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The Team


TPL Managed Services has challenged and modernised the way that we deliver tax compliance services, by centralising the activities relating to the preparation and finalisation of tax computations and returns. Our vision is to build a more efficient and effective service for our clients.

We are now looking for a talented Tax Manager with UK corporate tax experience to join us here.

This role can be based in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester or London

You will be able to demonstrate exceptional tax compliance skills, the ability to work to tight deadlines and produce a first class product ready for issue to our clients.

This will involve working closely with tax professionals based in all of KPMG’s UK offices, along with our offshore partners (who manage processing aspects), to deliver a seamless service to our clients.

The corporate tax team based in TPL Managed Services is an integral part of our overall offering to clients. The roles involve working on clients of all sizes (from mid-market to FTSE listed groups) and across a wide range of sectors.

We are offering both full time and part time roles with flexible working arrangements which include early or late starts to fit around other commitments, shorter working days etc. We would be happy to discuss your own requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements in more detail, should that be of interest.


The Role


Roles and Responsibilities

• Maintain a portfolio of clients and take responsibility for ensuring their tax computations are prepared to a high standard, on a timely basis and finalised and submitted to HMRC within agreed deadlines.
• Oversee the work of assistant managers, providing coaching and technical guidance as part of the overall review process.
• Work with the KPMG local office teams nationally and/or the client directly to understand the requirements at the start of each compliance cycle and ensure that these are reflected in the final computation and return.
• Potential visits to clients/ local offices when appropriate.
• On more complex clients, act as the main point of liaison with the client to obtain additional information if required, feeding back to the tax computation preparers to enable them to provide an updated draft computation for subsequent review.
• Identify and resolve technical issues, preparing technical analysis and involving specialists as appropriate to prepare or review analysis.
• Carry out a full manager review of computations and other deliverables prior to sending to clients and HMRC.
• Provide advice and support to the KPMG local office team and/or client, as requested, including for example providing assistance in the drafting of responses to HMRC correspondence and preparing tax accounting disclosures.
• Develop and maintain relationships and liaise with KPMG local office teams and our offshore partners.
• Work with client administrators to ensure client administration and risk procedures are completed appropriately, liaising with KPMG local office teams as needed.
• Identify opportunities to identify additional services that the client may need and liaise with subject specialists.
• Follow KPMG best practice and policy.


The Person


Qualifications and Skills

We welcome applications from those qualified by experience, as well as ATT / CTA / ACA or equivalent qualifications.

Experience and Background

• Experience of manager level review of corporate tax computations and returns, including client liaison through the compliance process.
• Ability to identify and resolve technical issues, or escalate as appropriate.
• Experience of specific technical areas including: complex capital versus revenue treatment; pension scheme and share scheme adjustments; group relief; basic transfer pricing; UK GAAP tax accounting for groups.
• Awareness (experience preferred) of technical areas including: controlled foreign companies and worldwide debt calculations.
• Strong interpersonal skills with experience of managing and / or coaching junior staff, in addition to strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent team work, management and organisational skills, including monitoring timetables and budgets.
• Proficient user of Alphatax (or similar tax software).

The Role


We are currently looking to recruit a Manager to join our Corporate Tax Advisory team as we expand our team and move into our new city centre office at 1 Marischal Square.

The role involves a mix of tax advisory services, compliance management and business development. This will provide opportunities to work on opportunities in the North East of Scotland, across all sectors (Energy, Technology, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Food, Drink and Agriculture and Tourism). This role will be based in Aberdeen (with flexible working available) but some regional and national travel to client sites and other KPMG offices may be required.

Description of role:

The role involves a mix of tax advisory services, compliance management, business development and coaching and development of junior staff. The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Providing tax advisory services to a variety of clients and managing the successful delivery of commercially viable and technically excellent advice involving tax due diligence, structuring, international and other advisory work
• Managing the tax compliance and advisory relationships with clients, including liaising with our dedicated compliance focused Managed Services team
• Liaising with specialists in Indirect Tax, People Services, Stamp Taxes and overseas KPMG offices to manage their input into tax advisory projects
• Running client service teams, including working closely with other areas of the firm, such as audit and transaction services to ensure a seamless delivery of services to our clients
• Providing tax specialist input into statutory audit work
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and identifying leads for new work
• Ensuring that clients are kept up to date on developments within the corporate tax world that may affect their businesses
• Preparing proposals for new work, including researching target and client companies and identifying solutions / products
• Seeking out and pursuing business development opportunities with clients and targets and participating with Senior Managers / Directors / Partners in business development activities
• Keeping internal control records up to date and ensuring compliance with quality control procedures
• Managing the financials of engagements
• Coaching and developing junior members of staff

Role Dimensions

Leadership & Management:

Reporting to the Tax Director, this role will have direct management and coaching responsibilities for the tax department.

Stakeholder Interaction & challenges:

The role will involve interaction with multiple external senior stakeholders, including Heads of Tax and CFOs.

Impact, Risk, Accountability & Governance:

The role is a key role in delivery of the firm’s UK strategy in respect of National Markets tax.




The Person


Essential Experience

• Corporate Tax experience.
• Track record of relationship building and effective communication at all levels (internally and externally)
• Sustains a high level of energy, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude that translates across the team
• Displays an inclusive, collaborative approach and operates in a respectful manner with colleagues, clients and the wider community
• Brings insight and effectively applies knowledge to business and client problems
• Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear
• Builds the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowledge and experience

Expertise / Technical role requirements

• Qualified CTA or ACA/CA or equivalent with strong corporate tax and accounting knowledge

Skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills in addition to strong oral and written communication skills
• Commercial and practical mindset

The Team:






KPMG's
Global Mobility Services (GMS) practice is a diverse and fast-growing area of
our Tax business. We serve high-profile engagements touching every corner of
the world. Our GMS engagement teams are “360 degree service oriented”, with tax
technical, team leadership, and client-facing responsibilities as part of each
successful manager’s remit.

We are looking for remarkable candidates, ready for early assumption of
responsibilities and close, regular contact with our dynamic partner group.



The Role:





We
are looking for an Assistant Manager to join our National Markets’ Global
Mobility Services (GMS) team in Reading. The individual will be based in our
successful and rapidly growing GMS team that focuses on employers with small to
mid-size expat populations. This team’s client base has grown dramatically over
the last year and continued success in the market place and recent new wins
means significant growth will continue.









- Building and maintaining good relationships with clients

- Being the day to day contact for allocated clients

- Review of tax returns, and preparation/review of Income Tax/NIC calculations

- Conduct arrival/departure briefings

- Contributing to client service teams, helping ensure they function smoothly
and effectively

- Preparation of written advice for clients, and helping to advice clients on
GMS issues

- Project management of advisory projects carried out for clients

- Ensuring clients are provided with up to date information on GMS developments


- Involvement in business development/proposals

- Managing and coaching more junior staff

- Working with large clients/mid-size clients



Skills, Qualifications and Experience:



- ATT qualified or hold an equivalent professional qualification.

- Global Mobility Services experience with UK Expat tax background, including
tax briefings, tax returns and advisory

-Experience of managing global assignee populations and experience of
immigration, social security and compensation accumulation for different
countries

- Energetic, committed, and ambitious

- High level personal responsibility and accountability for own work

- Capacity to receive positive, constructive feedback

- Analytical; identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates
information

- Communicates with impact, both in speech and writing, and in a way that is
open, honest, consistent, and clear

- Safeguards and enhances the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work,
knowledge and experience

- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

- Excellent organisational skills and ability to work under own initiative

- Capable of working to deadlines, showing resilience under pressure and
ability to apply knowledge to non-routine situations

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The Team



TPL Managed Services has challenged and modernised the way that we deliver tax compliance services, by centralising the activities relating to the preparation and finalisation of tax computations and returns. Our vision is to build a more efficient and effective service for our clients.


We are now looking for a talented Tax Manager with UK corporate tax experience to join us here.


This role can be based in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester or London


You will be able to demonstrate exceptional tax compliance skills, the ability to work to tight deadlines and produce a first class product ready for issue to our clients.


This will involve working closely with tax professionals based in all of KPMG’s UK offices, along with our offshore partners (who manage processing aspects), to deliver a seamless service to our clients.


The corporate tax team based in TPL Managed Services is an integral part of our overall offering to clients. The roles involve working on clients of all sizes (from mid-market to FTSE listed groups) and across a wide range of sectors.


We are offering both full time and part time roles with flexible working arrangements which include early or late starts to fit around other commitments, shorter working days etc. We would be happy to discuss your own requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements in more detail, should that be of interest.


The Role



Roles and Responsibilities


• Maintain a portfolio of clients and take responsibility for ensuring their tax computations are prepared to a high standard, on a timely basis and finalised and submitted to HMRC within agreed deadlines.
• Oversee the work of assistant managers, providing coaching and technical guidance as part of the overall review process.
• Work with the KPMG local office teams nationally and/or the client directly to understand the requirements at the start of each compliance cycle and ensure that these are reflected in the final computation and return.
• Potential visits to clients/ local offices when appropriate.
• On more complex clients, act as the main point of liaison with the client to obtain additional information if required, feeding back to the tax computation preparers to enable them to provide an updated draft computation for subsequent review.
• Identify and resolve technical issues, preparing technical analysis and involving specialists as appropriate to prepare or review analysis.
• Carry out a full manager review of computations and other deliverables prior to sending to clients and HMRC.
• Provide advice and support to the KPMG local office team and/or client, as requested, including for example providing assistance in the drafting of responses to HMRC correspondence and preparing tax accounting disclosures.
• Develop and maintain relationships and liaise with KPMG local office teams and our offshore partners.
• Work with client administrators to ensure client administration and risk procedures are completed appropriately, liaising with KPMG local office teams as needed.
• Identify opportunities to identify additional services that the client may need and liaise with subject specialists.
• Follow KPMG best practice and policy.


The Person



Qualifications and Skills


We welcome applications from those qualified by experience, as well as ATT / CTA / ACA or equivalent qualifications.


Experience and Background


• Experience of manager level review of corporate tax computations and returns, including client liaison through the compliance process.
• Ability to identify and resolve technical issues, or escalate as appropriate.
• Experience of specific technical areas including: complex capital versus revenue treatment; pension scheme and share scheme adjustments; group relief; basic transfer pricing; UK GAAP tax accounting for groups.
• Awareness (experience preferred) of technical areas including: controlled foreign companies and worldwide debt calculations.
• Strong interpersonal skills with experience of managing and / or coaching junior staff, in addition to strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent team work, management and organisational skills, including monitoring timetables and budgets.
• Proficient user of Alphatax (or similar tax software).