Corporate Tax Senior Manager


Job description

Title: Senior Manager, Corporate Tax Advisory (CTAC)

Location: Manchester (Hybrid working)

Are you a talented Corporate Tax professional looking for a role where you can truly thrive and enjoy your work?

Our dynamic Corporate Tax practice in vibrant Manchester is growing, and we're excited to offer an amazing opportunity for a Senior Manager to join our close-knit team. This role is perfect for someone who loves to lead, innovate, and contribute to a genuinely fun and supportive environment. You'll be instrumental in delivering both essential tax guidance and exciting strategic projects, making a real impact on diverse clients.

You’ll benefit from direct mentorship and strategic guidance from our approachable leadership, all within a culture where collaboration is key and everyone’s contribution is valued. We believe in empowering our people, celebrating successes, and ensuring you have everything you need to grow your career.

Whether you’re a Senior Manager seeking to accelerate your journey or a high-achieving Manager ready for that next big step, this is a chance to lead and inspire in a team that truly enjoys working together.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Building Client Relationships & Delivering Value: Develop strong, lasting relationships with our diverse client base. You'll be their trusted advisor, offering practical and commercially sensible tax advice that supports their goals – from handling day-to-day tax queries to shaping their long-term strategies.
  • Leading Projects with Impact: Guide your team in managing a fantastic variety of engagements. This includes overseeing key tax compliance activities that keep our clients on track, as well as spearheading bespoke advisory projects that help them navigate interesting tax challenges and achieve significant commercial objectives.
  • Innovative Problem-Solving: Apply your deep technical knowledge to deliver creative and effective solutions. You’ll tackle a range of exciting areas such as tax structuring, refinancing considerations, optimizing legal structures, pre/post transaction reorganisations, BEPS Pillar 2 assessments, and guiding clients through tax authority enquiries. You'll be at the forefront of providing innovative solutions in a constantly evolving global tax landscape.
  • Nurturing Our Team & Culture: Play a key role in shaping the future of our Corporate Tax team. This includes smart resource planning and performance coaching, but most importantly, you’ll be a role model for KPMG’s values, fostering an inclusive, positive, and supportive environment where everyone feels empowered and enjoys coming to work. You'll mentor and develop the next generation of tax professionals, helping them build their skills and reach their full potential in an encouraging atmosphere.
  • Growing Our Business Together: Proactively identify and pursue new business opportunities, collaborating closely with our Directors and Partners. This involves contributing to compelling client pitches and spotting innovative ways we can help our clients with their evolving needs.
  • Collaborating Across the Firm: Work seamlessly with specialists in other departments and KPMG offices globally, bringing together diverse expertise to deliver comprehensive and outstanding tax advisory projects for our clients.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

  • Professional Qualifications: ACA, CA, CTA, ACCA or equivalent qualified.
  • Expert Tax Knowledge, Applied Practically: Proven, in-depth corporate tax knowledge, with a passion for continuous learning and applying your expertise to deliver insightful, commercially astute, and pragmatic advice across all aspects of corporate tax.
  • Inspiring Leadership & Team Development: Demonstrated ability to develop, coach, and lead high-performing teams, manage senior stakeholders effectively, and cultivate an inclusive, collaborative, and genuinely supportive team environment.
  • Curious & Analytical Mindset: Highly analytical with a practical, commercial approach to navigating various tax scenarios. You possess an inquisitive mind and meticulous attention to detail, enjoying the process of finding the best solutions.
  • Excellent Client & Project Management: Proven ability to manage multiple projects and client relationships efficiently, demonstrating exceptional communication (interpersonal, oral, and written) and teamwork skills.
  • Positive & Proactive Attitude: A high level of drive, enthusiasm, and a positive, proactive attitude towards identifying and progressing opportunities, always contributing positively to our vibrant team culture.
For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button below.
Back to blog

Other Jobs To Apply

No other job posts for this day.

Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

Many people want to work remotely because of the flexibility it allows. You can work anywhere and at any time of the day...

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

With this question, companies are looking to see what equipment they may need to provide you with and to verify how aware you are of what remote working could mean for you physically and logistically...

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

Several years ago, I was working in a team to plan a big event. My supervisor made us all work as a team before the big day. One of our activities has been to find out how each of us processes information...

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

Or you may receive even more specific questions, such as: What's on your calendar? Do you plan blocks of time to do certain types of work? Do you have an open calendar that everyone can see?...

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

Just like your schedule, how you track files and other information is very important. After all, everything is digital!...

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

The day I watched Marie Forleo's film separating the important from the urgent, my life changed. Not all remote jobs start fast, but most of them are...

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

Just as communication is essential when working remotely, so is organization. Because you won't have those opportunities in the elevator or a casual conversation in the lunchroom, you should take advantage of the little time you have in a video or phone conference...

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

This is a great question because it shows your comfort level with technology, which is very important for a remote worker because you will be working with technology over time...