Job Description

Basic information

Location

Leeds, Newcastle

Business Line

Tax & Legal

Job Type

Permanent / FTC

Date published

03-Oct-2025

Req #

20881
Job description

Connect to your Industry

The Financial Services Business Tax Team at Deloitte is offering an exciting opportunity to work with the world's leading banking and capital markets, insurance and investment management tax experts. Working in this team of experts offers you the opportunity to work with sophisticated and dynamic businesses, developing your technical knowledge and gaining experience of working on challenging and interesting engagements.


Being a trusted advisor and building long-term relationships with clients is key to being successful in this sector. By working closely with Partners and other leaders, you will be at the heart of our client relationships, enhancing your network and building your brand.


Deloitte's Financial Services Business Tax Team work nationally, with an established and successful team and our North East practice (Leeds and Newcastle) is looking for ambitious and capable individuals, to support our growth and help deliver our ambitions.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.


What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we

lead the way

,

serve with integrity

,

take care of each other

,

foster inclusion

, and

collaborate for measurable impact

. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

We work closely with other tax teams, as well as colleagues across the business, to deliver a broad range of services to a mix of clients. A successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, including:

M&A transactions Cross-border reorganisations and other restructuring work Tax disputes and controversy Tax advisory Compliance and reporting Tax Audit support

The variety of work and mix of clients means that you will be challenged on a daily basis.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

Our Managers take the lead on delivering key parts of our client services. As a Manager you will use your commercial awareness and professional expertise, along with leveraging the skills and expertise of others, to deliver the best possible experience and outcomes for our clients.


We take individual development very seriously and as well as the opportunity to work on a range of diverse and challenging clients with direct interaction with the partners and directors in the team, you will also receive continuous on the job training.


Our performance management process is structured, transparent and interactive, ensuring you receive ongoing supportive feedback to help you achieve your goals.


We will support you in being a confident team member with responsibilities which will include:


Working with existing UK and international client relationships and support in building new relationships.


Supporting senior team members and subject matter specialists in communication, marketing and delivery of a range of advisory services to clients.


Development of the technical and operational skill set of junior team members.


Managing and overseeing compliance and advisory projects, with regards to managing client and statutory deadlines, billing requirements and delegating effectively to your team.


Working effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.


Successful candidates will have:


Essential:

UK corporate tax experience gained from an in-house role within a financial institution, from an accountancy/legal/advisory firm, or HMRC, or equivalent. Experience delivering a range of tax advisory and compliance services to clients, in addition to developing junior team members. Work could include: + Tax advisory assignments;
+ M&A transaction support;
+ Tax structuring;
+ Tax compliance; and
+ Tax audit support and tax accounting advisory.
Experience managing relevant risk procedures, in addition to taking financial responsibility for engagements. An ACA or CTA qualification or equivalent. The desire and motivation to advance your career in taxation. The ability to manage a portfolio of clients and projects as well as managing junior staff. The ability to work closely with clients, applying practical and commercial concepts to technical work. The ability to work in a team. The ability to support the team in building new client relationships. Strong communication and written skills. The desire to be challenged and stretched.

Connect to your business - Tax

Innovation and tax consultancy may not seem to go together, but that's exactly what you'll find at Deloitte. We're constantly seeking the new and working together to push the limits of what's possible. Discover a new kind of tax career that you can make your own.

Tax

Our comprehensive range of services encompasses everything from the completion of tax returns (corporation tax self-assessment) to complex consultancy assignments and strategic tax planning. We advise on corporate and general tax, international M&A, stamp tax, cross-border transfer pricing, reorganisations and reconstructions, and competent authority negotiations.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"We advise some of the largest, most prestigious clients in the world, so the work is really challenging and exciting. We also have a fantastic team of smart, driven people, and a supportive, entrepreneurial culture where everyone's encouraged to be bold, creative, and ambitious." - Oliver, Tax

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in either Leeds or Newcastle with hybrid working.


At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?


For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.


We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.


Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.


Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers


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