Senior Tax Associate, Structured Products and Real Estate, PwC Birmingham

A career in our Structured Products and Real Estate practice, within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You'll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.

Our team helps our clients manage regulatory requirements and organisational restructuring needs in the derivatives, loans and mortgage space. You'll be assisting the team with tasks related to model governance and validation, accounting advisory, end to end transaction support, valuation services, business processes and controls, and tax and treasury services.

About the team

Our Midlands tax practice is a thriving team which is at the heart of ambitious growth plans for the PwC. At PwC we challenge ourselves to find new ways to exceed the expectations of our clients and our people. Working closely with our London teams, you will have the opportunity to work with some of PwCs largest clients, while enjoying the benefits of living and working in the Midlands, being part of the transformation of the heart of Birmingham and, from next summer, working in our brand new building in Chamberlain Square.

Our clients include a wide range of businesses including some of the largest businesses in the Midlands, high profile international clients, Private Equity, Government, private businesses and high net worth individuals. We are proud of the diversity and depth of specialism of our teams in the Midlands, this means we can offer not only exceptional value to our clients, but a depth and variety of experience for our people which is unrivalled outside London.You will be based in the Midlands, but will quickly grow your network of other specialists in the firm to bring the best of PwC to our clients. You will be a creative problem solver capable of coordinating the input of multiple specialists alongside your own area of expertise.

About the role

The focus of our team is our clients, ensuring that we provide innovative ideas and high levels of service.

As a Senior Associate within the team you will work on a portfolio of clients, covering a broad range of tax issues, including group structuring, financing, real estate, and overseas taxes. You will work closely with our tax compliance teams to ensure delivery of computations to our clients. You will also work closely with other areas of the local tax practice, such as VAT, Stamp taxes, Capital Allowances and Transaction Structuring.

Who we’re looking for

We are looking to recruit high calibre, ambitious people accustomed to working as part of a team and who are comfortable dealing with new or unfamiliar technical challenges. Individuals must be interested in relationship development as extensive client contact should be expected.

Essential skills and experience

UK accountancy or tax qualification (ACA, ACCA and/or CTA) or comparable overseas equivalent.
Strong academic backgroundAbility to identify critical & relevant data sources
Proven numerical, analytical and strategic thinking skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Tax

We help organisations and the people who run them answer the big business questions. How should we raise finance? Where should we be based? How should we reward our people? With some 3,300 experts whose expertise covers every conceivable area of taxation, we’re one of the UK’s leading tax practices.

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Diversity

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, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.
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