Job Overview
Location: London & Other locations. Capability: Tax & Law. Service line: FS CTAC. Experience level: Manager. Employment type: Full Time or Part Time. Contract type: Permanent.
The KPMG Alternatives team provides high-quality and impactful tax advisory and compliance services to the Alternative Investment Fund sector, which includes private equity, hedge funds, credit funds and real estate funds. Due to our ongoing growth, we have a number of job openings for exceptional candidates. This posting is for a role focused on Real Estate tax and would be well suited to a driven and motivated candidate with experience in Real Estate or Alternative Investment Funds sector, or someone with a keen interest in developing this as a specialism.
We would also like to hear from candidates who have experience of working in a tax team covering Real Estate.
Key Responsibilities
As a Manager, your responsibilities will include:
- Managing the delivery of tax advice on a wide range of UK and international tax matters relevant to the Real Estate sector, including UK corporation tax and partnership tax matters.
- Reviewing work prepared by team members and undertaking detailed technical research of legislation, case law and HMRC manuals.
- Owning the corporation tax and partnership tax process from end-to-end, including reviewing drafts that have been prepared by team members.
- Managing, coaching and supporting other members of the team, on both technical and people matters.
- Running client meetings and calls.
- Interacting with HMRC, including by telephone and letter.
- Maintaining a portfolio of clients with whom you will build long‑term trusted client relationships.
- Ensuring that their tax advisory and tax compliance needs are met, including pro‑actively bringing relevant tax developments to their attention.
- Working collaboratively with other members of the Alternatives team in the UK, as well as with other KPMG offices globally.
- Adapting your style and approach when needed in order to achieve the best possible outcome.
- Driving business development initiatives for the team.
Relevant Skills and Experience
- Qualified as a Chartered Accountant (CA or ACA), Chartered Tax Advisor or solicitor (or international equivalent).
- Career drive to develop a specialism in Real Estate taxation and to be part of a fast‑growing, high‑performing Alternatives tax team.
- Positive approach to personal development and motivation for progression to Senior Manager grade and beyond, as your experience and knowledge develops.
- Track record of managing the delivery of high‑quality corporate tax advisory and compliance services to clients.
- Experience in the Real Estate or Alternative Investment Funds sector is preferred, but this is not essential.
- Ability to take day‑to‑day leadership of delivery team, including supporting them with managing competing deadlines and communicating effectively with colleagues and clients, including when under pressure.
- Strong level of UK corporation tax knowledge and the ability to communicate complex rules and ideas in a simple way, both verbally and in writing.
- Delivers written work to a consistently high standard, with a strong attention to detail.
Benefits & Flexible Working
We offer flexible (hybrid) working, competitive remuneration, and exceptional coaching and developmental opportunities. You will benefit from the opportunity to continuously develop your tax technical, client relationship and people management skills, in an environment which is both supportive and stimulating. We offer both full‑time and part‑time roles with flexible working arrangements which can include early or late starts to fit around other commitments, shorter working days and seasonal working arrangements. We would be happy to discuss your own requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements in more detail, should that be of interest.
Diversity & Inclusion
To get the very best outcomes for our clients and our communities, we want different perspectives and diversity of thought. We believe that gender, race or background shouldn't limit anyone's career potential and so we're working hard to recruit and retain people that represent the world we want to work in. We back this up with targets for inclusion, diversity and social equality and we'll hold ourselves accountable to them.
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