Manager, Employment Taxes Pensions

Overview

In this role, you join Deloitte’s Employment Tax Pensions team to advise on UK and international pensions tax issues for a prestigious client base. You’ll contribute to a fast-growing, collaborative team and help shape governance, risk, and design across global pension programs. You’ll work closely with senior leaders to develop client relationships and deliver high-quality, technically sound advice. The role offers career progression, cross-border exposure, and hybrid working in London or Edinburgh.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• return-to-work coaching
• focus on wellbeing
• world-class development and technical growth
• supportive senior mentorship
• inclusive culture

Responsibilities

• Provide bespoke pensions tax advisory to corporate clients, pension trustees and high net worth individuals
• Support multinational clients on international pension plan implications, governance, risk and compliance
• Coordinate large-scale reviews of UK domestic pension plans for tax efficiency and remediation as needed
• Design, implement and communicate global pension plans for employers with multi-jurisdictional workforces
• Collaborate with Deloitte offices and clients globally to support retirement and long-term savings needs
• Lead and develop junior team members while managing client relationships and delivering high-quality outputs
• Advise on retirement planning considerations for senior executives
• Support on pension funding, post-funding transactions, and inheritance tax planning
• Maintain strong governance standards and effective client communication across engagements

Key requirements

• ATT, ACA, CTA or equivalent preferable but not essential
• Interest and curiosity in pensions taxation; ability to discuss UK pensions tax landscape
• Strong UK tax technical capabilities; ability to translate tax rules and case law for clients
• Experience in employment tax, mobility or private client backgrounds is a plus
• Highly numerate with attention to detail
• Willingness to learn and develop new technical areas and consulting spaces
• Ability to build inter-personal relationships and commercial awareness
• Ability to communicate with pension scheme trustees and explain complex messages clearly
• Ability to produce high-quality, technically accurate client-facing work
• Ability to plan, prioritise workload and meet deadlines
• Take ownership and use initiative to resolve problems

• rapport-building with people at all levels
• excellent listening
• integrity and professional culture
• pensions tax principles and UK tax landscape
• ability to read, understand and translate tax rules and case law
• international pension plan governance and risk

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