Senior Manager, Product & Operational Taxes

Job description

Join KPMG's rapidly expanding Financial Services Corporate Tax team, where we empower exceptional talent to lead, innovate, and thrive within a dynamic, challenging, and highly supportive environment. This is a critical opportunity to be at the strategic forefront of financial services tax, shaping pioneering solutions for a diverse and prestigious client base.

Due to significant business growth, we are actively seeking a highly accomplished Senior Manager to join our specialized Financial Services Corporate Tax team, focusing on Product & Operational Taxes. You will lead engagements with an incredibly diverse and prestigious client portfolio across the entire financial services sector, including leading banks, custodians, brokers, asset managers, alternative investors, wealth and hedge asset managers, and global institutional investors like pension and sovereign wealth funds.

This presents unparalleled opportunities for rapid career acceleration and significant personal and professional growth within a thriving practice. You will spearhead highly complex and strategic work, contributing to cutting-edge tax developments, and collaborating directly with both iconic financial services firms and innovative new market entrants. Your expertise will be vital in directly influencing their growth strategies and operational efficiency.

Our diverse and collaborative team is strategically located across key financial hubs including London, Manchester, and Bristol. We've long championed hybrid and flexible working, recognizing the importance of work-life integration and individual needs. You will lead and mentor colleagues from varied professional backgrounds – from seasoned tax, legal, accounting, and regulatory experts to those bringing invaluable practical experience directly from industry. This rich blend of expertise fosters a dynamic learning and development environment. Regardless of your career path so far, we are committed to providing robust support, encouragement, and world-class training necessary for you to truly thrive and lead at KPMG.

Successful candidates will benefit from the flexibility to strategically integrate their expertise across our wider FS and Asset Management tax teams or to deep-dive and drive specialisation in Product & Operational Taxes, aligning with your personal career aspirations and the firm's strategic objectives. We encourage an informal discussion to explore these pivotal opportunities further and discover how your leadership, skills, and ambitions can contribute to our team's continued success and innovation.

The Responsibilities: Lead. Innovate. Transform.

As a Senior Manager, the role involves a strategic blend of advisory leadership, compliance oversight, and business development, with specific duties including:

• Lead as a trusted expert by developing, maintaining, and applying cutting-edge technical knowledge across Product & Operational Taxes within the broader FS corporate tax landscape.
• Drive and strategically manage key client relationships and projects, establishing yourself as a pivotal and sought-after point of contact for complex Product & Operational Taxes expertise.
• Strategically collaborate and direct across KPMG's multidisciplinary teams, leveraging your deep understanding of client businesses to identify, shape, and deliver holistic Product & Operational Taxes and broader corporate tax solutions.
• Spearhead the development and delivery of innovative, cutting-edge client propositions that address complex tax challenges related to financial products and operational structures.
• Lead strategic business development and high-impact proposal activities, identifying new market opportunities and expanding our service offering.
• Strategically harness KPMG's extensive UK and global networks to provide unparalleled Product & Operational Taxes support, ensuring the highest quality and most integrated service delivery to our clients.
• Strategically shape and innovate the future of Product & Operational Taxes services by actively developing technology-driven solutions, guiding them from conception to market, and establishing robust, high-quality delivery models.
• Act as a key ambassador for KPMG and our Product & Operational Taxes team, contributing directly to our ongoing growth by consistently delivering exceptional client value, thought leadership, and market eminence.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, fostering a culture of excellence, continuous learning, and professional growth.

The Person: Your Expertise. Our Future.

We are seeking highly accomplished and commercially astute individuals who demonstrate the following leadership capabilities and technical depth:

• Extensive and demonstrable deep technical expertise in Product & Operational Taxes within financial services, or broader corporate tax experience with a significant focus on financial products and operational structures. This is typically evidenced by relevant qualifications (e.g., CTA, ACA, ACCA, ATT, legal qualification) and/or significant practical experience gained in a senior industry or professional services role.
• Extensive and proven practical experience in dealing with Product & Operational Taxes within a Financial Services corporate tax context, developed through senior roles in either industry or professional services.
• A sophisticated and in-depth understanding of financial markets, key participants (e.g., banks, brokers, institutional investors, custodians, asset managers, private equity), and diverse financial products, with the ability to translate this into tax implications.
• Deep expertise and proven application of knowledge in multiple specialist areas such as Corporate Tax advisory, International Tax principles, Withholding Tax implications for products, Transaction Tax, or Information Reporting (FATCA, CRS/AEOI) within a corporate tax context.
• Exceptional strategic project management, highly effective delegation skills, proven coaching and mentoring abilities, and outstanding client-facing delivery skills at a senior level.
• A demonstrable passion for leveraging emerging technologies to redefine tax solutions, coupled with the ability to proactively apply this knowledge to evolving tax regulations and drive innovative client solutions.
• Strategic foresight in identifying and capitalizing on new tax developments to create compelling, commercially viable, and valuable client propositions.
• Possessing strong commercial acumen, enthusiasm, passion, resilience, and a genuine commitment to continuous learning and professional development, alongside a proven ability to lead and foster team excellence.