Assistant Manager Corporate Tax recruitment

Roles and Responsibilities

For each client, working as a member of the client service team to provide Corporate Tax Compliance and Advisory services including:

- Being the principal contact with smaller clients on day to day tax matters and working with Senior Managers and Managers on larger clients
- Involvement on tax advisory and planning work on client portfolio
- Discussing new tax ideas with clients
- Working with specialists to deliver expertise to the local market
- Responding appropriately to requests from clients for other KPMG services
- Planning compliance work and taking responsibility for managing the process through to submission of tax computations
- Supervising the work of junior members of staff, principally the preparation of tax computations and tax payment advice plus correspondence with the Inland Revenue Reviewing corporation tax computations
- Co-ordinating tax payments, loss relief, capital allowances, group relief and other claims
- Liaising with the client service team and with colleagues in the audit and accounting discipline to provide a co-ordinated service to the client
- Advising the client on the computational treatment of contentious issues Implementing the firm's advice in submitting returns and negotiating with HM Revenue Customs Monitoring the tax compliance position using tax administration software
- Keeping internal control records up to date and ensuring compliance with quality control procedures
- Carrying out tax audits in accordance with terms of reference agreed with the audit team.
- Advising the audit team of potential tax exposure
- Ensuring fees are raised regularly, identifying situations where overruns can be billed and assisting Managers/Senior Managers in billing for advisory work
- Sound knowledge of UK corporate taxation
- Awareness of international tax issues
- Ability to prepare tax computations from basic data using computer packages
- Ability to keep up to date technically
- Sound knowledge of accountancy principles, in particular accounting for tax (including deferred taxation and accounts presentation)
 

Qualifications

- Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work
- Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at 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
- Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear
- 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).