Location – London
Our client’s Tax team thrives on keeping busy. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across the firm to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients’ evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you’re after a career that will keep you on your toes, they’ll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward.
The role
The Transaction Tax team is focussed on delivering high quality transaction tax services to mid market private equity houses and acquisitive corporates across a range of sectors. The team has a focussed growth plan and your contribution will add to this. It also offers the opportunity for rapid progression.
Our client is looking for motivated individuals who already have some transaction experience, or are keen to gain the experience. The individual will gain exposure to a variety of transactions, buy side, sell side, tax due diligence and structuring. The role will require working closely with other members of the team including tax specialist colleagues in VAT, Employment Taxes, Transaction Services and international teams.
Key responsibilities
The role requires technical excellence as well as the ability to think commercially and to communicate tax technical issues to various stakeholders. You’ll also:
- Help to lead a variety of tax due diligence and tax structuring projects, working closely with other specialists within the firm and the transaction support team.
- Develop your own network of contacts internally and externally and start winning own work and cross selling.
- Be responsible for client take on and engagement procedures and managing risks around projects.
- Respond quickly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the transaction service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients and internal stakeholders.
- Input into legal documents and forecast models.
- Be responsible for coaching and developing junior members of staff.
- Contribute to the development of certain key transaction relationships, e.g. key private equity accounts.
Skills and attributes
When you join our client, they’ll make your growth their priority. If you can demonstrate the following skills, they can help you go far. They’re looking for someone with:
- Transaction experience is not a pre-requisite, but any historical involvement in transactions is helpful
- An in depth, up to date, knowledge of UK taxation and the ability to deal with complex tax issues arising on transactions
- Project and staff management experience
- Ability to develop client relationships and identify new opportunities to provide services to existing clients
- Some experience of dealing with client senior management and other stakeholders such as legal advisers
- Educated to degree level and/or CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent
Benefits to you
Our client believes that when people feel valued and rewarded, their potential is unlimited. They offer highly competitive starting salaries and review remuneration packages regularly to ensure that pay always positively reflects performance. As well offering support with tuition and professional qualifications, they also provide the following benefits, as standard:
- 28 days’ holiday
- Access to a personal pension scheme, with matched employer contributions
- Life assurance cover and income protection insurance.
That’s not all. Our client understands that everyone is different, so they offer a range of voluntary benefits to suit every lifestyle. Their flexible benefits platform means people can choose from a range of tax efficient options to design a benefit package that best suits them. They can:
- Buy up to ten days’ extra holiday
- Add on private medical, personal accident, dental insurance or travel insurance
- Enrol in the firm’s Bike to Work scheme
- Enjoy discounts off cinemas, dining, and gyms
- Receive an interest free season ticket loan or interest free graduate loan
- Access childcare vouchers
- Take an online health assessment and utilise the firm’s employee assistance programme.
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