-profile field, Tax can offer a surprisingly broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people.

Working in the Corporate Tax department at KPMG will give you the opportunity to develop relationships with clients as you help manage the amount of corporation tax they need to pay. This involves working with clients to produce complex tax computations and returns for HM Revenue & Customs, giving advice on corporate planning and restructuring projects.

Intelligent Working

While some of our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, we are supportive where possible of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands.

We are happy to discuss individual requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements could be of interest. Furthermore, as part of the recruitment process, we can put you in touch with people who work flexibly so you can understand from them what our culture is like.

Applying with a disability

KPMG are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and we seek to attract and retain the best people from the widest possible talent pool. As a member of the Business Disability Forum we're committed to ensuring that you are treated fairly throughout our Recruitment Process. Should you be successful after the initial application stage, please discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require, with your recruitment contact.

The Role

Working in the KPMG London M&A Tax Group and focus specifically on providing tax advice in connection with UK and international transactions. We work alongside our clients and our colleagues in Transaction Services on transactions typically ranging in size from £10m upwards, providing tax structuring and tax due diligence services. The team works for corporate clients across all sectors ranging from consumer, life sciences, industrial markets, TMT and private equity.

The Responsibilities

This role involves working on a range of projects and clients. The work includes:
• Providing tax structuring and tax due diligence advice on a wide range of transactions
• Co-ordinating the advice provided by other overseas KPMG teams and other tax skillsets
• Working closely with colleagues in Transaction Services
• Developing client relationships clients and the KPMG teams (TS, tax specialist and overseas teams)
• Assisting with carrying out detailed technical research
• Understanding the client's business and helping to identify areas for the provision of tax and other services (management incentives, VAT, TP)
• Being involved in business development activity

The Person

We are looking for people who are keen to work in an environment that offers plenty of opportunities for personal and professional development. Whilst working with us you will broaden your project management and technical skills and your commercial acumen. You will also have the opportunity to work with many talented people within the KPMG global network, the financial community and other professional advisers. The person best suited to a role is someone who is bright, driven, confident and has good communication skills.

• Qualified CTA or ACA/CA or equivalent
• Strong interpersonal skills in addition to strong oral and written communication skills
• Good UK corporate tax knowledge and an awareness of other tax and accounting areas
• High level analytical skills and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice
• Ability to work as part of a team and to show initiative to drive projects forward
• Task management skills
• Ability to build client relationships.
• Ability to develop as a coach and lead staff

KPMG Overview

KPMG UK operates as part of a global network offering audit, tax and advisory services; working closely with clients, helping them to mitigate risks and grasp opportunities. Member firms' clients include business corporations, governments and public sector agencies and not-for-profit organizations. Clients look to KPMG for a consistent standard of service based on high order professional capabilities, industry insight and local knowledge.
KPMG member firms can be found in 155 countries. Collectively they employ more than 174,000 people across a range of disciplines.

KPMG's Tax practice is a dynamic and successful area of our business. A constantly changing and increasingly high-profile field, Tax can offer a surprisingly broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people.

Working in the KPMG Deal Advisory Tax Group and focusing specifically on providing tax advice in connection with UK and international transactions. We work alongside our clients and our colleagues in Transaction Services on transactions varying in size, providing tax structuring and tax due diligence services. The team works across all sectors ranging from financial services, infrastructure, consumer industrial markets and private equity. The role will involve working on a wide range of projects and clients.

Job Description

We are looking for one entry-level candidate to join our team in the North as an Assistant in the M&A Tax department; we are a flexible team and whilst your home office can be either Manchester, or Leeds and you will have the opportunity to work across any of our North offices. The role would involve working as part of the M&A Tax team on projects for our clients, involving the following:

• Providing tax structuring, tax due diligence and restructuring advice on a wide range of transactions
• Co-ordinating the advice provided by other overseas KPMG teams and other tax skillsets
• Working closely with colleagues in Transaction Services
• Developing relationships with the client, Transaction Services and overseas teams
• Understanding the client's business and helping to identify areas for the provision of tax and other services
• Being involved in business development activity

Qualifications and Skills

We are looking for people who are keen to work in an environment that offers plenty of opportunities for personal and professional development. Whilst working with us you will broaden your project management and technical skills and your commercial acumen. You will also have the opportunity to work with many talented people within the KPMG global network, the financial community and other professional advisers. The person best suited to a role is someone who is bright, driven, and confident and has good communication skills.

We welcome applications from a range of disciplines including business administration / economics and those who are looking for their first professional services role. We would also be interested in candidates who are ATT or part qualified CTA with some relevant Corporate Tax experience and who have the following attributes:

• Strong report writing skills
• An ability to work as part of a focussed team
• Creativity around approach
• Excellent communications skills
• An appetite for learning and driving experiences

Job summary

Our Transaction Services practice comprises approximately 350 people across the UK. It is organised to align to KPMG’s market orientated structure, and is at the heart of the Firm's agenda to increase its penetration of boardrooms and work with clients across the economic and transaction cycle. Within this structure, the UK Capital Markets Advisory Group (CMAG) is a relatively small and specialised team (currently comprising approximately 15 professionals, including 2 Partners and 3 Directors - all based in Canary Wharf, London), with significant growth ambitions.
CMAG is currently a market leader, providing comprehensive advisory services to support a company through capital markets transactions, such as IPOs, further equity issues and significant corporate acquisitions and disposals. CMAG acts as either:
• reporting accountant: providing independent due diligence reporting and supporting comfort letters in connection with a capital markets transaction; or,
• capital markets assist advisor: working with, and supporting clients through their capital markets transactions.
CMAG works with companies across all sectors and sizes from FTSE100 corporates to exciting high-growth companies. In recent months we have worked as reporting accountant on transactions involving Astra Zeneca, Virgin Wines and Alphawave IP, and acted as an advisor to Anglo American, Deliveroo and Cazoo.
Given the nature and complexity of deals, the team works closely with colleagues across the firm in a multi-disciplinary environment that sits right at the heart of our One Firm agenda (we often work alongside Audit, Corporate Finance, Strategy, Operations, Tax, Pensions, modelling and IT in the provision of TS led integrated IPO advice). IPO services are often also a key factor in audit pitches with many pitches being presented jointly by TS and audit.
We have an immediate need for a client-facing Associate to support our growth agenda as we aim to double in size over the next two years.
Key responsibilities in this role include:
Delivering quality service and time management: Individuals will be required to deliver high quality service to clients (both internal and external). They will need to be able to manage their own time, plan and organise work tasks, and meet deadlines. Individuals will be proficient at managing multiple priorities. Individuals will be required to prepare value adding financial analysis and due diligence reports and participate in client calls to gather relevant information. Individuals will be required to take responsibility for deliverables, and in particular for the development of high quality financial analysis data books.
Team work: Individuals will be required to work effectively as part of a wider project team.
Project management: Individuals will be responsible for assisting with the delivery of client facing projects.
Developing people: Individuals will need to coach less experienced staff and actively assist in the development of others.
Risk management: Individuals will be required to assist in the identification and management of risks, helping senior team members ensure the Firm's risk management frameworks are implemented appropriately and effectively.
Building relationships: Individuals will be required to build and sustain relationships with client management team members for the benefit of the Firm as well as acting as an ambassador and role model for the Firm. Individuals will also assist in the development of pitch packs/proposals.
The role will be based in the London office but may involve some travel. A high level of flexibility is required to meet the demands of working in a transaction based environment.

Required Skills and Qualifications

CMAG operates in a fast paced environment, responding to client needs and transaction demands in a flexible and efficient manner. We engage with and often lead conversations with other advisors on the transaction (banks, lawyers, financial advisors). To succeed in this varied and demanding role you will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
• Strong academic and numerate background (ACA or equivalent)
• Experience of advisory or transaction related engagements, and delivering to tight deadlines under pressure (including financial due diligence experience – strongly preferred)
• Strong underlying analytical skills including the ability to interpret data, generate insights and construct solutions. Experience of preparing analysis (e.g. financial data books) and challenging client data and information and interacting with clients directly (face to face or video call/telephone)
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
• Strong personal impact and self-awareness
• The ability to operate in high performing, multi-disciplinary teams

Experience of UK capital markets transactions would be highly regarded.

The Role

Working in the KPMG London M&A Tax Group and focus specifically on providing tax advice in connection with UK and international transactions. We work alongside our clients and our colleagues in Transaction Services on transactions typically ranging in size from £10m upwards, providing tax structuring and tax due diligence services. The team works for corporate clients across all sectors ranging from consumer, life sciences, industrial markets, TMT and private equity.

The Responsibilities

This role involves working on a range of projects and clients. The work includes:
• Providing tax structuring and tax due diligence advice on a wide range of transactions
• Co-ordinating the advice provided by other overseas KPMG teams and other tax skillsets
• Working closely with colleagues in Transaction Services
• Developing client relationships clients and the KPMG teams (TS, tax specialist and overseas teams)
• Assisting with carrying out detailed technical research
• Understanding the client's business and helping to identify areas for the provision of tax and other services (management incentives, VAT, TP)
• Being involved in business development activity

The Person

We are looking for people who are keen to work in an environment that offers plenty of opportunities for personal and professional development. Whilst working with us you will broaden your project management and technical skills and your commercial acumen. You will also have the opportunity to work with many talented people within the KPMG global network, the financial community and other professional advisers. The person best suited to a role is someone who is bright, driven, confident and has good communication skills.

• Qualified CTA or ACA/CA or equivalent
• Strong interpersonal skills in addition to strong oral and written communication skills
• Good UK corporate tax knowledge and an awareness of other tax and accounting areas
• High level analytical skills and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice
• Ability to work as part of a team and to show initiative to drive projects forward
• Task management skills
• Ability to build client relationships.
• Ability to develop as a coach and lead staff