M&A Tax Director

An incredible Director opportunity within Deals Tax, for someone ambitious to achieve partnership on a timely and measurable basis.

The Deal Advisory Tax team provides advisory services across the whole deal spectrum including buy-side due diligence and structuring, sell-side vendor assist and vendor due diligence, refinancing and listing support. Deal sizes can be anywhere from £10m to more than £10bn.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex transactions to deliver exceptional advice and service.
• Lead the pursuit of new opportunities, working on proposals and joining pitches.
• Develop and maintain client relationships alongside Deal Advisory
• Be a key point of contact for clients, legal advisers, and other internal teams to facilitate effective delivery.
• Coach and develop colleagues, collaborate with peers and be constantly learning.
• Prepare/ oversee detailed technical advice covering a range of UK and international tax issues.
• Perform/ oversee detailed analysis of tax related documents/ data, highlighting key issues and articulating the commercial impact of these to the client.
• Collaborate with other UK and overseas tax specialists, critically analysing and challenging their input.
• Demonstrate up-to-date tax technical knowledge in respect of key UK and OECD developments.
• Understand financial models from a tax perspective.
• Input on Deal Advisory Tax thought leadership

The Person

• CTA or ACA/ CA or equivalent
• Ambitious, enthusiastic and a keen interest in working on transactions.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong UK corporate tax knowledge and awareness of other tax and accounting matters
• Strong analytical skills, curious and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice.
• Excellent project management skills, including ability to work as part of a team and to show initiative to drive projects forward.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with clients and other stakeholders.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates