The Role
Deal Advisory Tax provides market leading services to both Financial and Corporate investors. Whilst we have teams focused on clients in our three performance groups of Financial Services, Corporates and National Markets, we are a national and connected team, working and learning with each other.
1. Financial Services: We work with private equity, infrastructure, and real estate funds as well as institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds and pension funds. Our clients have UK, European and Global investment strategies.
2. Corporates: We work alongside some of the most forward-thinking FTSE 100 and 250 businesses, supporting them with strategic acquisitions, carve outs, de-mergers, disposals, and joint ventures both in the UK and cross-border.
3. National Markets: We work across the UK with mid-market corporates and PE funds, looking to invest across key UK sectors to grow our local economies.
The Deal Advisory Tax team provides advisory services across the whole deal spectrum including buy-side due diligence and structuring, sell-side vendor assist and vendor due diligence, refinancing and listing support. Deal sizes can be anywhere from £10m to +£10bn – we work with a variety of clients and on a variety of deals.
We help our clients understand historical tax issues and structure transactions, with a continuous focus on maximising value throughout the investment cycle. Working collaboratively across the KPMG network, our work often involve advice on multiple countries, taxes, and work streams.
Key Responsibilities
4. Work closely with Partners and/ or Directors on complex transactions to deliver exceptional advice and service
5. Support in the pursuit of new opportunities, working on proposals and joining pitches
6. Develop and maintain client relationships alongside Deal Advisory
7. Be a key KPMG point of contact for clients, legal advisers, and other KPMG teams to facilitate effective delivery
8. Coach and develop colleagues, collaborate with peers and be constantly learning
9. Prepare/ oversee detailed technical advice covering a range of UK and international tax issues
10. Perform/ oversee detailed analysis of tax related documents/ data, highlighting key issues and articulating the commercial impact of these to the client
11. Collaborate with other UK and overseas tax specialists, critically analysing and challenging their input
12. Demonstrate up-to-date tax technical knowledge in respect of key UK and OECD developments
13. Understand financial models from a tax perspective
14. Input on Deal Advisory Tax thought leadership
The Person
C Grade
15. Qualified CTA or ACA/ CA or equivalentAmbitious, enthusiastic and a keen interest in working on transactionsStrong interpersonal skillsStrong oral and written communication skillsStrong UK corporate tax knowledge and good awareness of other tax and accounting mattersStrong analytical skills, curious and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing adviceStrong project management skills, including ability to work as part of a team and to show initiative to drive projects forward Ability to build relationships with clients and other stakeholdersAbility to coach colleagues Good Excel and PowerPoint skills]]
Intelligent Working
While some of KPMG’s client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, in Deal Advisory Tax we are supportive of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands. We are happy to discuss individual requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements could be of interest. Furthermore, as part of the recruitment process, we can put you in touch with people who work flexibly so you can understand from them what our culture is like.