M&A Deals Tax Senior Manager

Company: Hays
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will lead and shape corporate tax advisory work for SMEs and entrepreneurial clients, with a strong focus on M&A activities. You will collaborate with the Partner, Head of Tax and the North’s corporate finance team in Manchester to deliver high-quality advisory services and strategic tax solutions. You will drive from the front, combining technical excellence with commercial insight to support growth and succession planning. This is a client‑facing senior role with opportunities for accelerated progression to Director/Partner within a prominent firm.

Pay / Benefits

  • competitive salary
  • benefits package
  • pension scheme
  • hybrid working options
  • flexible working hours
  • firm-wide bonus scheme

Responsibilities

  • Provide tax advisory services to SMEs, start-ups, owner-managed businesses and entrepreneurial clients
  • Lead M&A related work including demergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, group reorganisations
  • Support exit and succession planning and set up share schemes
  • Collaborate with Partner, Head of Tax and corporate finance team to deliver high-standard work
  • Manage client relationships and lead from an operational and client perspective

Key requirements

  • Extensive experience providing corporate tax advisory services to SMEs and owner-managed businesses
  • Strong M&A experience (demergers, restructurings, group reorganisations, acquisitions)
  • Technical competence with strong commercial acumen
  • Gravitas to communicate and lead from the front
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • M&A tax advisory
  • Demerger implementation
  • Corporate restructuring

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Posted: October 3rd, 2026