Job Description:

M&A Tax - Associate Director
Hybrid - 3 days in City Office

Large deal experience, without the large firm bureaucracy

Work with a mid-tier firm whose Corporate Finance and M&A reputation is well beyond its size. This Transaction Services and Deal Advisory practice is growing fast, with buy-side and sell-side mandates in progress and a strong pipeline behind them. To keep pace, the firm is looking for an experienced tax professional to lead its tax due diligence and structuring work.

Why join

• Real deal exposure, early and often. You'll be the day-to-day tax lead on acquisitions, disposals and refinancings for private equity funds, search funds, corporates and other financial investors. At a firm this size, you get the responsibility and client contact that can take years to reach elsewhere.
• A small, close-knit tax team. You'll work within a medium-sized Transaction Services and Deal Advisory group where people know each other, work together and get noticed. You'll have direct access to senior leadership and a real voice in how the team grows.
• Flexible level. Strong candidates from Manager through to Associate Director will be considered, with scope and seniority reflecting your experience.
• Variety. Tax due diligence, structuring, SPA and tax covenant review, modelling assumptions, funds flows and cap tables, and cross-border work coordinating with the international tax team.
• Work alongside the whole deal team. You'll work directly with financial due diligence colleagues, clients, targets, lawyers and bankers, not just other tax specialists.
• Room to shape things. You'll coach and develop junior colleagues and help improve processes and tools as the team scales.
• Hybrid working. A blend of office and home, with an average of three days a week in the office.

What you'll do

• Lead tax workstreams on buy-side and sell-side transactions, including tax due diligence
• Design tax-efficient deal structures
• Prepare and review due diligence reports, step papers and advisory documents to a high technical standard
• Review SPAs, warranties, indemnities and tax covenants
• Be the day-to-day client contact, managing projects, deadlines and fee budgets
• Coach and manage junior team members

About you

• Solid post-qualified experience with a proven track record in transaction tax
• Strong UK tax technical knowledge, with awareness of international tax concepts
• Experience managing and developing teams
• Able to explain complex tax issues clearly to non-tax stakeholders
• Proactive, organised and comfortable working independently and juggling multiple deadlines
• A personable, confident communicator, in writing and in person

Salary and benefits

Salary is bench-marked to your level of experience, with a discretionary bonus and a full benefits package.

The process

A short introductory call, followed by an in-person interview with an informal technical discussion, and a final in-person meeting with the firm's senior leadership.

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