Transaction Tax Director

ForvisMazars is an engine for rapid and consistent career progression,offering individually designed career paths that help you pursueyour interests, match your changing needs, and explore your truepotential. We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a rangeof sectors and geographies, giving you the opportunity toconstantly update and grow your skills for lifelong professionaldevelopment. There are currently opportunities arising as part of ourcontinued expansion of the transaction taxes team. Our team isbuilding on years of continued growth, with a specific focus forrecruiting the right individuals to support our clients through allstages of transactions. We are a rapidly growingteam which has meant we have opportunities at the director level inparticular to help shape and accelerate our exciting plans over thenext 5 years. Our profile has increased and, with it, our pipelineof work in the M&A tax space. We are looking for enthusiastic,driven individuals who are keen to take a role that allows forleadership, develop existing and new relationships and helping others in the team achieve their personalobjectives. JobPurpose As a Transactions taxdirector you will be responsible for leading our teams in providingthe full range of tax due diligence and M&A structuringservices to our clients. The role willinvolve covering both domestic and international clients providingan opportunity for those with both purely UK as well ascross-border experience. We would expect theright candidate to have significant experience working intransactions taxes. They may also have experience on theleadership and strategy development. However, this role couldalso be a good opportunity for the right person to step into theirfirst leadership role, with the ability to build a futurepartnership case. Role &Responsibilities Based onthe current team requirements, the role will comprise the followingelements: Service delivery - Duediligence

• Beingresponsible for the overall delivery of complex tax due diligenceassignments including leading on the provision of corporation taxdue diligence services to our clients;
• Liaising with colleagues in VAT, employment taxes, otherspecialist tax services and teams from other Mazars group countriesto project manage the overall tax due diligenceservices;
• Working collaboratively with bothour transaction services team to go to market andsuccessfully win new combined financial and tax due diligenceprojects;
• Building client relationshipsthrough engagements and proactively pursuing opportunitiesidentified through due diligence assignments to support clientspost deal.
Servicedelivery - M&A structuring advice
• Leading on the provision of tax advisorystructuring services to our clients, with responsibilities forsuccessfully delivering complex tax advisoryassignments;
• Being the main day to day pointof contact on a portfolio of M&A tax advisoryclients;
• Owning the overall clientrelationship, scoping assignments tailored to client's needs,negotiating fees;
• Co-ordinating with the dealadvisory team to provide a seamless client service on combinedM&A projects both across other tax services but also combinedwith our financial reporting and other advisory serviceteams.;
• Ensuring our advice is properlyreflected in all aspects of the transaction through communicationwith clients and their lawyers/other advisers.
• Collaborating across the wider tax and advisory andconsulting teams in identifying opportunities, developing clientrelationships and supporting other go to marketinitiatives.
Strategicand operational leadership
• As the team and opportunities continue to develop we needan individual who can help shape the future of the transactions taxteam. Working alongside the existing transaction tax partnersyou will be responsible for helping design and implement a strategyto support the growth of the transactions tax team.
• Enhancing deliverables and processes to drive quality,including supporting on team training.
• Peopleresponsibilities for key transaction taxes team members, providingsupport with their personal and professional development,appraisals and wider performance management.
  
  Holdsrelevant professional qualification such as ACA or CTA (orequivalent).
• Strong technical knowledge of keytax issues that affect companies and shareholders on atransaction.
• Experience intransactions
• Strong project managementskills, with a track record of leading teams on complexassignments.
• Provides assistance, sharesexperience, provides meaningful feedback and proactively supportsthe development of others.
• Broad experience ofmanaging the financials on clients, monitoring financialperformance, identifying overruns and successfully negotiating feeswith clients.
  
  Forvis Mazars is a leadingglobal professional services network. The network operates under asingle brand worldwide, with just two members: Forvis Mazars LLP inthe United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationallyintegrated partnership operating in over 100 countries andterritories.
Both member firms share acommitment to providing an unmatched client experience, deliveringaudit & assurance, tax and advisory services around the world.Together, our strategic vision strives to move our clients, people,industry and communities forward. Through our reach and areas ofexpertise, we help organisations respond to emerging sustainabilityissues in the global marketplace including human rights, climatechange, environmental impacts and culture. Weare one diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a hugesense of connection and belonging. This is a place where you cantake ownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourselfand put your ideas into action. AtForvis Mazars, we celebrate individuality and thrive on teamwork.We give people the freedom to make a personal contribution to ourshared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, createchange and make an impact so that everyone can reach their fullpotential. Being inclusive is core to ourculture at Forvis Mazars; we want to ensure everyone, whether inthe recruitment process or beyond is fully supported to betheir unique self. To read more about our approach clickhere Our aim is to make therecruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible -please contact us to discuss any changes you may require so we canwork with you to support you throughout your application.