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Indirect Tax Assistant Manager

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax, 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.


KPMG has one of the leading Indirect Tax practices in the UK. We work as a national practice providing advice and support in all aspects of Indirect Tax (VAT, Customs Duty, Green taxes) to a broad range of business sectors including large multi-nationals, household name retailers and public sector organisations.

The Indirect Tax practice is a fast-growing and dynamic business, currently with 13 partners and approximately 186 professional staff located across the UK. We work to support our portfolio of clients with a variety of Indirect tax issues. Within the team we have specialists in sectors such as Retail, Supply Chain, International Trade, alongside our Public Sector specialisms. We work closely with our colleagues in Trade & Customs, Corporate and Employment tax to deliver value to KPMG’s clients.

The role in question is with the Indirect tax team.

Roles and Responsibilities

You will be a key member of our Team:
• Providing high quality Indirect Tax advisory services on a broad range of indirect tax issues to a range of corporate clients;
• Maintaining, developing and managing KPMG’s strong relationships with clients;
• Developing innovative solutions and opportunities for our clients;
• Assisting in the implementation of business development initiatives;
• Providing sales support, developing, building and maintaining key B2B and B2C client relationships
• Developing more junior members of the team from both a technical and commercial perspective;
• Working closely with senior managers, directors and partners who will provide you with the support and opportunities to assist you in realising your full potential.


Qualifications and Skills

• ACA, CTA or Qualified Solicitor or equivalent, and significant relevant experience with Indirect Taxes

Experience and Background

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who would like to be part of a successful and growing team. You should be someone who:
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for their work;
• Is driven and committed;
• Is ambitious and motivated to grow personally;
• Seeks out feedback and development opportunities; Identifies and pursues business opportunities;
• Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work
• Continuously learns from experiences. Seeks out feedback and development opportunities
• Gives clear directions, positive and constructive feedback. Coaches less experienced staff
• Works in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues, clients and the wider community
• Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information
• 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
• Monitors and upholds high quality of service and products to clients (internal and external)

KPMG's Indirect Tax practice is a dynamic and fast growing area within our tax business. A constantly changing and increasingly significant field, the Indirect Tax team helps clients manage the complexity of their Indirect taxes – whether the impact of VAT flows on cashflow, the impact of Brexit on Customs Duties and VAT or the impact that the liability of indirect taxes or the classification or value for Customs duty has on the margins that businesses can achieve on their products, Indirect taxes have a material impact on our clients bottom line and we make a meaningful difference to them by helping them.. The practice has a diverse mix of tax professionals, accountants, lawyers and trade and customs specialists with backgrounds from industry, practice and HM Revenue and Customs.

Job Description

Location of roles are nationwide.

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 have a significant growth plan over the next three years and in order to support this we are looking to recruit motivated individuals with a commercial edge who are seeking a real challenge, at Director or Associate Partner level across our tax & legal national markets business, to build on our successes to date and help us achieve our growth targets.

Our growth areas' include:

Indirect Tax
Private Client
Legal Services
Corporate Tax
Tax Reward
Deal Advisory
People Services

Joining KPMG means joining a talented team of exceptional colleagues who bring innovative thoughts and a natural curiosity to the work they do each day. No one type of person succeeds at KPMG; a diverse business requires diverse personalities, characters and perspectives. There really is a place for you here.

Key Deliverables:

You will be required to work within the National Markets team to accelerate the growth of our business. Specifically key aspects will be to:

• Build an internal network within the wider tax and advisory practices of our firm
• Be confident interacting at the most senior levels internally and externally, while at the same time able to interact well with peers and other more junior members of the team.
• Set the standard for insight and opinions delivered to the client - knowledgeable on both client business issues and KPMG solutions, and can match both effectively through assimilation.
• Positive and enthusiastic manner in dealing with a cross section of people.
• Strong resilience to enable flexibility in approach and ability to work under pressure.
• Effective networker with ability to understand client needs
• Lead business development initiatives and pitch for work with both new and existing clients, potentially both domestically and internationally.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to quickly adapt to a range of situations and audiences from both written and oral perspective.
• Strong attention to detail, to enable you to review complex technical problems, whilst maintaining an overall strategic and customer service focused perspective, for all deliverables we produce for our clients
• Excellent internal networking skills with the ability to confidently and knowledgably communicate with other Managers, Senior Managers, Directors and Partners within our professional services environment.
• Strong business development and client facing skills with a proven history of being able to identify opportunities and convert them to commercial projects.
• Excellent project management skills and an ability to manage your own workload, as well the workloads of others in your team.

Intelligent Working

Our employees have many varied work schedules to suit their individual needs!

Our intelligent working options range from role sharing and flexible start and finish times, to home working and more informal arrangements agreed within teams.

Check out examples of KPMG employees enjoying different working patterns on our website and please do share your own individual requirements with us.

Indirect Tax Assistant Manager job description
KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax, 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.


KPMG has one of the leading Indirect Tax practices in the UK. We work as a national practice providing advice and support in all aspects of Indirect Tax (VAT, Customs Duty, Green taxes) to a broad range of business sectors including large multi-nationals, household name retailers and public sector organisations.

The Indirect Tax practice is a fast-growing and dynamic business, currently with 13 partners and approximately 186 professional staff located across the UK. We work to support our portfolio of clients with a variety of Indirect tax issues. Within the team we have specialists in sectors such as Retail, Supply Chain, International Trade, alongside our Public Sector specialisms. We work closely with our colleagues in Trade & Customs, Corporate and Employment tax to deliver value to KPMG’s clients.

The role in question is with the Indirect tax team based in Reading.

Roles and Responsibilities
You will be a key member of our Team:
• Providing high quality Indirect Tax advisory services on a broad range of indirect tax issues to a range of corporate clients;
• Assisting with maintaining, developing and managing KPMG’s strong relationships with clients;
• Developing innovative solutions and opportunities for our clients;
• Assisting in the implementation of business development initiatives;
• Providing sales support, developing, building and maintaining key B2B and B2C client relationships
• Working closely with the leadership team to deliver and manage projects.

Qualifications and Skills
• ACA, CTA and/or
• Relevant experience with Indirect Taxes, obtained either within another advisory practice or within industry or at a senior level with HMRC.

Experience and Background
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who would like to be part of a successful and growing team. You should be someone who:
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for their work;
• Is driven and committed;
• Is ambitious and motivated to grow personally;
• Seeks out feedback and development opportunities; Identifies and pursues business opportunities;
• Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work
• Continuously learns from experiences. Seeks out feedback and development opportunities
• Works in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues, clients and the wider community
• Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information
• 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
• Monitors and upholds high quality of service and products to clients (internal and external)

Indirect Tax Assistant Manager

Job Description
KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax, 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.


KPMG has one of the leading Indirect Tax practices in the UK. We work as a national practice providing advice and support in all aspects of Indirect Tax (VAT, Customs Duty, Green taxes) to a broad range of business sectors including large multi-nationals, household name retailers and public sector organisations.

The Indirect Tax practice is a fast-growing and dynamic business, currently with 13 partners and approximately 186 professional staff located across the UK. We work to support our portfolio of clients with a variety of Indirect tax issues. Within the team we have specialists in sectors such as Retail, Supply Chain, International Trade, alongside our Public Sector specialisms. We work closely with our colleagues in Trade & Customs, Corporate and Employment tax to deliver value to KPMG’s clients.

The role in question is with the Indirect tax team.

Roles and Responsibilities
You will be a key member of our Team:
• Providing high quality Indirect Tax advisory services on a broad range of indirect tax issues to a range of corporate clients;
• Maintaining, developing and managing KPMG’s strong relationships with clients;
• Developing innovative solutions and opportunities for our clients;
• Assisting in the implementation of business development initiatives;
• Providing sales support, developing, building and maintaining key B2B and B2C client relationships
• Developing more junior members of the team from both a technical and commercial perspective;
• Working closely with directors and partners to deliver and manage projects.


Qualifications and Skills
• ACA, CTA or Qualified Solicitor and/or
• Significant relevant experience with Indirect Taxes, obtained either within another advisory practice or within industry or with HMRC.

Experience and Background
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who would like to be part of a successful and growing team. You should be someone who:
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for their work;
• Is driven and committed;
• Is ambitious and motivated to grow personally;
• Seeks out feedback and development opportunities; Identifies and pursues business opportunities;
• Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work
• Continuously learns from experiences. Seeks out feedback and development opportunities
• Gives clear directions, positive and constructive feedback. Coaches less experienced staff
• Works in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues, clients and the wider community
• Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information
• 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
• Monitors and upholds high quality of service and products to clients (internal and external)

KPMG has one of the leading Indirect Tax practices in the UK. We work as a national practice providing advice and support in all aspects of Indirect Tax (VAT, Customs Duty, Green taxes) to a broad range of business sectors including large multi-nationals, household name retailers and public sector organisations.

The Indirect Tax practice is a fast-growing and dynamic business, currently with 13 partners and approximately 186 professional staff located across the UK. We work to support our portfolio of clients with a variety of Indirect tax issues. Within the team we have specialists in sectors such as Retail, Supply Chain, International Trade, alongside our Public Sector specialisms. We work closely with our colleagues in Trade & Customs, Corporate and Employment tax to deliver value to KPMG’s clients.

The role in question is with the Indirect tax team.


Roles and Responsibilities

You will be a key member of our Team:

- Providing high quality Indirect Tax advisory services on a broad range of indirect tax issues to a range of clients;

- Maintaining, developing and managing KPMG’s strong relationships with clients;

- Developing innovative solutions and opportunities for our clients;

- Implementation of business development initiatives;

- Providing sales support, developing, building and maintaining key client relationships

- Developing more junior members of the team from both a technical and commercial perspective;

- Working closely with directors and partners who will provide you with the support and opportunities to assist you in realising your full potential.


Qualifications and Skills

ACA, CTA or Qualified Solicitor and significant relevant experience with Indirect Taxes


Experience and Background

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who would like to be part of a successful and growing team. You should be someone who:

- Takes personal responsibility and accountability for their work;

- Is driven and committed;

- Is ambitious and motivated to grow personally;

- Seeks out feedback and development opportunities; Identifies and pursues business opportunities;

- Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work

- Continuously learns from experiences. Seeks out feedback and development opportunities

- Gives clear directions, positive and constructive feedback. Coaches less experienced staff

- Works in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues, clients and the wider community

- Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information

- 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

- Monitors and upholds high quality of service and products to clients (internal and external)