Senior Manager - Capital Allowances
Glasgow
About the team
The issues surrounding tax and legal services are constantly evolving, both locally and globally. Our Tax and Law experts are at the forefront of providing a range of specialist tax and legal knowledge and technologies to empower businesses. This is why you'll find KPMG the perfect place for you to build your expertise, progress your career and make your mark.
Our tax professionals have an impact on some of the most pressing global challenges of the day, such as climate change, incentives and transparency. We offer real scale and size in terms of the range of tax solutions we offer clients. Our services span: International Tax, Deal Advisory Tax and Transfer Pricing; Business Taxes, covering advisory, compliance, claims and incentives and transformation; People Taxes, advising on all aspects of employee reward, tax issues arising as a result of having a global workforce as well as advising high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurial families; and Indirect Taxes.
The Fixed Asset Tax Services (FATS) team sits within Claims and Incentives in Corporate Tax. Our tax advisers, accountants and surveyors work together across the UK to help organisations identify qualifying expenditure and access capital allowances, land remediation relief and deferred revenue. The team supports businesses of every size and sector, including owner-managed businesses and multinational organisations, and uses technology to help clients capture and analyse fixed asset data.
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Manager to join our Scotland team. You will lead client engagements involving capital allowances and related fixed asset tax matters, bringing together technical expertise, strong project leadership and a commercial approach. You will have scope to influence client relationships, develop colleagues and contribute to the continued growth of the practice locally and nationally.
What you'll be Doing
• Build trusted internal and external relationships, identifying client needs and converting opportunities into high-quality projects.
• Lead local and national engagement teams in preparing capital allowances claims, elections and allowance statements.
• Apply complex tax legislation to real-world client situations, providing practical and commercially focused advice.
• Set the standard for technical quality, client service and effective delivery across engagements.
• Manage projects from scoping and proposal development through to completion, balancing quality, deadlines and commercial priorities.
• Lead proposals, presentations and pitches for new and existing clients.
• Coach, delegate to and develop junior colleagues, ensuring work is well documented and reviewed to a high standard.
• Share specialist knowledge and provide technical support to colleagues across KPMG.
• Contribute proactively to the team's business development activity and market presence.
Skills, experience, and knowledge you'll need
• Strong knowledge of capital allowances legislation and the confidence to apply it to complex client circumstances.
• Relevant experience in capital allowances, tax, accounting or surveying, with the ability to lead client-facing advisory work.
• Proven project management capability, including prioritising your own workload and delegating effectively across a team.
• Experience managing, coaching and reviewing the work of junior colleagues.
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with a focus on clear, practical outcomes for clients.
• Confident communication and relationship-building skills, including explaining complex legislative concepts and leading discussions, proposals and presentations.
• A relevant tax, accounting or surveying qualification is welcomed, such as Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA), Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) or an equivalent credential but is not essential.
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