Tax Manager - M&A (Transactions Advisory)
10 days ago
Reading
We’re 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. You’ll 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 You’ll 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 equity–backed deals, • Group reorganisations and demergers, • Tech and data-led businesses, • University spinouts and R&D-heavy companies, • More traditional industrials, services and consumer businesses Key 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 firm’s 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., • Contribute to training, coaching, and developing junior team members. What we’re looking for We’re open on title – the firm can hire from Assistant Manager through to Senior Manager and will flex the role to the right person: • 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 2–3 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 don’t feel like a tiny cog in a huge machine., • Friendly, supportive environment., • Good work–life balance, even in transactions – this is not a culture of routine late nights and weekends., • Strong retention – once people join, they tend to stay., • 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