Location – London (open to flexible working)
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 CM&A team has over 20 individuals focussed on delivering high quality transaction tax services to 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.
This role requires an experienced transaction tax operative who is comfortable leading a range of tax due diligence, both buy side and sell side, and tax structuring assignments. The role will require working closely with other members of the team including tax specialist colleagues in VAT, Employment Taxes etc and with colleagues in Transaction Services.
The role requires technical excellence as well as the ability to think commercially and to communicate tax technical issues to various stakeholders.
Key responsibilities
- 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 anticipate, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the transaction service provided, and maintain 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
- An in depth, up to date, knowledge of taxation with specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues arising on transactions
- Demonstrable relevant transactions experience
- Project and staff management experience
- Ability to develop client relationships and to sell new services to existing clients
- 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
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