Tax Assistant Manager - Corporate Tax Advisory 1

Location: Aberdeen

Capability: Tax & Law

Experience Level: Associate/Assistant Manager

Type: Full Time

Service Line: UK Int & Complex (UK)

Contract type: Permanent

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The Team

KPMG's Tax practice is a dynamic and successful area of our business. A constantly changing and increasingly high-profile field, Tax offers a broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people.

Our Corporate Tax department is a fast-growing part of our Tax practice with a diverse client base ranging from PE-backed and privately held businesses through to some of the largest UK and globally listed multinationals.

Working in our Corporate Tax department will give you the opportunity to develop relationships with clients as you help with advice on a wide range of UK and international corporate tax advisory projects and work with our compliance specialists to manage our clients’ tax compliance processes.

The Role

We are currently looking to recruit an Assistant Manager to join our Corporate Tax Advisory team in Scotland and be based out of our Aberdeen offices.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will have the motivation to develop their tax technical and client relationship skills. The role is fast moving and varied. The core responsibilities will include:

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  Being the principal contact on a portfolio of clients on day-to-day tax matters and working with Senior Managers and Managers on our largest client accounts.
• Supporting on tax advisory projects across a client portfolio. Expect to be advising on group reorganisations, tax due diligence, financing, international tax, tax reporting and tax governance.
• Ensuring our clients are kept up to date with emerging corporate and wider tax developments impacting their business.
• Working with our other service lines to deliver expertise to the local market.
• Responding appropriately to requests from our clients for other KPMG services.
• Managing the tax compliance process, working closely with our delivery team in KPMG’s Tax Centre of Excellence.
• Supervising the work of junior members of staff and providing coaching to support their development.
• Assisting our Managers and Senior Managers with client account management, including complying with appropriate risk management procedures and financial management
• Support the leadership with business development opportunities.

Qualifications and Skills

• Ideally CTA / ACA / ACCA qualified (or equivalent).
• Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work.
• Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent, and clear.

Experience and Background

• Prior Corporate Tax experience preferred.
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work.
• Identifies and pursues business opportunities.
• Continuously learns from experiences.
• Seeks out feedback and development opportunities.
• Gives clear directions, positive and constructive feedback.
• Coaches less experienced staff.
• Works in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues, clients, and the wider community.
• Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates, and integrates information.
• Builds the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowledge, and experience
• Monitors and upholds high quality of service and products to clients (internal and external).

The issues surrounding tax and legal services are constantly evolving, both locally and globally. Which is why you'll find life at KPMG both intellectually stimulating and rewarding. There's also the scale and breadth of what we do – our services span specialisms such as Corporate and Indirect Tax; Expatriate and Private Client Personal Tax compliance and advice; and KPMG Law.