Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a portfolio of clients and take responsibility for ensuring their tax computations are prepared to a high standard, on a timely basis and finalized and submitted to HMRC within agreed deadlines.
• Oversee the work of assistant managers, providing coaching and technical guidance as part of the overall review process.
• Work with the KPMG local office teams nationally and/or the client directly to understand the requirements at the start of each compliance cycle and ensure that these are reflected in the final computation and return.
• Potential visits to clients/ local offices when appropriate.
• On more complex clients, act as the main point of liaison with the client to obtain additional information if required, feeding back to the tax computation preparers to enable them to provide an updated draft computation for subsequent review.
• Identify and resolve technical issues, preparing technical analysis and involving specialists as appropriate to prepare or review analysis.
• Carry out a full manager review of computations and other deliverables prior to sending to clients and HMRC.
• Provide advice and support to the KPMG local office team and/or client, as requested, including for example providing assistance in the drafting of responses to HMRC correspondence and preparing tax accounting disclosures.
• Develop and maintain relationships and liaise with KPMG local office teams and our offshore partners.
• Work with client administrators to ensure client administration and risk procedures are completed appropriately, liaising with KPMG local office teams as needed.
• Identify opportunities to identify additional services that the client may need and liaise with subject specialists.
• Follow KPMG best practice and policy.

The Person

Qualifications and Skills:
We welcome applications from those qualified by experience, as well as ATT / CTA / ACA or equivalent qualifications.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Experience of manager level review of corporate tax computations and returns, including client liaison through the compliance process. Ability to identify and resolve technical issues, or escalate as appropriate. Experience of specific technical areas including: complex capital versus revenue treatment; pension scheme and share scheme adjustments; group relief; basic transfer pricing; UK GAAP tax accounting for groups. Awareness (experience preferred) of technical areas including: controlled foreign companies and worldwide debt calculations. Strong interpersonal skills with experience of managing and / or coaching junior staff, in addition to strong oral and written communication skills. Excellent team work, management and organizational skills, including monitoring timetables and budgets. Proficient user of Alphatax (or similar tax software).