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. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

The Team

We are currently recruiting a manager to join our successful Family Office & Private Client Compliance team in Edinburgh.

As a national practice our FO&PC team consists of 162 team members across the UK, led by 5 Partners, 3 Associate Partners and 12 Directors.

We work with a variety of high net worth individuals – from stakeholders in privately owned and entrepreneurial businesses, executives of multi-national firms, landed estates and senior members of private equity firms; who may be tax resident and/or domiciled in a range of jurisdictions. We also specialise in providing advice to Trusts and Estates, and Partnerships. 

If you are a highly motivated qualified tax adviser/ accountant (ATT, CTA or ACA/ACCA) with experience of working in personal tax, then we’d love to hear from you.

We recognise that there are also highly motivated individuals who are qualified though experience and may not be exam qualified and we are open to considering such individuals also. 
 

Manager – Private Client (Tax Investigations)

Why KPMG?

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. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

We are looking to recruit a Tax Investigations Manager to join our national team. The role will involve working closely in a strong team on a range of clients and exciting projects, collaborating with different teams and locations across the firm. 

The successful candidate will have experience of managing HMRC enquiries and investigations and assisting clients with voluntary disclosures.

Roles and Responsibility

As a manager, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of clients and for the timely delivery of services. You will also support partners, senior managers and other colleagues in the Family Office and Private Client (FOPC) team with tax enquiries / investigations and voluntary disclosures to ensure a satisfactory settlement is negotiated between the client and HM Revenue & Customs.

• You will be required to provide advice on an ad hoc basis to the FOPC team and other tax teams on a range of issues covering HMRC enquiries and voluntary disclosures.
• You will be expected to contribute toward marketing and business development initiatives and build sustainable internal and external client relationships.
• You will oversee the day to day running of the investigation or disclosure for a portfolio of clients.
• You will prepare investigation and disclosure letters/reports, including reviewing the computational aspects of the report, for submission to the HMRC, working directly to a partner or senior manager and delegating appropriate tasks to more junior staff. 
• You will liaise direct

The Role
We are looking for a Manager to join FO&PC team in the North and Scotland region (based in Edinburgh).

This is primarily an advisory role and it entails working with high net worth individuals – both with UK affairs and international tax issues, and also working with entrepreneurial businesses and shareholder owned companies.

More specifically, some of the responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring the delivery of a high quality personal tax service to our clients.
• Managing a diverse portfolio of more complex clients and being able to provide personal tax advice on a wide range of assignments including inheritance tax, capital gains tax, income tax, international tax matters, and identifying opportunities to advise your portfolio of clients in relation to these taxes.
• Providing original and creative thinking to solve tax problems, frequently leading to providing wholly bespoke tax advice and solutions to one-off assignments.
• Project managing tax advisory assignments to ensure deadlines, risk management and compliance procedures are all met.
• Managing work in progress and ensuring prompt billing and cash collection.
• Overseeing the performance and career development of partly and newly qualified staff.

As a national practice our FO&PC team consists of 162 team members across the UK, led by 5 Partners, 3 Associate Partners, and 12 Directors.  

We are a nationally run business with five core service areas:

1. Transactions and Entrepreneurial Shareholders;
2. Ultra High Net Worth Individuals;
3. International;
4. Partnerships;
5. Investigations and Enquiries.

We work with a variety of high net worth individuals – from stakeholders in privately owned and entrepreneurial businesses, executives of multi-national firms, landed estates and senior members of private equity firms; who may be tax resident and/or domiciled in a range of jurisdictions. We also specialise in providing advice to Trusts and Estates, and Partnerships. 

If you are a highly motivated qualified tax adviser/ accountant (ATT, CTA or ACA/ACCA) with experience of working in personal tax, then we’d love to hear from you.