Corporate and M&A Tax Transactions Associate Director

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Overview

The Corporate and M&A team has over 20 individuals focussed on delivering high quality transaction tax services to private equity houses and acquisitive corporates across a range of sectors. The team has a focussed growth plan and your contribution will add to this.

This role of Associate Director (Grade 015) requires an experienced transaction tax operative who is comfortable leading a range of tax due diligence, both buy side and sell side, and tax structuring assignments. The role will require working closely with other members of the team including tax specialist colleagues in VAT, Employment Taxes etc and with colleagues in Transaction Services.

The role requires technical excellence as well as the ability to think commercially and to communicate tax technical issues to various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a variety of tax due diligence and tax structuring projects, working closely with other specialists within the firm and the transaction support team.
• Develop your own network of contacts internally and externally and start winning your own work and cross selling.
• Be responsible for client take on and engagement procedures and managing risks around projects.
• Respond quickly to, as well as anticipating, client requests and needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the transaction service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Input into legal documents and forecast models.
• Be responsible for coaching and developing junior members of staff.
• Contribute to the development of certain key transaction relationships, e.g. key private equity accounts.

Requirements

• An in depth, up to date knowledge of taxation with specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues arising on transactions.
• Demonstrable relevant transactions experience.
• Project and staff management experience.
• Ability to develop client relationships and to sell new services to existing clients.
• Experience of dealing with client senior management and other stakeholders such as legal advisers.
• Educated to degree level and/or CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent.

Benefits

We're committed to agile working and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams and the task at hand. You will have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work and support will be available at every stage of your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Within BDO you'll find programmes, resources and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development, and you'll never stop learning through multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources.

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