Slough
Were working with a highly regarded, mid-market accountancy and business advisory firm to recruit a Tax Manager with a strong interest in M&A and transactions tax. This is a superb opportunity for someone who enjoys deal work and wants more variety, ownership and progression. Skills, Experience, Qualifications, If you have the right match for this opportunity, then make sure to apply today. Youll join an established corporate tax team that works together with an award-winning Corporate Finance and transaction diligence practice, supporting a diverse client base across a wide range of sectors. The opportunity Youll be part of a successful tax team that has advised on numerous high-profile and mid-market transactions, including: • Acquisitions and disposals, • Management buyouts (MBOs) and private equitybacked deals, • Group reorganisations and demergers, • Tech and data-led businesses, • University spinouts and R&D-heavy companies, • More traditional industrials, services and consumer businessesKey responsibilities, • Lead or play a key role in tax due diligence assignments for buy-side and sell-side transactions., • Advise on transaction structuring, including tax-efficient acquisition and disposal structures., • Support on international tax aspects where relevant, working alongside internal specialists., • Advise on employment-related securities and other transaction-linked tax issues as required., • Work closely with the firms Corporate Finance and transaction diligence teams, as well as other tax specialists (e.g. VAT, employment tax)., • Build strong relationships with management teams, private equity houses and other stakeholders, explaining complex tax issues in a clear, commercial way., • Qualifications:, • ACA or CTA qualified (or equivalent), with strong corporate tax technical skills., • Experience:, • Solid experience in corporate tax, with demonstrable exposure to transactions tax (M&A, due diligence, structuring or PE-backed work)., • Brand is less important than capability and attitude. Experience can be from Big 4, Top 10 or strong mid-tier/regional firms, • Mindset & personality:, • Genuinely comfortable with the pace and peaks/troughs of deal work quiet periods followed by urgent deadlines., • Commercial, pragmatic and able to tailor advice to owner-managers, PE investors and corporates alike., • A clear, confident communicator who is comfortable dealing with stakeholders at all levels., • Team player:, • Enjoy collaborating with corporate finance, other tax specialists and wider teams across offices., • Eligibility:, • Hybrid working once probation is passed typically 23 days a week in the office on average, applied flexibly depending on workload., • During the first three months, they expect you to be in the office most days to build relationships and learn the deal processes., • Occasional travel between offices to work with colleagues and clients., • Large enough to have specialist teams (employment tax, VAT, corporate finance, restructuring, etc.) and to run firm-wide events., • Small enough that you are known by name, can make a visible impact, and dont feel like a tiny cog in a huge machine., • Friendly, supportive environment., • Good worklife balance, even in transactions this is not a culture of routine late nights and weekends., • Strong retention once people join, they tend to stay. xrnqpay, • Clear career progression, with genuine scope to move from Manager to Senior Manager for the right individual.Other benefits, • Discretionary annual bonus based on contribution and going above and beyond
