**Assistant Manager

• Product & Operational Taxes**

KPMG UK | Financial Services Tax

Location: London

Join a fast-expanding team at the heart of KPMG’s Financial Services Tax practice, where innovation, collaboration, and specialist expertise come together to support some of the most recognised organisations in the financial services sector.

We are seeking ambitious and high-calibre professionals to join our Financial Services Operational Taxes team as an Assistant Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to build your career in a dynamic, challenging, and highly supportive environment, while working alongside experienced leaders and specialists across the UK.

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Why Join This Team?

KPMG’s Financial Services Operational Taxes team works with a broad and diverse client base across the financial services landscape. Our clients include:

• Banks

• Custodians

• Brokers

• Asset managers

• Alternative investment firms

• Wealth and hedge fund managers

• Pension funds

• Sovereign wealth funds

• Global institutional investors

As the team continues to grow, so do the opportunities. You will have the chance to contribute to a thriving area of the business, work on technically complex and commercially important matters, and accelerate your development as the practice expands.

This is a role where no two days are the same. You will work on a blend of compliance and advisory matters, support clients through regulatory and market developments, and help shape innovative service offerings for the future.

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What Makes KPMG Different

Our team is known for being diverse, collaborative, and forward-thinking. We have professionals based across London, Manchester, Bristol, and Edinburgh, and we embraced hybrid and flexible working well before it became standard practice.

We welcome people from a wide range of professional backgrounds, including:

• Professional services

• Tax

• Law

• Accounting

• Regulation

• Industry roles with practical operational tax experience

Whatever your background, KPMG offers the support, training, and encouragement you need to succeed. For the right candidate, there are strong opportunities to work across both our Financial Services and Asset Management Tax teams, or to develop deeper specialism within Operational Taxes.

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The Opportunity

In this role, you will play a key part in delivering high-quality operational tax services to a varied portfolio of financial services clients. You will work closely with clients, colleagues across the UK and globally, and internal technology and advisory teams to help deliver practical, innovative, and commercially relevant solutions.

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Key Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include a combination of technical, client-facing, and strategic work, including:

• Building and maintaining strong technical knowledge across operational taxes and related areas

• Supporting the management of client relationships and projects, becoming a trusted point of contact for operational tax matters

• Developing a strong understanding of client businesses and identifying opportunities to deliver additional operational tax and related services

• Contributing to innovative client solutions and advising on market-leading propositions

• Supporting business development activity, including proposals and go-to-market initiatives

• Collaborating with KPMG teams across the UK and internationally to deliver joined-up, high-quality support

• Helping shape and develop new service offerings, including working alongside technology teams to create and implement new solutions

• Supporting the design of scalable delivery models to ensure consistent and high-quality client outcomes

• Acting as an ambassador for KPMG and the Operational Taxes team, helping drive the continued growth of the practice through excellent service delivery

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Who We’re Looking For

We are interested in candidates who bring a combination of technical knowledge, sector understanding, and a strong desire to grow their career in a fast-moving area of tax.

You are likely to bring some or all of the following:

• Strong technical expertise in tax or financial services, demonstrated through:

• A qualification in tax, audit, finance, law, or regulation, and/or

• Significant relevant practical experience

• Hands-on experience with operational taxes in a financial services environment, whether gained in:

• Industry, or

• Professional services

• A good understanding of financial markets, products, participants, and investors, such as:

• Banks

• Brokers

• Institutional investors

• Custodians

• Asset managers

• Private equity firms

• Knowledge of at least one of the following areas:

• Withholding Tax

• Transaction Tax

• Information Reporting including FATCA and CRS/AEOI

• Qualified Intermediary

• International Tax principles

• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage delivery, delegate effectively, and coach others

• Excellent client-facing communication skills

• An interest in emerging technology, and the ability to apply this alongside changing tax regulations

• Commercial awareness, with the ability to identify new developments and turn them into valuable client propositions

• Energy, curiosity, resilience, and a commitment to ongoing learning

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Career Growth & Development

This role offers the chance to be part of an ambitious and growing team with real momentum. You will gain exposure to cutting-edge developments in operational taxes, work with major market participants as well as fast-growing entrants, and contribute to solutions that help clients navigate an evolving regulatory and tax landscape.

For professionals looking to broaden their expertise, this is an excellent platform to develop across both Financial Services Tax and Asset Management Tax, while also offering the option to deepen your specialism in Operational Taxes.

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Working Arrangements & Locations

While this role is advertised with a focus on London, KPMG is open to speaking with talented individuals across the UK. Our core hubs for this opportunity are:

• London Canary Wharf

• Manchester

• Bristol

• Edinburgh

With 20 office locations across the UK, we may be able to support a range of flexible working arrangements, including:

• Office-based working

• Working from home

• Flexible hours

• Part-time options

If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to raise this during the application process.

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A Culture That Supports You

KPMG is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We value different perspectives, practical experience, and individual potential, and we are proud of a culture that supports both professional growth and personal wellbeing.

If you are looking for a role that combines technical challenge, client impact, innovation, and clear progression opportunities, this could be an excellent next step.

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Interested?

KPMG would be pleased to have an informal conversation with candidates who would like to explore the opportunity in more detail.

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Take the next step in your career with KPMG and be part of a team shaping the future of operational taxes in financial services.