Senior Manager – Indirect Tax

KPMG UK | Tax & Law

Location: Birmingham or Nottingham

Business Area: Indirect Tax

Experience Level: Senior Manager

Type: Full Time

Contract: Permanent

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Join KPMG’s Midlands Indirect Tax Team

KPMG is looking for an experienced and driven Senior Manager to join its Midlands Indirect Tax team, based in Birmingham or Nottingham. This is an opportunity to work with a diverse portfolio of clients, including UK-headquartered businesses and international groups entering or operating in the UK.

You will play a central role in delivering strategic indirect tax advice to clients navigating business change, regulatory developments, and complex cross-border issues. From expansion into new jurisdictions to post-transaction restructuring and global fiscal reform, this role offers exposure to a broad and stimulating range of advisory work.

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What You’ll Be Working On

As part of this team, you will advise clients on a wide spectrum of business and tax matters, including:

• Entry into new jurisdictions

• Launch and development of new business lines

• Business reorganisations

• Tax authority enquiries and dispute support

• Pre- and post-deal restructuring

• Refinancing and cash repatriation

• Interest deductibility considerations

• Global tax developments, including BEPS Pillar Two

This is a role for someone who enjoys solving complex client challenges while delivering commercially focused, technically robust advice.

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How You’ll Work

KPMG operates a hybrid working model, with team members coming together in the office or at client sites at least twice a week. This approach supports collaboration, learning, and relationship-building while still offering flexibility in how the remainder of your time is structured.

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Key Responsibilities

In this Senior Manager role, you will be expected to lead, influence, and deliver across client service, team leadership, and business development.

Client Delivery & Technical Leadership

• Work closely with Partners and Directors on complex advisory projects

• Deliver high-quality indirect tax advice across a broad range of issues

• Provide technically strong, commercially relevant solutions to corporate clients

• Analyse and challenge specialist input to ensure the best outcomes for clients

Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong client relationships

• Develop a deep understanding of clients’ businesses and commercial priorities

• Grow your own external network and identify opportunities for additional support and services

• Provide sales support across both B2B and B2C client relationships

Project & Team Management

• Lead UK and cross-border advisory teams

• Coordinate with specialists, overseas member firms, and external advisers

• Manage project delivery to ensure quality, efficiency, and successful outcomes

• Oversee engagement quality, risk processes, and client financials

People Leadership

• Support team operations, including resourcing and performance management

• Coach, mentor, and develop junior colleagues

• Act as a role model for KPMG’s values and collaborative culture

Business Development

• Drive forward business development initiatives

• Identify and pursue opportunities with existing and target clients

• Partner with senior stakeholders to grow client relationships and expand service offerings

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What We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate will bring a combination of strong technical expertise, commercial awareness, and leadership capability.

Qualifications & Experience

• CTA, ACA / CA, or equivalent professional qualification

• Strong UK VAT advisory experience

• Good understanding of UK corporation tax

• Broad awareness of related tax and accounting matters

Skills & Attributes

• Ambitious, enthusiastic, and proactive

• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• Strong analytical thinking and a curious mindset

• Commercially minded, with a practical approach to resolving issues

• Excellent project management capability

• Ability to work collaboratively while taking initiative to move projects forward

• Sound judgement, including identifying risk issues and escalating when appropriate

• Able to manage multiple clients, projects, and priorities effectively

• Passionate about coaching and developing junior team members

• Committed to continuous learning and technical development

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Why Join Tax & Law at KPMG?

Tax and legal issues are evolving rapidly, both in the UK and globally. At KPMG, that means you’ll be part of a practice where the work is consistently intellectually challenging, commercially relevant, and rewarding.

You’ll also benefit from the scale and breadth of KPMG’s Tax & Law offering, with services spanning:

• Corporate Tax

• Indirect Tax

• Expatriate Tax

• Private Client Personal Tax

• Tax compliance and advisory services

• KPMG Law

If you are looking for a leadership role where you can shape client outcomes, develop talent, and contribute to a growing Midlands practice, this could be the ideal next step in your career.

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Apply for the Opportunity

Take the next step in your career with KPMG and become part of a team that combines technical excellence, commercial insight, and meaningful client impact.