Deloitte, Consultant, M&A, Indirect Tax, Tax, London

The opportunity

The London Indirect Tax Team has grown rapidly over the last 5 years and to continue that growth needs high calibre additional resource at Consultant level. Our team is regarded within the firm as one of the leading and most successful service lines, with a reputation for being proactive, entrepreneurial, successful and fun to work with.
We reward our employees on merit and not time served. Working for us will present you with the opportunity to get involved in high profile cases early on in your career and expand your horizons.

The M&A team sits within the Indirect Tax group and focuses on all aspects of M&A, both corporate and private equity backed. As well as providing a variety of indirect tax transaction support services, the team advises private equity funds on their own VAT affairs as well as a range of private equity backed portfolio investments across a number of industry sectors.

The team is unique amongst the Big 4 firms in providing a fully integrated offering in the private equity sector and is recognised as a market leader on indirect tax matters as they affect the industry. The team works closely with HMRC policy and high profile industry bodies in representing clients in the sector.

Consistent with its clients operations, the work is often global in nature and provides colleagues the chance to broaden their knowledge and interact with the Deloitte global network regularly. The team is very closely aligned with corporate tax and financial advisory colleagues and as such M&A team members will typically be working cross-service line with colleagues at all levels from analyst to partner.

Responsibilities

You will have responsibility for:
- Assisting with deepening relationships with target accounts, contributing to winning new work
- Leading indirect tax input on high profile transactions
- Leading existing client engagements, reporting direct to a partner
- Assisting with developing less experienced staff with hands on advice and support
- Input into development of new market opportunities locally, nationally and internationally with an opportunity to lead the market development of the new ideas
- Contributing to enhancement of relationships with all targets and clients
- Working closely with colleagues in other parts of the firm particularly within corporate tax and financial advisory
- To have a broader perspective of potential issues encountered when managing diverse teams and the strategies to overcome them; have a clear understanding of the firm’s commitment to creating a more inclusive culture

Requirements

To qualify for the role you must have:
- CTA or equivalent qualification
- Prior M&A VAT experience gained within industry, professional services or HMRC
- Excellent client facing, relationship building and business development skills, coupled with commercial awareness
- The ability to be proactive, identify opportunity and take early responsibility

We are Tax

Our business spans the full range of tax activities and by integrating these specialist areas when forging a team for the client, we can deliver the best advice to that client, wherever in the world they operate. Internally, the tax department is split into three main areas: Business Tax, Indirect Tax and Global Employer Services.

Our consultative approach adds significant value to our clients’ businesses and makes a tangible difference to their profits. As a result, you’ll get to work with a variety of clients, across a wide range of industry sectors, from large multinational companies to entrepreneurs and other high net worth individuals. This variety of work means you’ll gain broad and in-depth knowledge of business. As well as providing coaching in key financial, business, consulting and legal skills, we’ll also give you all the support you need to gain valuable professional qualifications.