Associate Director, Corporate Tax - Private Companies

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Job description

Connect to your Industry

We are looking for experienced tax professionals to join our Private Companies team in London, at Associate Director level.

Investment into privately owned companies has reached record highs, and private capital markets are emerging as a dominant force for industry growth. At Deloitte, we understand this dynamic market and the importance of trusted relationships and forge them based on purpose and a passion for helping private companies and their stakeholders.

We have a dedicated team of tax professionals with a primary focus on advising this market. Our clients range from emerging growth businesses that have received their first rounds of venture capital investment, to private equity backed companies, to large, long-established family businesses. It includes exciting businesses disrupting the sectors in which they operate to significant multinational household names. We advise all industry sectors, with a bias towards technology, media, retail, leisure and business services.

We are experiencing a huge demand for tax advice in this area and are looking to expand the London team.

You might have experience in a compliance, advisory or transactions team. Either way, you will be excited by the idea of providing value to our clients throughout their lifecycle, whether that be assisting with organic growth, international expansion, M&A, refinancings, carve-outs or disposals.

Successful candidates will join a national and international network of professionals advising privately owned companies. You will become part of a dynamic and successful team, and help the practice continue to grow the firm's presence in this large and important sector of the UK economy. Tax advice to privately owned companies is a core area of focus and growth for Deloitte in the UK and globally. This means that you will have plenty of development opportunities as well as the chance to learn and work with the market leaders.

We are proud to offer flexible hybrid working arrangements which allow our people to choose the most suitable working arrangement that works for them. Whether this is working 4 days per week, taking the summer months off work, or more flexibility around your working pattern, we consider both formal and informal working arrangements that allow our people and our clients the best outcome.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise , we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete . To do this, we invest in outstanding people . We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds , and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

Your role will be diverse and challenging, and you will take the lead on delivering our client services and developing client relationships, as well as playing an active part in building new relationships and identifying and winning opportunities with your existing clients and new clients.

You will be a confident team player and enjoy sharing your knowledge and expertise with others, as well as continuing to build your own technical expertise or specialism. Your responsibilities will include managing diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.

As part of your role, you will receive continuous on the job training, including direct interaction with the partners and directors in our team, as well as extensive opportunities to interact with our clients and targets. You will have people management responsibilities, including developing junior members of the team and may act as a coach for more junior members of the team.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

You will have responsibility for providing technical advice across a wide range of projects for privately owned companies, including:

• Supporting clients with international expansion
• Managing and coordinating input and advice from Deloitte member firms for clients which have international operations
• Supporting clients with due diligence and structuring on acquisitions, along with post-acquisition integration
• Supporting clients with exit events, including IPOs, investment from private equity and trade sales
• Supporting clients with group reorganisations, refinancings, carve outs and corporate simplifications
• Managing and coordinating input from tax specialists in indirect taxes, employment taxes and management incentives
• Overseeing tax reporting and compliance engagements for clients

You will the following skills:

• UK corporate tax experience gained working in a compliance, advisory or transactions team
• Keen attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to deal effectively with issues face-to-face and by telephone
• Demonstrable skill in managing key stakeholders' expectations and consistently delivering to the highest standards
• Uses own initiative to identify appropriate solutions to problems
• Ability to work independently and manage own workload
• Strong team working skills and ability to build internal networks
• Calm, efficient and resilient under pressure
• Capable of meeting challenging/demanding and competing deadlines
• High degree of IT literacy including Microsoft Office programmes

Connect to your business - Tax

Innovation and tax consultancy may not seem to go together, but that's exactly what you'll find at Deloitte. We're constantly seeking the new and working together to push the limits of what's possible. Discover a new kind of tax career that you can make your own.

Our comprehensive range of services encompasses everything from the completion of tax returns (corporation tax self-assessment) to complex consultancy assignments and strategic tax planning. We advise on corporate and general tax, international M&A, stamp tax, cross-border transfer pricing, reorganisations and reconstructions , and competent authority negotiations.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"We advise some of the largest, most prestigious clients in the world, so the work is really challenging and exciting. We also have a fantastic team of smart, driven people, and a supportive, entrepreneurial culture where everyone's encouraged to be bold, creative, and ambitious"

-Oliver, Tax

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in Cambridge or London with hybrid working. Our hybrid model enables our people to collaborate, connect and innovate in both a virtual and physical capacity. As well as remote working, you'll attend your local office, virtual collaboration spaces and client sites, depending on the requirements of the role.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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