International Tax Manager, Financial Services

Join our client as a tax professional and you’ll be helping international and multinational companies align their global tax position with their business strategy, in order to maintain competitive advantage and provide shareholder value.

Our client's Financial Services (FS) Tax practice has a fine reputation for sector expertise and close, trusted adviser relationships across a broad range of FS clients including globally systemic financial institutions and niche new market entrants and disruptors.  The firm's FS practice is run on an EMEIA basis providing market differentiated capability for seamless client service on the Europe-wide tax advisory projects which the market is demanding.

The UK FS International and Transaction Tax Services (ITTS) team comprises 75 professionals, mainly in London but also in Edinburgh and Leeds and combines international tax services (encompassing all technical corporate tax advisory services) with transaction tax services (M&A / deals tax). This team structure, introduced on a global basis in 2019, provides a cross-fertilisation of tax advisory services and provides rich career prospects for those with an aptitude for providing tax advice to the FS market. 

The ITTS team advises a wide range of clients across the Banking, Insurance and Wealth & Asset Management sectors, including having advised on many high-profile transactions and deals reported in the press over the past few years with top FS multinationals. Our client's partners are well known and respected in the market and the work is technically challenging, creative and requires you to work closely with clients’ businesses.


The role                          

This is a period of unprecedented change in the global international tax arena, which is resulting in huge demand in the market for specialised tax advisory services.

Our client has ambitious growth plans in their FS ITTS team. If you’re a manager with an interest in Banking, Insurance and/or Wealth & Asset Management and want to further develop or build on your industry knowledge, you can be certain that as a Tax Manager within our client's team you’ll be joining a group which offers you unrivalled opportunities to work on a broad range of advisory opportunities from smaller inbound clients to huge multinationals.

Our client's global merger of its International Tax and Transaction Tax teams means that ITTS professionals can also advise on the structuring aspects of some of the largest corporate M&A deals and due to this unique structure, they can offer variety and/or specialism. Professionals in our client's team may work across their sub-sectors; Banking, Insurance, Wealth & Asset Management; or may specialise in any one of these.

Key responsibilities

• Contributing to building and maintaining key client relationships by delivering exceptional client service - manage the successful delivery of tax projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical/business driven approach taken.
• Identifying and driving opportunities - use your knowledge gained from other projects, the firm's technical training and knowledge sharing sessions to add input to projects and proposals
• Building your own strong client and internal relationships - develop and use your relationship skills to create your own external and internal networks in the Banking, Insurance or Wealth & Asset Management markets
• Counsel and develop junior staff through delegation and on the job training

Skills and attributes

• Strong tax advisory technical skills
• Client driven and strategically and commercially aware
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.
• Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work
• Strong and motivated team player
• Coaching and developing more junior staff

To qualify for the role, you must have 

• Expertise in international tax
• Any of the following preferred: ACA / CTA / legal qualification or equivalent  
• Previous people management
• Experience of coaching and developing more junior team members
• Experience of working with financial services clients

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Project management skills, plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget 

What our client looks for            

You’ll proactively maintain your technical knowledge by keeping abreast of global developments in UK and international tax concepts and issues so that you can better advise clients.

The types of project you’ll contribute towards may include:

• Expansion into new markets
• Pre-merger reorganisations and post-merger integration
• Organisational structure rationalisation
• Business model redesign 
• Optimisation of capital structure and financing 
• Managing the risk arising from global law change such as BEPS
• Lobbying and negotiation with tax authorities in UK and globally

                                       
In return our client will provide investment in the right sort of training and offer you the opportunities on projects and assignments that will develop and challenge you so that you’re in the best place to further develop as a tax professional.

Whatever the projects and assignments you work on you can be confident that you’re contributing towards helping clients to develop and execute their international tax strategy ensuring technical excellence and providing the highest levels of client service.

Benefits to you               

Our client offers a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Their comprehensive package includes support for flexible working and career development, and you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, they offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

                                       
Our client is committed to being an inclusive employer and they are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. They strive to achieve the right balance for their people, enabling them to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.