About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Manager to join our M&A and transactional tax team. This role involves day-to-day engagement delivery, advising clients on UK and international deal structuring, tax due diligence, SPA tax input, and post-deal integration. You will work closely with Directors and Partners, advise private equity, corporate, and family office clients, and help shape the use of AI and automation in tax delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead the day-to-day delivery of M&A and transactional tax engagements across buy-side and sell-side deals.
- Advise clients on UK and international deal structuring, tax due diligence, and SPA tax input.
- Support post-deal integration workstreams, including tax structuring and reporting considerations.
- Work directly with private equity, corporate, and family office clients to deliver commercially focused tax advice across the transaction lifecycle.
- Review and quality-check technical outputs from junior team members ahead of Director or Partner sign-off.
- Collaborate with Unity's in-house AI team to help build and refine delivery tools for the transactions tax practice.
- Support business development activity: proposals, pitches, and building client relationships.
- Coach and develop junior team members, contributing to the growth of the transactions tax practice.
Requirements
- Significant experience in M&A or transactional tax from a Big 4, top-tier advisory firm, or law firm.
- Hands-on experience delivering buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence and deal structuring advice.
- Strong technical grounding in UK corporate tax as it applies to transactions.
- A track record of managing engagement delivery and coordinating with legal counsel and other deal advisors.
- Clear, confident communicator, comfortable engaging directly with client stakeholders.
- Qualified tax professional (CTA, ACA, or equivalent).
Skills
- M&A tax
- Transactional tax
- UK deal structuring
- International deal structuring
- Tax due diligence
- SPA tax input
- Post-deal integration
- AI and automation in tax delivery
- Client advisory
- Business development
- Team leadership
- Cross-border transactions
- Private equity advisory
- Family office advisory
- Tax technology
Location
- Mayfair office
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior Manager
Education Level
- Qualified tax professional (CTA, ACA, or equivalent)
Benefits
- A truly hybrid and flexible working model.
- The chance to help shape a modern, AI-enabled M&A tax offering.
- Direct exposure to senior clients, dealmakers and investors from day one.
- A flat, collaborative team where ideas move quickly and impact is real.
About the Company
- Unity Advisory is a pure-play, experience-led CFO advisory firm providing integrated finance, commercial, tax and deals support.
- We are free from audit conflicts and AI-enabled by design, combining deep technical expertise with automation, analytics and AI embedded into the delivery of every engagement.
- We are building an alternative to traditional advisory firms, focused on clarity over complexity, outcomes over hours, and practical advice delivered at pace for CFOs making high-consequence decisions.
Equal Opportunity
- At Unity Advisory, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
- In line with the Equality Act 2010, we will accommodate any suitable candidate requiring assistance to attend or conduct an interview.
- If you need any adjustments or support, please let us know when either scheduling your interview or in your application cover letter.
- We are dedicated to ensuring that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and are here to support you throughout the process.
