Corporate Tax – Assistant Manager

Job description

Roles and Responsibilities

The successful applicant will have responsibility for providing corporate tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients. This work would include:

- Working with the tax computation processing team in the management and delivery of tax compliance work
- Monitoring the tax compliance position using tax administration software
- Reviewing corporation tax computations and advising the client on the computational treatment of contentious issues
- Co-ordinating tax payments, loss relief, capital allowances, group relief and other claims
- Being the principal contact with smaller clients on day to day tax matters and working with senior managers and managers on larger clients
- Being involved on tax advisory and planning work on their client portfolio and working with specialists to deliver expertise to the local market
- Responding appropriately to requests from clients for other KPMG services
- Coaching and developing junior members of staff
- Keeping internal control records up to date and ensuring compliance with quality control procedures
- Liaising with the client service team and with colleagues in the audit and accounting discipline to provide a co-ordinated service to the client
- Carrying out tax audits in accordance with terms of reference agreed with the audit team and advising the audit team of potential tax exposure
- Keeping technical knowledge up to date
- Ensuring fees are raised regularly and identifying situations where overruns can be billed and
- Assisting with business development work.

Qualifications and Skills

- CTA, CA, ACA or ACCA or equivalently qualified
- A commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice
- High level analytical skills
- History of developing strong client relationships
- Project co-ordination/management skills and the ability to identify and pursue business opportunities
- Strong inter-personal skills
- High level of drive and enthusiasm with a positive attitude
- Ability and willingness to keep up to date technically and a continuous desire to seek feedback and improve.