Big 4 Opportunity Alert! A top Financial Investors Indirect Tax team are looking to recruit a high-calibre individual at the Associate Director level. This is an amazing opportunity to get involved with high-profile clients and expand your horizons. The team sits within the Indirect Tax group and primarily works alongside the Financial Investors Tax team, one of the most dynamic and fast-growing areas of the business. The team advises across all aspects of VAT for financial investor clients, working on the highest value private equity and real estate transactions in the UK and Europe. Duties: Leading the VAT input on our largest transaction support engagements, including buy-side support, sell-side support, carve-outs, and reorganization/restructuring. Providing end-to-end VAT advice for our clients, the transactions they are involved in, and their portfolios of investee businesses. Advising private capital businesses on their VAT recovery position, new fund structure, and day-to-day compliance issues. Advising and supporting various holding structures in managing recovery of VAT on deal costs. Reviewing various contracts/agreements and advising on the UK VAT issues that impact commercial decisions. Leading teams day-to-day on client engagements (likely to be a balance of transaction projects and advisory work). Assisting with deepening relationships with clients and targets, contributing to winning new work. Assisting with developing Analysts and Consultants with hands-on advice and support. Input into the development of new market opportunities locally, nationally, and internationally with an opportunity to lead the market development of new ideas. Working closely with colleagues in other parts of the firm. Helping to shape the culture and goals of the team, ensuring it remains a great place to work. Having a broader perspective of potential issues encountered when managing diverse teams and the strategies to overcome them; having a clear understanding of the firm's commitment to creating a more inclusive culture. Candidate: Relevant experience either in practice, industry, or with HMRC. Excellent client-facing, relationship-building, and business development skills, coupled with commercial awareness. The ability to be proactive, identify opportunities, take early responsibility, and lead project teams. If you're interested in exploring this opportunity further, please apply directly or drop me an email with your full CV to: If this job isn't quite right for you, but you know someone who would be great at this role, why not take advantage of our referral scheme? We offer £200 in shopping vouchers for every referred candidate who we place in a role. Terms & Conditions Apply.
Jun 19, 2025
Full time
Big 4 Opportunity Alert! A top Financial Investors Indirect Tax team are looking to recruit a high-calibre individual at the Associate Director level. This is an amazing opportunity to get involved with high-profile clients and expand your horizons. The team sits within the Indirect Tax group and primarily works alongside the Financial Investors Tax team, one of the most dynamic and fast-growing areas of the business. The team advises across all aspects of VAT for financial investor clients, working on the highest value private equity and real estate transactions in the UK and Europe. Duties: Leading the VAT input on our largest transaction support engagements, including buy-side support, sell-side support, carve-outs, and reorganization/restructuring. Providing end-to-end VAT advice for our clients, the transactions they are involved in, and their portfolios of investee businesses. Advising private capital businesses on their VAT recovery position, new fund structure, and day-to-day compliance issues. Advising and supporting various holding structures in managing recovery of VAT on deal costs. Reviewing various contracts/agreements and advising on the UK VAT issues that impact commercial decisions. Leading teams day-to-day on client engagements (likely to be a balance of transaction projects and advisory work). Assisting with deepening relationships with clients and targets, contributing to winning new work. Assisting with developing Analysts and Consultants with hands-on advice and support. Input into the development of new market opportunities locally, nationally, and internationally with an opportunity to lead the market development of new ideas. Working closely with colleagues in other parts of the firm. Helping to shape the culture and goals of the team, ensuring it remains a great place to work. Having a broader perspective of potential issues encountered when managing diverse teams and the strategies to overcome them; having a clear understanding of the firm's commitment to creating a more inclusive culture. Candidate: Relevant experience either in practice, industry, or with HMRC. Excellent client-facing, relationship-building, and business development skills, coupled with commercial awareness. The ability to be proactive, identify opportunities, take early responsibility, and lead project teams. If you're interested in exploring this opportunity further, please apply directly or drop me an email with your full CV to: If this job isn't quite right for you, but you know someone who would be great at this role, why not take advantage of our referral scheme? We offer £200 in shopping vouchers for every referred candidate who we place in a role. Terms & Conditions Apply.
The Associate Director - Group Finance is a senior leadership position responsible for the leadership of the Group finance function and the delivery of the internal and external financial reporting obligations of a leading property developer in London. This is a key role which requires strong accounting technical expertise, a collaborative working style, and the ability to provide accounting guidance and support across the business. The individual in this role will be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting to various stakeholders, managing external audits, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and providing accounting expertise on strategic projects. In addition. The role will be responsible for leading the design, implementation and monitoring of internal controls across the finance function What you'll do: Oversee a diverse team of approximately 15 people (4 direct reports), providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of accurate and timely financial reporting Develop and implement financial policies, and procedures to support the overall goals and objectives of the Group. Lead the Group finance team on the preparation of the consolidated financial statements, ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards (e.g., IFRS) and regulatory requirements. Lead an internal controls team to design, implement and monitor the Group's internal controls across the finance function. Ensure accurate and timely internal and external financial reporting, specifically quarterly shareholder reporting, and half year and annual bond holder reporting. Drive improvements in the efficiency of the financial close process. Provide technical accounting expertise and guidance and support to the business on complex accounting issues that arise from transaction/investment activities, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and best practices. Stay updated with Real Estate industry trends and economic developments and monitor changes in accounting regulations and standards, assess their impact on financial reporting, and implement necessary changes. Draft accounting papers supporting the Group's approach for key estimates and judgements and proactively engaging with the external auditors where appropriate to ensure timely resolution of issues. Draft Audit Committee reporting on relevant topics as the need arises. Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including the commercial and business segment finance teams, legal, and tax departments, to ensure alignment and collaboration on reporting matters. Manage the internal and external audit process and coordinate with auditors to ensure a smooth and efficient audit of the Group's consolidated accounts and resolution of internal audit actions. Lead and manage the Group finance team, providing guidance, training, and performance evaluations to ensure a high level of engagement, development and quality of delivery What you bring: Accountant (ACA/ACCA) with significant (+7 years) post experience. Proven experience (minimum 4 years) of industry experience in finance leadership roles, preferably in a group-level finance function. Experience in leading the financial close for complex Groups and implementing change to improve the efficiency of the close process. Proven ability to implement improvements to internal controls and processes including through the use of technology solutions. Experience of Sox controls and working with internal audit would be an advantage. Strong knowledge of financial accounting principles, financial analysis techniques, and financial reporting standards. A strong understanding of treasury (debt and financial instrument) accounting is essential. Proven ability in managing the external and internal audit relationships and in driving an improved audit process. A track record of leading and developing a finance team, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Proficiency in using financial software and ERP systems. Experience with Yardi would be a significant advantage but not essential. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions and prioritize tasks effectively. Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance standards and experience of writing the front half of financial statements including sustainability and risk reporting narrative disclosures. Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates
Feb 20, 2025
Full time
The Associate Director - Group Finance is a senior leadership position responsible for the leadership of the Group finance function and the delivery of the internal and external financial reporting obligations of a leading property developer in London. This is a key role which requires strong accounting technical expertise, a collaborative working style, and the ability to provide accounting guidance and support across the business. The individual in this role will be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting to various stakeholders, managing external audits, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and providing accounting expertise on strategic projects. In addition. The role will be responsible for leading the design, implementation and monitoring of internal controls across the finance function What you'll do: Oversee a diverse team of approximately 15 people (4 direct reports), providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of accurate and timely financial reporting Develop and implement financial policies, and procedures to support the overall goals and objectives of the Group. Lead the Group finance team on the preparation of the consolidated financial statements, ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards (e.g., IFRS) and regulatory requirements. Lead an internal controls team to design, implement and monitor the Group's internal controls across the finance function. Ensure accurate and timely internal and external financial reporting, specifically quarterly shareholder reporting, and half year and annual bond holder reporting. Drive improvements in the efficiency of the financial close process. Provide technical accounting expertise and guidance and support to the business on complex accounting issues that arise from transaction/investment activities, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and best practices. Stay updated with Real Estate industry trends and economic developments and monitor changes in accounting regulations and standards, assess their impact on financial reporting, and implement necessary changes. Draft accounting papers supporting the Group's approach for key estimates and judgements and proactively engaging with the external auditors where appropriate to ensure timely resolution of issues. Draft Audit Committee reporting on relevant topics as the need arises. Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including the commercial and business segment finance teams, legal, and tax departments, to ensure alignment and collaboration on reporting matters. Manage the internal and external audit process and coordinate with auditors to ensure a smooth and efficient audit of the Group's consolidated accounts and resolution of internal audit actions. Lead and manage the Group finance team, providing guidance, training, and performance evaluations to ensure a high level of engagement, development and quality of delivery What you bring: Accountant (ACA/ACCA) with significant (+7 years) post experience. Proven experience (minimum 4 years) of industry experience in finance leadership roles, preferably in a group-level finance function. Experience in leading the financial close for complex Groups and implementing change to improve the efficiency of the close process. Proven ability to implement improvements to internal controls and processes including through the use of technology solutions. Experience of Sox controls and working with internal audit would be an advantage. Strong knowledge of financial accounting principles, financial analysis techniques, and financial reporting standards. A strong understanding of treasury (debt and financial instrument) accounting is essential. Proven ability in managing the external and internal audit relationships and in driving an improved audit process. A track record of leading and developing a finance team, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Proficiency in using financial software and ERP systems. Experience with Yardi would be a significant advantage but not essential. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions and prioritize tasks effectively. Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance standards and experience of writing the front half of financial statements including sustainability and risk reporting narrative disclosures. Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates
Real Estate Tax Associate Director Locations: London, Manchester, Birmingham Time Type: Full time Posted on: 30+ Days Ago Job Requisition ID: R More than you expected Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 73,000 people in over 150 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton. Job Description: Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals. In Real Estate Tax we pride ourselves on helping transform our clients' real estate into greater assets. Every day, we provide a diverse range of organisations with the kind of business and financial advice it takes to do this. Our ideas and insight empower our clients to make big decisions about the future and unlock sustainable growth. With a relentless focus on quality and integrity, we help businesses, communities and our people to flourish. We advise real estate funds, global institutional investors, REITs, private investors, and the public sector, on investment into UK and pan-European real estate providing tax structuring, tax compliance and tax due diligence advice. We work in all real estate sectors including commercial, office, student housing, industrial logistics, retail and hotels. We're happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we'll support you to balance your work and life. A look into the role As an Associate Director within our Real Estate Tax (RET) team, you will: Be a part of a high performing team with a great deal of tenure within the firm and the sector. We offer opportunities to work with high profile clients and on challenging projects. Take responsibility for developing more junior team members, understanding their career aspirations. Work with the biggest names in the market on some of the most interesting projects around - multi-jurisdictional transactions across real estate and infrastructure with current transactions in the £60m, £250m and £500m ranges and recent deals over £1bn. The growing number of large clients now working with us means there are huge opportunities for rapid promotion at all levels. Own your own work - we are a team of self-starters and will give you the opportunity to cut your own path within the role. With the support of the Partner and Directors, you'll lead from the front when it comes to dealing with clients, delivering work and engaging with the Real Estate and broader Tax teams. We'll ensure that you are supported by a team of capable and engaged tax colleagues. Knowing you're right for us Joining us as an Associate Director the minimum criteria you'll need: ACA / ACCA / CTA qualified or equivalent qualification UK corporate tax experience, ideally within the Real Estate sector Experience of monitoring junior team members' work and coaching / career development Preferably, you'll also have experience in the UK Real Estate market, and demonstrable Business Development experience including working collaboratively with Partner and Director teams to build relationships on key accounts. It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don't worry if you don't tick every box, we'll help you to develop along the way: Tax structuring - helping our clients to buy and sell properties in a tax efficient manner International tax advice and due diligence services on cross-border transactions Participate and lead in business development initiatives and proposal activity Tax compliance - advising our clients about ongoing tax requirements Setting up property funds including UK Real Estate Investment Trusts Knowing we're right for you Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential. Our open and accessible culture means you'll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That's why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work. Beyond the job Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you're with outside of work matter, that's why we're happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we'll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance. The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you'll be giving back to society. It's that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm's values - purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind. We're looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what's right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It's how it should be.
Feb 18, 2025
Full time
Real Estate Tax Associate Director Locations: London, Manchester, Birmingham Time Type: Full time Posted on: 30+ Days Ago Job Requisition ID: R More than you expected Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 73,000 people in over 150 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton. Job Description: Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals. In Real Estate Tax we pride ourselves on helping transform our clients' real estate into greater assets. Every day, we provide a diverse range of organisations with the kind of business and financial advice it takes to do this. Our ideas and insight empower our clients to make big decisions about the future and unlock sustainable growth. With a relentless focus on quality and integrity, we help businesses, communities and our people to flourish. We advise real estate funds, global institutional investors, REITs, private investors, and the public sector, on investment into UK and pan-European real estate providing tax structuring, tax compliance and tax due diligence advice. We work in all real estate sectors including commercial, office, student housing, industrial logistics, retail and hotels. We're happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we'll support you to balance your work and life. A look into the role As an Associate Director within our Real Estate Tax (RET) team, you will: Be a part of a high performing team with a great deal of tenure within the firm and the sector. We offer opportunities to work with high profile clients and on challenging projects. Take responsibility for developing more junior team members, understanding their career aspirations. Work with the biggest names in the market on some of the most interesting projects around - multi-jurisdictional transactions across real estate and infrastructure with current transactions in the £60m, £250m and £500m ranges and recent deals over £1bn. The growing number of large clients now working with us means there are huge opportunities for rapid promotion at all levels. Own your own work - we are a team of self-starters and will give you the opportunity to cut your own path within the role. With the support of the Partner and Directors, you'll lead from the front when it comes to dealing with clients, delivering work and engaging with the Real Estate and broader Tax teams. We'll ensure that you are supported by a team of capable and engaged tax colleagues. Knowing you're right for us Joining us as an Associate Director the minimum criteria you'll need: ACA / ACCA / CTA qualified or equivalent qualification UK corporate tax experience, ideally within the Real Estate sector Experience of monitoring junior team members' work and coaching / career development Preferably, you'll also have experience in the UK Real Estate market, and demonstrable Business Development experience including working collaboratively with Partner and Director teams to build relationships on key accounts. It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don't worry if you don't tick every box, we'll help you to develop along the way: Tax structuring - helping our clients to buy and sell properties in a tax efficient manner International tax advice and due diligence services on cross-border transactions Participate and lead in business development initiatives and proposal activity Tax compliance - advising our clients about ongoing tax requirements Setting up property funds including UK Real Estate Investment Trusts Knowing we're right for you Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential. Our open and accessible culture means you'll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That's why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work. Beyond the job Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you're with outside of work matter, that's why we're happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we'll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance. The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you'll be giving back to society. It's that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm's values - purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind. We're looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what's right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It's how it should be.
Location Reading Type Permanent Reading Are you a CTA qualified VAT professional with a background in the Real Estate and construction sector? Then I want to speak with you! My client, a fantastic Top 10 firm, are seeking a driven Associate Director to join the team in Reading. In this role, you'll work with a range of exciting clients raging from family-owned businesses to large property developers, so no two days are the same! Key Responsibilities: Serve as the main VAT contact for clients, addressing queries and providing strategic advice on land and property issues. Partner with Real Estate tax specialists on structuring and due diligence projects. Mentor junior team members, offering guidance and feedback. Assist in business development, including preparing proposals and nurturing client relationships. Apply now, or contact Mollie Smith for a confidential chat. As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
Feb 11, 2025
Full time
Location Reading Type Permanent Reading Are you a CTA qualified VAT professional with a background in the Real Estate and construction sector? Then I want to speak with you! My client, a fantastic Top 10 firm, are seeking a driven Associate Director to join the team in Reading. In this role, you'll work with a range of exciting clients raging from family-owned businesses to large property developers, so no two days are the same! Key Responsibilities: Serve as the main VAT contact for clients, addressing queries and providing strategic advice on land and property issues. Partner with Real Estate tax specialists on structuring and due diligence projects. Mentor junior team members, offering guidance and feedback. Assist in business development, including preparing proposals and nurturing client relationships. Apply now, or contact Mollie Smith for a confidential chat. As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
Take Your VAT Career to the Next Level Are you an experienced VAT specialist with a passion for the Real Estate and Construction sector ? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, client-focused environment where no two days are the same? If you're looking for a role that combines technical expertise, leadership, and business development , this could be the perfect opportunity for you. What's Great About This Job? Join a leading professional services firm with a nationally recognised Indirect Tax practice . Work with a diverse range of UK and international real estate clients , including investors, developers, and institutional funds. Advise on high-value property transactions, development structuring, and VAT due diligence projects . Enjoy a hybrid working model , offering flexibility and work-life balance. Benefit from a clear progression path to Director or Partner level. As a VAT Associate Director , you will: Manage client relationships , acting as the primary point of contact for all VAT-related matters. Deliver practical and commercially focused VAT advice on real estate transactions, development structuring, and due diligence. Work closely with wider tax specialists to provide VAT input on complex real estate projects . Support and mentor junior team members , fostering a culture of learning and development. Play a key role in business development , identifying opportunities, preparing proposals, and building relationships with new and existing clients. What You Need to Succeed The ideal candidate will have: Strong technical knowledge of VAT in the Real Estate & Construction sector . Experience working at Manager or Associate Director level , with a proven track record in client handling and advisory work. The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a national team . A proactive and commercial mindset , with experience in business development or an interest in growing this skill set. Strong coaching and leadership abilities , with a commitment to developing junior team members. What's Next? If you're looking for a role that offers career progression, exciting projects, and a fantastic team culture , we'd love to hear from you. Apply now or send your CV to to discuss this opportunity in more detail. As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
Feb 10, 2025
Full time
Take Your VAT Career to the Next Level Are you an experienced VAT specialist with a passion for the Real Estate and Construction sector ? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, client-focused environment where no two days are the same? If you're looking for a role that combines technical expertise, leadership, and business development , this could be the perfect opportunity for you. What's Great About This Job? Join a leading professional services firm with a nationally recognised Indirect Tax practice . Work with a diverse range of UK and international real estate clients , including investors, developers, and institutional funds. Advise on high-value property transactions, development structuring, and VAT due diligence projects . Enjoy a hybrid working model , offering flexibility and work-life balance. Benefit from a clear progression path to Director or Partner level. As a VAT Associate Director , you will: Manage client relationships , acting as the primary point of contact for all VAT-related matters. Deliver practical and commercially focused VAT advice on real estate transactions, development structuring, and due diligence. Work closely with wider tax specialists to provide VAT input on complex real estate projects . Support and mentor junior team members , fostering a culture of learning and development. Play a key role in business development , identifying opportunities, preparing proposals, and building relationships with new and existing clients. What You Need to Succeed The ideal candidate will have: Strong technical knowledge of VAT in the Real Estate & Construction sector . Experience working at Manager or Associate Director level , with a proven track record in client handling and advisory work. The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a national team . A proactive and commercial mindset , with experience in business development or an interest in growing this skill set. Strong coaching and leadership abilities , with a commitment to developing junior team members. What's Next? If you're looking for a role that offers career progression, exciting projects, and a fantastic team culture , we'd love to hear from you. Apply now or send your CV to to discuss this opportunity in more detail. As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
Corporate Tax Associate Director - Private Equity and Transactions Apply locations London time type Full time posted on Posted 6 Days Ago job requisition id R More than you expected Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 73,000 people in over 150 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton. Job Description: NEW GROUND WON'T BREAK ITSELF. Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals. Our Private Capital corporate tax team specializes in looking after exciting entrepreneurial businesses - we focus on the tax affairs of privately owned and private equity backed companies. These are exciting businesses to work with, they are dynamic, entrepreneurial and often fast growing and they need us to help them navigate their increasingly complex tax compliance obligations and support with a range of tax advisory projects as they grow, restructure and consider succession planning. Our approach is to work hard to build a strong trusted adviser relationship - we listen to what they want to achieve from a business and a personal perspective and help them do so in the most tax efficient way. We are part of a much wider national tax practice that also consists of corporate and multinational (who deal with groups with significant multi-national footprint and inhouse tax functions) and our specialist services (innovation tax, employment taxes, VAT and real estate). We are able to draw on this specialist expertise to support our Private Capital clients as they grow. A look into the role As a member of our Private Capital corporate tax team you will have the opportunity to work with a varied client base, from owner-managed business to private equity backed businesses. As an Associate Director within our Private Capital corporate tax team, you will: Be advising a broad range of clients on a range of tax issues, covering a broad range of advisory projects Be actively involved in client meetings, concisely and confidently answering client queries Engender trust and respect from clients by producing high quality tax advice accurately, delivering on expectations and deadlines Lead from the front in regards to delivering client work, engaging with the wider Tax teams to ensure correct skill utilisation on all projects Take responsibility for developing more junior team members, understanding their career aspiration and support in this delivery Provide intelligent and creative solutions to client tax issues both reactively and proactively, taking an active approach to cross-selling wider solutions for other teams around the GT network. Lead on pitch/proposals. You'll actively grow the business by being present in the market and demonstrating our capabilities to clients and targets. Knowing you're right for us Joining us as an Associate Director, the minimum criteria you'll need is a professional qualification (CTA/ACA/ACCA or equivalent) with post qualification experience, and to be confident managing a portfolio of entrepreneurial business clients. It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don't worry if you don't tick every box, we'll help you develop along the way: You'll have experience of working with PE backed businesses, ideally with some transactions experience You'll have reviewed work and supervised people in a tax environment You'll have gained experience working within a professional services environment You'll have experience of managing a large portfolio of tax clients You'll have demonstrable Business Development experience An eagerness to develop deep knowledge of the firm's services and capabilities Knowing we're right for you Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential. All gender identities and sexual orientations are welcome to apply for any position within Grant Thornton and our flexible, non-gender specific dress code encourages everyone to dress for their diary. Our open and accessible culture means you'll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That's why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work. Beyond the job Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you're with outside of work matter, that's why we're happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we'll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance. The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you'll be giving back to society. It's that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our CLEARR values - Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility. We're looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what's right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It's how it should be.
Feb 04, 2025
Full time
Corporate Tax Associate Director - Private Equity and Transactions Apply locations London time type Full time posted on Posted 6 Days Ago job requisition id R More than you expected Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 73,000 people in over 150 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton. Job Description: NEW GROUND WON'T BREAK ITSELF. Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals. Our Private Capital corporate tax team specializes in looking after exciting entrepreneurial businesses - we focus on the tax affairs of privately owned and private equity backed companies. These are exciting businesses to work with, they are dynamic, entrepreneurial and often fast growing and they need us to help them navigate their increasingly complex tax compliance obligations and support with a range of tax advisory projects as they grow, restructure and consider succession planning. Our approach is to work hard to build a strong trusted adviser relationship - we listen to what they want to achieve from a business and a personal perspective and help them do so in the most tax efficient way. We are part of a much wider national tax practice that also consists of corporate and multinational (who deal with groups with significant multi-national footprint and inhouse tax functions) and our specialist services (innovation tax, employment taxes, VAT and real estate). We are able to draw on this specialist expertise to support our Private Capital clients as they grow. A look into the role As a member of our Private Capital corporate tax team you will have the opportunity to work with a varied client base, from owner-managed business to private equity backed businesses. As an Associate Director within our Private Capital corporate tax team, you will: Be advising a broad range of clients on a range of tax issues, covering a broad range of advisory projects Be actively involved in client meetings, concisely and confidently answering client queries Engender trust and respect from clients by producing high quality tax advice accurately, delivering on expectations and deadlines Lead from the front in regards to delivering client work, engaging with the wider Tax teams to ensure correct skill utilisation on all projects Take responsibility for developing more junior team members, understanding their career aspiration and support in this delivery Provide intelligent and creative solutions to client tax issues both reactively and proactively, taking an active approach to cross-selling wider solutions for other teams around the GT network. Lead on pitch/proposals. You'll actively grow the business by being present in the market and demonstrating our capabilities to clients and targets. Knowing you're right for us Joining us as an Associate Director, the minimum criteria you'll need is a professional qualification (CTA/ACA/ACCA or equivalent) with post qualification experience, and to be confident managing a portfolio of entrepreneurial business clients. It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don't worry if you don't tick every box, we'll help you develop along the way: You'll have experience of working with PE backed businesses, ideally with some transactions experience You'll have reviewed work and supervised people in a tax environment You'll have gained experience working within a professional services environment You'll have experience of managing a large portfolio of tax clients You'll have demonstrable Business Development experience An eagerness to develop deep knowledge of the firm's services and capabilities Knowing we're right for you Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential. All gender identities and sexual orientations are welcome to apply for any position within Grant Thornton and our flexible, non-gender specific dress code encourages everyone to dress for their diary. Our open and accessible culture means you'll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That's why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work. Beyond the job Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you're with outside of work matter, that's why we're happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we'll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance. The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you'll be giving back to society. It's that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our CLEARR values - Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility. We're looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what's right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It's how it should be.
Senior Associate PQE: 3 years + Term: Permanent Working hours: Full-time Team: Tax Location: Any of our National locations The firm A leading UK law firm with a network of offices from the South Coast to Scotland, working together as one national team. An innovative practice and the first top 50 law firm to achieve "Platinum Standard" Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm. The lack of barriers between departments, a real lack of hierarchy, zero tolerance for arrogance makes Shoosmiths a fantastic place to work. The team We have a thriving, dynamic four-partner tax and incentives team based in London, Reading, Birmingham and Solent. The work of our team can broadly be divided into four categories: Share schemes/ incentives: we design and implement a broad range of incentivisation schemes including EMI and unapproved options, growth shares, cash-based schemes and employee benefit trusts for a range of private and public company clients. Our clients consist of both UK companies and overseas companies looking to set up incentive arrangements for their UK employees, directors and/or advisors. We also advise on the exercise and restructuring of those schemes in the context of venture capital, M&A and private equity deal structuring. Our share schemes/ incentives practice also assists our employment team with employment tax matters, including taxation of termination payments, internationally mobile employees, taxation of benefits, payroll queries, etc. Corporate: we support our national team of over 100 corporate lawyers. We commonly advise on the tax implications of private equity transactions and transaction structuring, M&A, tax planning for management teams, reorganisations and restructuring including debt restructuring and demergers and advice on joint venture projects. Venture capital: we have one of the UK's leading VCT/EIS tax practices and, as such, a significant proportion of our time is dedicated to advising investors and, in some cases, individual shareholders on their qualifying investments. We structure and restructure investments to ensure compliance and frequently engage with HMRC to seek advance assurances and to pre-empt the impact of the continuously evolving legislative framework in this area. Real estate: as a firm we employ over 200 real estate practitioners. We support those practitioners by advising on Stamp Taxes, VAT, capital allowances, the CIS and direct taxes. We have a large number of developer clients for whom we structure large scale projects, giving rise to complex real estate tax issues. The role Our dynamic and ambitious Share Schemes/ Incentives team (which sits within our Tax team) are looking to grow and recruit a Share Schemes/ Incentives Solicitor to join the team in any of our offices. We have a thriving employee incentives practice led by Dan Sharman who joined us in June 2022 and Dan is keen to grow the practice further to support Shoosmiths' market leading VC and PE practices. You will have the opportunity to work on a full spectrum of incentives work. get the opportunity to forge relationships with clients, both internal and external, and the role offers genuine opportunities for career progression. The role is open to all 3+ pqe Solicitors who wish to specialise in share schemes/ incentives, although as the incentives practice sits within the wider tax team, there will be opportunities to assist with other tax work if you wish. You will ideally be currently practising as an incentives specialist, or spend a large part of your current role advising on incentives matters. Equal opportunities Our approach to our people is underpinned by our approach to diversity, inclusion and well being. Our ambition is to build a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and talents, and a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
Dec 02, 2022
Full time
Senior Associate PQE: 3 years + Term: Permanent Working hours: Full-time Team: Tax Location: Any of our National locations The firm A leading UK law firm with a network of offices from the South Coast to Scotland, working together as one national team. An innovative practice and the first top 50 law firm to achieve "Platinum Standard" Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm. The lack of barriers between departments, a real lack of hierarchy, zero tolerance for arrogance makes Shoosmiths a fantastic place to work. The team We have a thriving, dynamic four-partner tax and incentives team based in London, Reading, Birmingham and Solent. The work of our team can broadly be divided into four categories: Share schemes/ incentives: we design and implement a broad range of incentivisation schemes including EMI and unapproved options, growth shares, cash-based schemes and employee benefit trusts for a range of private and public company clients. Our clients consist of both UK companies and overseas companies looking to set up incentive arrangements for their UK employees, directors and/or advisors. We also advise on the exercise and restructuring of those schemes in the context of venture capital, M&A and private equity deal structuring. Our share schemes/ incentives practice also assists our employment team with employment tax matters, including taxation of termination payments, internationally mobile employees, taxation of benefits, payroll queries, etc. Corporate: we support our national team of over 100 corporate lawyers. We commonly advise on the tax implications of private equity transactions and transaction structuring, M&A, tax planning for management teams, reorganisations and restructuring including debt restructuring and demergers and advice on joint venture projects. Venture capital: we have one of the UK's leading VCT/EIS tax practices and, as such, a significant proportion of our time is dedicated to advising investors and, in some cases, individual shareholders on their qualifying investments. We structure and restructure investments to ensure compliance and frequently engage with HMRC to seek advance assurances and to pre-empt the impact of the continuously evolving legislative framework in this area. Real estate: as a firm we employ over 200 real estate practitioners. We support those practitioners by advising on Stamp Taxes, VAT, capital allowances, the CIS and direct taxes. We have a large number of developer clients for whom we structure large scale projects, giving rise to complex real estate tax issues. The role Our dynamic and ambitious Share Schemes/ Incentives team (which sits within our Tax team) are looking to grow and recruit a Share Schemes/ Incentives Solicitor to join the team in any of our offices. We have a thriving employee incentives practice led by Dan Sharman who joined us in June 2022 and Dan is keen to grow the practice further to support Shoosmiths' market leading VC and PE practices. You will have the opportunity to work on a full spectrum of incentives work. get the opportunity to forge relationships with clients, both internal and external, and the role offers genuine opportunities for career progression. The role is open to all 3+ pqe Solicitors who wish to specialise in share schemes/ incentives, although as the incentives practice sits within the wider tax team, there will be opportunities to assist with other tax work if you wish. You will ideally be currently practising as an incentives specialist, or spend a large part of your current role advising on incentives matters. Equal opportunities Our approach to our people is underpinned by our approach to diversity, inclusion and well being. Our ambition is to build a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and talents, and a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
Construction Associate, non-contentious Team: Commercial Construction & Engineering (UK) Reports to: Commercial Construction & Engineering Partners (UK) Purpose of job To work as an associate in Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's market-leading commercial construction team, providing clients with specialist, tailored advice on a wide range of projects and transactions. The commercial construction team has a strong and well-established client base of its own and is not reliant on being solely a support team for other teams. That said, we work closely with teams from across BCLP. In addition to working with the wider real estate department, we regularly work with lawyers from our corporate, finance, litigation and tax teams. What's in it for you? Our team is one of the largest commercial construction-focused teams in the City, with 24 specialist commercial construction lawyers advising a range of clients on some of the UK's most high profile development and infrastructure projects. Ranked as a Tier 1 team in the legal directories for over 14 years, our team has been involved in some of the biggest, most complex and high profile projects including: the Bloomberg Building, 20 Fenchurch Street (the Walkie Talkie), Chelsea Barracks, the Cheesegrater, the Paddington Cube and the Nova Building. Our clients include The Crown Estate, Landsec, Grosvenor, Qatari Diar, Canary Wharf, GPE, Thames Water, Schroders, Bloomberg and Pembroke. You will join an ambitious and dynamic team, working on some of the most high profile projects for an unparalleled client list. The role is ideal for an ambitious candidate seeking to further their career. You will join an extremely successful team with excellent prospects for career progression. You will be part of a team advising on projects across a range of sectors for clients of the highest calibre. Key responsibilities You will: • Draft and negotiate on a wide range of construction documents; • Act as the main point of contact for a number of clients; • Deliver high standards of work, ensuring deadlines are met and clients are kept informed; • Delegate work as appropriate to junior members of the team; • Contribute to group pitches and the publication of articles. • Contribute to team training and know how. • Draft and negotiate a number of contracts across various suites of standard forms, including JCT and NEC. • Draft and negotiate bespoke consultant appointments. • Advise in connection with agreements for lease. • Advise in connection with the construction aspects of facility agreements. • Advise in connection with the construction aspects of corporate SPAs. • Advise clients in regulated environments i.e. Rail, healthcare Key relationships Partners and Associates in the Commercial Construction & Engineering team as well as the wider real estate team and the construction disputes team. Experience and knowledge A broad range of in-depth real estate non-contentious construction and engineering at a similar practice. Skills and competencies • You will have already gained significant experience within a leading Commercial Construction & Engineering team. • You will have a good understanding of key real estate and construction and engineering concepts and an appreciation and awareness of the real estate market. • You will be able to draft and negotiate contracts and also have a good working knowledge of the provisions of construction and engineering documents and broader real estate transaction documents such as agreements for lease development agreements, facility agreements. • You will be able to demonstrate excellent client service skills and want to work as a team player in a collegiate environment. We are looking for someone who is relaxed and appropriately confident in front of clients, but knowledgeable enough to know when to seek additional support. • You will be highly motivated and able to work independently where appropriate. Diversity, inclusion and working differently At Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner we understand the value of a diverse workforce and we believe people perform at their best when they can truly be themselves at work. We aim to create an inclusive environment where all our employees are valued, motivated and able to be themselves. In order to provide the best possible service to our diverse client base, we are committed to recruiting, retaining, rewarding and developing our people with regard to their abilities and contributions and without reference to their background, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, political belief, disability or any other protected characteristic. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is a firm with an increasingly flexible workforce and is supportive of flexible working arrangements, tailored to the individual, wherever possible. Please feel free to speak to the Resourcing Team about the flexibility we are offering for this role. Confidentiality Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner will ensure all hardcopy and electronic materials containing confidential information are securely stored and accessible only to those authorised to view such content. Disclosure As a regulated firm of solicitors, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is required to undertake appropriate vetting of staff. In addition to completion, by applicants who accept a job offer, of a regulatory questionnaire, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner uses a specialist provider to undertake professional verification and background checks (including through electronic data sources, and directly with employers and professional bodies/regulators) on our behalf. We will also undertake certain verifications ourselves. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner adopts a risk-based approach to its vetting procedures, which are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with IT, legal and regulatory obligations. For further details, please see our recruitment website
Sep 24, 2022
Full time
Construction Associate, non-contentious Team: Commercial Construction & Engineering (UK) Reports to: Commercial Construction & Engineering Partners (UK) Purpose of job To work as an associate in Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's market-leading commercial construction team, providing clients with specialist, tailored advice on a wide range of projects and transactions. The commercial construction team has a strong and well-established client base of its own and is not reliant on being solely a support team for other teams. That said, we work closely with teams from across BCLP. In addition to working with the wider real estate department, we regularly work with lawyers from our corporate, finance, litigation and tax teams. What's in it for you? Our team is one of the largest commercial construction-focused teams in the City, with 24 specialist commercial construction lawyers advising a range of clients on some of the UK's most high profile development and infrastructure projects. Ranked as a Tier 1 team in the legal directories for over 14 years, our team has been involved in some of the biggest, most complex and high profile projects including: the Bloomberg Building, 20 Fenchurch Street (the Walkie Talkie), Chelsea Barracks, the Cheesegrater, the Paddington Cube and the Nova Building. Our clients include The Crown Estate, Landsec, Grosvenor, Qatari Diar, Canary Wharf, GPE, Thames Water, Schroders, Bloomberg and Pembroke. You will join an ambitious and dynamic team, working on some of the most high profile projects for an unparalleled client list. The role is ideal for an ambitious candidate seeking to further their career. You will join an extremely successful team with excellent prospects for career progression. You will be part of a team advising on projects across a range of sectors for clients of the highest calibre. Key responsibilities You will: • Draft and negotiate on a wide range of construction documents; • Act as the main point of contact for a number of clients; • Deliver high standards of work, ensuring deadlines are met and clients are kept informed; • Delegate work as appropriate to junior members of the team; • Contribute to group pitches and the publication of articles. • Contribute to team training and know how. • Draft and negotiate a number of contracts across various suites of standard forms, including JCT and NEC. • Draft and negotiate bespoke consultant appointments. • Advise in connection with agreements for lease. • Advise in connection with the construction aspects of facility agreements. • Advise in connection with the construction aspects of corporate SPAs. • Advise clients in regulated environments i.e. Rail, healthcare Key relationships Partners and Associates in the Commercial Construction & Engineering team as well as the wider real estate team and the construction disputes team. Experience and knowledge A broad range of in-depth real estate non-contentious construction and engineering at a similar practice. Skills and competencies • You will have already gained significant experience within a leading Commercial Construction & Engineering team. • You will have a good understanding of key real estate and construction and engineering concepts and an appreciation and awareness of the real estate market. • You will be able to draft and negotiate contracts and also have a good working knowledge of the provisions of construction and engineering documents and broader real estate transaction documents such as agreements for lease development agreements, facility agreements. • You will be able to demonstrate excellent client service skills and want to work as a team player in a collegiate environment. We are looking for someone who is relaxed and appropriately confident in front of clients, but knowledgeable enough to know when to seek additional support. • You will be highly motivated and able to work independently where appropriate. Diversity, inclusion and working differently At Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner we understand the value of a diverse workforce and we believe people perform at their best when they can truly be themselves at work. We aim to create an inclusive environment where all our employees are valued, motivated and able to be themselves. In order to provide the best possible service to our diverse client base, we are committed to recruiting, retaining, rewarding and developing our people with regard to their abilities and contributions and without reference to their background, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, political belief, disability or any other protected characteristic. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is a firm with an increasingly flexible workforce and is supportive of flexible working arrangements, tailored to the individual, wherever possible. Please feel free to speak to the Resourcing Team about the flexibility we are offering for this role. Confidentiality Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner will ensure all hardcopy and electronic materials containing confidential information are securely stored and accessible only to those authorised to view such content. Disclosure As a regulated firm of solicitors, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is required to undertake appropriate vetting of staff. In addition to completion, by applicants who accept a job offer, of a regulatory questionnaire, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner uses a specialist provider to undertake professional verification and background checks (including through electronic data sources, and directly with employers and professional bodies/regulators) on our behalf. We will also undertake certain verifications ourselves. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner adopts a risk-based approach to its vetting procedures, which are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with IT, legal and regulatory obligations. For further details, please see our recruitment website
Job Title Corporate Tax Associate/Senior Associate Closing Date 30-Sep-2022 Department Corporate Tax Job Location Bristol; London; Reading Role Lawyers Description "Osborne Clarke's Corporate Tax team is 'one of the best in the business'" Legal 500 UK We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our highly regarded Corporate Tax team and be based in any of our UK offices (London, Reading or Bristol). We will also consider applications at Associate level. Osborne Clarke has an established, highly regarded and growing Tax Group both in the UK and internationally. In the UK the nine partner Tax Group covers four teams - Corporate Tax, Incentives, Private Wealth and Tax Litigation. You will be joining a successful firm with a collegiate and supportive culture, which makes it a rewarding place to work. As well as being happy to consider candidates in different locations we also welcome applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly in terms of their working pattern. We are pleased to consider candidates wishing to work part-time to a minimum of 3 days per week or equivalent hours. The practice Our Corporate Tax team is a strong, four partner team which operates as one team with lawyers currently based in London and Bristol. As one team spread across offices, we are used to being agile and support flexible working practices. We also work closely with colleagues within Osborne Clarke including our international offices and especially from our private equity, funds, corporate, real estate, projects, and banking teams. The team enjoys a varied and quality work load for mainly City-based and international clients. We provide our clients with tailored UK and cross-border tax advice that helps them meet their business objectives and our work ranges from stand-alone tax advisory mandates to transaction linked advice. We undertake complex tax structuring mandates particularly for funds, real estate, private equity and corporate clients. Our reputation is for giving technically excellent advice that is commercial and user-friendly regardless of whether we are providing strategic support or working under pressure on a transaction. The team is pro-active and forward looking, an approach which generates significant advisory work for the team and allows team members to develop specialisms in areas of interest. We seek to build strong and long lasting relationships with clients and colleagues. We are closely aligned to Osborne Clarke's sector and transformation strategies and particularly active, with strong client relationships, within the areas and sectors of technology, media and communications; real estate and infrastructure; financial services; and healthcare and life sciences. Find out more about our Tax Group and the clients of Osborne Clarke using this link: The team The Corporate Tax team is currently made up of 4 Partners, 3 Associate Directors, 4 Senior Associates, 2 Associates, 1 Trainee Solicitor, 1 Solicitor Apprentice and a dedicated Knowledge Lawyer. We work as one team, offer an excellent training programme and support for external study and actively support each team member's career development. Our approach ensures our lawyers are technically excellent and have rewarding careers within a collegiate working environment. The work Our clients include high-profile publicly listed companies, management teams, investment funds, family owned businesses, real estate investors and developers. Some examples of the deals we've recently advised on that are in the public domain and which can be viewed on our website are as follows: We advised Notonthehighstreet and its management team on the sale of the company to growth equity firm Great Hill Partners; We advised, LDC, and the Plimsoll Productions management team on the sale of a majority interest in Plimsoll Productions to ITV plc; We provided structuring tax advice and transaction support to long standing private equity client, Tenzing, on its investment in MetaCompliance, a market-leading cybersecurity awareness training and compliance platform; We advised growth investor Synova Capital on the buy-out of JM Glendinning Group Limited, a specialist broker operating within the commercial lines insurance market; We provided tax structuring advice and transactional support to leading Bristol developer, Cubex with backing by Fiera Capital, in relation to Grainger's acquisition of a forward funded build to rent development in Bristol; We provided indirect tax advice and transactional support to Vistry Partnerships (formerly Galliford Try Partnerships) on the development agreement for Meridian One, the first phase of the a 20-year regeneration programme led by the London Borough of Enfield; We advised Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust in the set up and funding of Nordic Renewables with a €3.5m investment; We continue to act for long standing client, Foresight, and recently acted on its solar development joint venture with Island Green Power; We advised KKR (in joint venture with Mirastar) on their first UK acquisition for KKR's Core+ strategy for Real Estate. KKR and Mirastar acquired four UK logistics assets in Harlow for £160m from TPG, a leading global alternative asset management firm; and We have advised on the acquisition of a majority interest in Fore Freedom Holdings B.V., a fibre-to-the-premises network business in the Netherlands, from funds managed by Ancala Partners. Technical skills and experience The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience gained from working within a transactional and/or advisory tax practice. They will have strong technical abilities and be able to demonstrate their understanding of UK tax rules and structures. We encourage applications from both candidates with broad technical expertise and those who may be a specialist in one or more of the areas within our the practice areas noted above. At Senior Associate level we would expect a candidate to evidence their ability to manage matters and to act as lead fee earner on transactional mandates. Due to the nature of the work and the current team needs, we are ideally looking to appoint an Senior Associate. We will also consider an Associate with recent relevant experience. Your career development Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with: clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress; high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure; thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues; robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure. Salary and benefits We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. For more information or to apply At Osborne Clarke we welcome direct applications - if you would like any further information about the role, or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins in the recruitment team on . Osborne Clarke is an inclusive working environment and values diversity in its workforce. Salary and benefits We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits . For more information or to apply At Osborne Clarke we welcome direct applications - if you would like any further information about the role, or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Emily Webb in the recruitment team on or . At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We support working families via a range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate flexible working where we can. We value the health and wellbeing of our people: for example, we're signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, have an active network of mental health champions and offer free initiatives and flexible benefits to all our people. Being an inclusive employer is important to us. We have made a number of external commitments such as the Race Fairness Commitment and Women in Law Pledge, and are working with organisations like Stonewall to become a more inclusive employer. Osborne Clarke is a Living Wage Employer, so we're committed to paying everybody in our business enough to live on and to enable them to save for the future. We want you to be able to show us your best during the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application, interview process or when working with us, please let us know.
Sep 24, 2022
Full time
Job Title Corporate Tax Associate/Senior Associate Closing Date 30-Sep-2022 Department Corporate Tax Job Location Bristol; London; Reading Role Lawyers Description "Osborne Clarke's Corporate Tax team is 'one of the best in the business'" Legal 500 UK We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our highly regarded Corporate Tax team and be based in any of our UK offices (London, Reading or Bristol). We will also consider applications at Associate level. Osborne Clarke has an established, highly regarded and growing Tax Group both in the UK and internationally. In the UK the nine partner Tax Group covers four teams - Corporate Tax, Incentives, Private Wealth and Tax Litigation. You will be joining a successful firm with a collegiate and supportive culture, which makes it a rewarding place to work. As well as being happy to consider candidates in different locations we also welcome applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly in terms of their working pattern. We are pleased to consider candidates wishing to work part-time to a minimum of 3 days per week or equivalent hours. The practice Our Corporate Tax team is a strong, four partner team which operates as one team with lawyers currently based in London and Bristol. As one team spread across offices, we are used to being agile and support flexible working practices. We also work closely with colleagues within Osborne Clarke including our international offices and especially from our private equity, funds, corporate, real estate, projects, and banking teams. The team enjoys a varied and quality work load for mainly City-based and international clients. We provide our clients with tailored UK and cross-border tax advice that helps them meet their business objectives and our work ranges from stand-alone tax advisory mandates to transaction linked advice. We undertake complex tax structuring mandates particularly for funds, real estate, private equity and corporate clients. Our reputation is for giving technically excellent advice that is commercial and user-friendly regardless of whether we are providing strategic support or working under pressure on a transaction. The team is pro-active and forward looking, an approach which generates significant advisory work for the team and allows team members to develop specialisms in areas of interest. We seek to build strong and long lasting relationships with clients and colleagues. We are closely aligned to Osborne Clarke's sector and transformation strategies and particularly active, with strong client relationships, within the areas and sectors of technology, media and communications; real estate and infrastructure; financial services; and healthcare and life sciences. Find out more about our Tax Group and the clients of Osborne Clarke using this link: The team The Corporate Tax team is currently made up of 4 Partners, 3 Associate Directors, 4 Senior Associates, 2 Associates, 1 Trainee Solicitor, 1 Solicitor Apprentice and a dedicated Knowledge Lawyer. We work as one team, offer an excellent training programme and support for external study and actively support each team member's career development. Our approach ensures our lawyers are technically excellent and have rewarding careers within a collegiate working environment. The work Our clients include high-profile publicly listed companies, management teams, investment funds, family owned businesses, real estate investors and developers. Some examples of the deals we've recently advised on that are in the public domain and which can be viewed on our website are as follows: We advised Notonthehighstreet and its management team on the sale of the company to growth equity firm Great Hill Partners; We advised, LDC, and the Plimsoll Productions management team on the sale of a majority interest in Plimsoll Productions to ITV plc; We provided structuring tax advice and transaction support to long standing private equity client, Tenzing, on its investment in MetaCompliance, a market-leading cybersecurity awareness training and compliance platform; We advised growth investor Synova Capital on the buy-out of JM Glendinning Group Limited, a specialist broker operating within the commercial lines insurance market; We provided tax structuring advice and transactional support to leading Bristol developer, Cubex with backing by Fiera Capital, in relation to Grainger's acquisition of a forward funded build to rent development in Bristol; We provided indirect tax advice and transactional support to Vistry Partnerships (formerly Galliford Try Partnerships) on the development agreement for Meridian One, the first phase of the a 20-year regeneration programme led by the London Borough of Enfield; We advised Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust in the set up and funding of Nordic Renewables with a €3.5m investment; We continue to act for long standing client, Foresight, and recently acted on its solar development joint venture with Island Green Power; We advised KKR (in joint venture with Mirastar) on their first UK acquisition for KKR's Core+ strategy for Real Estate. KKR and Mirastar acquired four UK logistics assets in Harlow for £160m from TPG, a leading global alternative asset management firm; and We have advised on the acquisition of a majority interest in Fore Freedom Holdings B.V., a fibre-to-the-premises network business in the Netherlands, from funds managed by Ancala Partners. Technical skills and experience The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience gained from working within a transactional and/or advisory tax practice. They will have strong technical abilities and be able to demonstrate their understanding of UK tax rules and structures. We encourage applications from both candidates with broad technical expertise and those who may be a specialist in one or more of the areas within our the practice areas noted above. At Senior Associate level we would expect a candidate to evidence their ability to manage matters and to act as lead fee earner on transactional mandates. Due to the nature of the work and the current team needs, we are ideally looking to appoint an Senior Associate. We will also consider an Associate with recent relevant experience. Your career development Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with: clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress; high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure; thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues; robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure. Salary and benefits We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. For more information or to apply At Osborne Clarke we welcome direct applications - if you would like any further information about the role, or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins in the recruitment team on . Osborne Clarke is an inclusive working environment and values diversity in its workforce. Salary and benefits We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits . For more information or to apply At Osborne Clarke we welcome direct applications - if you would like any further information about the role, or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Emily Webb in the recruitment team on or . At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We support working families via a range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate flexible working where we can. We value the health and wellbeing of our people: for example, we're signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, have an active network of mental health champions and offer free initiatives and flexible benefits to all our people. Being an inclusive employer is important to us. We have made a number of external commitments such as the Race Fairness Commitment and Women in Law Pledge, and are working with organisations like Stonewall to become a more inclusive employer. Osborne Clarke is a Living Wage Employer, so we're committed to paying everybody in our business enough to live on and to enable them to save for the future. We want you to be able to show us your best during the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application, interview process or when working with us, please let us know.
Reports to Director, Portfolio Management Oversight/management of local team activity in specific geographies, driving results across all stages of a deal; acquisition, operation, and disposition. With a focus on execution, this role is crucial for overseeing the transaction management process, creating and implementing of annual business plans, managing all asset management initiatives at fund and asset level, and reporting to internal and external stakeholders etc. Day-to-day Activities: Managing and coordinating locally based teams on due diligence and closing processes for RE transactions (acquisitions & dispositions) Working with local teams on managing existing assets including business plan reviews, project monitoring, periodic reporting, internal/external valuations, capital calls etc. Coordinating with Luxembourg control and finance teams, also legal, tax and compliance teams Conducting detailed review of strategies and documents pertaining to operating, marketing, and leasing of assets, ensuring all work is accurate and complete Working closely with fund, finance and capital raising teams in relation to investment reporting DDQ or ad hoc investor requests Developing strong commercial awareness about RE investments, capital markets, and fund strategies Training and mentoring junior colleagues Skills and Qualifications : Min. 3 (ideally 5-6) years' RE investment experience in REIM or REPE or investment banking Undergraduate degree (2:1 or better) in business or related field Knowledge of RE concepts and investment analysis with a strong ability to research, analyse, and draw conclusions on operational issues; Intellectual curiosity and a growth mindset; Highly numerate, strong financial modelling ability and excellent working real estate knowledge Collaborative team player with ability to self-motivate and meet deadlines under pressure Excellent verbal / written communications skills with a natural attention to detail Strong interpersonal capabilities to advance collaboration efforts Extensive working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Argus.
Dec 04, 2021
Full time
Reports to Director, Portfolio Management Oversight/management of local team activity in specific geographies, driving results across all stages of a deal; acquisition, operation, and disposition. With a focus on execution, this role is crucial for overseeing the transaction management process, creating and implementing of annual business plans, managing all asset management initiatives at fund and asset level, and reporting to internal and external stakeholders etc. Day-to-day Activities: Managing and coordinating locally based teams on due diligence and closing processes for RE transactions (acquisitions & dispositions) Working with local teams on managing existing assets including business plan reviews, project monitoring, periodic reporting, internal/external valuations, capital calls etc. Coordinating with Luxembourg control and finance teams, also legal, tax and compliance teams Conducting detailed review of strategies and documents pertaining to operating, marketing, and leasing of assets, ensuring all work is accurate and complete Working closely with fund, finance and capital raising teams in relation to investment reporting DDQ or ad hoc investor requests Developing strong commercial awareness about RE investments, capital markets, and fund strategies Training and mentoring junior colleagues Skills and Qualifications : Min. 3 (ideally 5-6) years' RE investment experience in REIM or REPE or investment banking Undergraduate degree (2:1 or better) in business or related field Knowledge of RE concepts and investment analysis with a strong ability to research, analyse, and draw conclusions on operational issues; Intellectual curiosity and a growth mindset; Highly numerate, strong financial modelling ability and excellent working real estate knowledge Collaborative team player with ability to self-motivate and meet deadlines under pressure Excellent verbal / written communications skills with a natural attention to detail Strong interpersonal capabilities to advance collaboration efforts Extensive working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Argus.
Tax We help our clients stay ahead of changes that impact their businesses, navigating complexity and risk. We deliver deep tax technical, people and legal expertise, while providing the critical context to make informed and compliant decisions. With clients ranging from multinational organisations and public sector bodies to entrepreneurs and family businesses, the work we do is diverse. Hear from Ed Stacey, Tax People Leader about what a career in Tax could mean for you - from development, to our culture, to what we value in our people when building our team. About the team PwC's Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) team sits within our wider Financial Services Tax team. The team consists of tax, legal and regulatory specialists focusing on assisting alternative investment fund managers with a range of services across their business, covering the manager, the key people, the funds, investors and investments. Whilst the team is UK based, the nature of the AIF industry means that a large amount of our work is international meaning there are many opportunities to work with the wider PwC AIF network. About the role As a Senior Associate in the team you will work as part of a team to provide excellent quality advisory and compliance services to a high profile portfolio of both UK and multinational clients. You will be expected to work on a range of AIF clients, covering strategies including Private Equity, Private Credit, Hedge Funds and Real Estate. The work will be technically demanding and creative and offers opportunities to work on major corporate transactions, international structuring, technical compliance engagements and a range of day-to-day 'ad hoc' tax matters. As the team provides a range of non tax services, you will also have the opportunity to work closely with a range of other complementary specialists and to therefore expand your knowledge of this industry You will be responsible for building close relationships with a wide range of clients, working as part of a team and delivering the Firms tax services. You will benefit from a progressive environment where you will be encouraged to develop client relationships, technical and people management skills. As a Senior Associate you will have the opportunity to work with experienced Partners, Directors, Senior Managers and Managers across the FS and AIF tax teams. The team will provide you with the opportunity to put into practice your skills in a stimulating and challenging environment. Requirements We are looking to appoint 'soon to be' or recently qualified (tax/legal/accountancy) Senior Associates who are motivated and ambitious with excellent interpersonal and operational skills. Ideally you will have practical experience within a corporate, business or OMB tax team, but this is not essential if you can show other relevant practical experience. Our Competencies Our people need to demonstrate a defined set of core skills and behaviours. We refer to these as our global core competencies. They're integral to who we are as a firm and form the basis of our people appraisal process. We will also assess you against them within our recruitment process to benchmark your own skills and behaviours. We recommend you visit the below web page to find out more about our global core competencies and to consider how your own experiences will align against them. This will help you through the recruitment process with us. Not the role for you? Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work (ie temporary or day rate contracting)? The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
Dec 01, 2021
Full time
Tax We help our clients stay ahead of changes that impact their businesses, navigating complexity and risk. We deliver deep tax technical, people and legal expertise, while providing the critical context to make informed and compliant decisions. With clients ranging from multinational organisations and public sector bodies to entrepreneurs and family businesses, the work we do is diverse. Hear from Ed Stacey, Tax People Leader about what a career in Tax could mean for you - from development, to our culture, to what we value in our people when building our team. About the team PwC's Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) team sits within our wider Financial Services Tax team. The team consists of tax, legal and regulatory specialists focusing on assisting alternative investment fund managers with a range of services across their business, covering the manager, the key people, the funds, investors and investments. Whilst the team is UK based, the nature of the AIF industry means that a large amount of our work is international meaning there are many opportunities to work with the wider PwC AIF network. About the role As a Senior Associate in the team you will work as part of a team to provide excellent quality advisory and compliance services to a high profile portfolio of both UK and multinational clients. You will be expected to work on a range of AIF clients, covering strategies including Private Equity, Private Credit, Hedge Funds and Real Estate. The work will be technically demanding and creative and offers opportunities to work on major corporate transactions, international structuring, technical compliance engagements and a range of day-to-day 'ad hoc' tax matters. As the team provides a range of non tax services, you will also have the opportunity to work closely with a range of other complementary specialists and to therefore expand your knowledge of this industry You will be responsible for building close relationships with a wide range of clients, working as part of a team and delivering the Firms tax services. You will benefit from a progressive environment where you will be encouraged to develop client relationships, technical and people management skills. As a Senior Associate you will have the opportunity to work with experienced Partners, Directors, Senior Managers and Managers across the FS and AIF tax teams. The team will provide you with the opportunity to put into practice your skills in a stimulating and challenging environment. Requirements We are looking to appoint 'soon to be' or recently qualified (tax/legal/accountancy) Senior Associates who are motivated and ambitious with excellent interpersonal and operational skills. Ideally you will have practical experience within a corporate, business or OMB tax team, but this is not essential if you can show other relevant practical experience. Our Competencies Our people need to demonstrate a defined set of core skills and behaviours. We refer to these as our global core competencies. They're integral to who we are as a firm and form the basis of our people appraisal process. We will also assess you against them within our recruitment process to benchmark your own skills and behaviours. We recommend you visit the below web page to find out more about our global core competencies and to consider how your own experiences will align against them. This will help you through the recruitment process with us. Not the role for you? Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work (ie temporary or day rate contracting)? The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
