Job Description
A leading Top 5 Accounting Practice is recruiting for a M&A Tax Director to sit within their Corporate & M&A Tax Team based in Central London.
The Transaction Tax team focusses on delivering high quality M&A 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.
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 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
* 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.
About you:
* Experience of leading a variety of tax due diligence and tax structuring projects, working closely with other specialists within the firm and the transaction support team.
* A background of client take on and engagement procedures and managing risks around projects.
* Strong client management experience; responding 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..
* 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
* Educated to degree level and/or CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent