Gurpal Singh Mandair
Summary
Accomplished professional with extensive knowledge of international tax laws, adept at project management and technical report writing. Demonstrates exceptional time-management skills, ensuring timely and accurate completion of complex projects. Committed to leveraging expertise to drive organisational success and achieve career growth in a dynamic environment.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Corporation Tax Manager
PwC
08.2022 - 01.2025
- Sector focus on private equity owned businesses with portfolio companies based both in the UK and overseas
- The role is requiring a 70:30 split between PE portfolio tax advisory and core M&A tax advisory
- Outside of tax, I support the wider firm initiatives, such as, introducing our clients to possible use cases for GenAI products
- Core Tax advisory workstreams: Pre / Post deal reorganisations, Overseas expansion (i.e
- Holdco/Acquico structures, debt pushdown, WHT management and collaborating on transfer pricing reviews), Exit readiness reviews (red flag reporting and co-ordinating with UK and overseas teams), UK corporate interest restriction reviews (BEPS Pillar 4) and Profit/cash extraction exercises (including WHT reviews)
- M&A tax advisory – Buyer/ Vendor due diligence, acquisition structuring, deal modelling and SPA reviews
- Stakeholder management – Co-ordinate UK and International PwC tax teams such as Transfer Pricing, VAT, Tax Technology
- Tax Compliance – Undertaking final reviews of tax returns and tax accounting calculations for PE portfolio entities and where required co-ordinating global tax compliance projects
- Client relationship – A key role with clients positioning myself as their trusted advisor and introducing PwC services to clients such as technology and accounting advisory
- Line management - To Senior Associates and Associates
- Collaborated with legal team to resolve tax disputes, resulting in successful settlements.
- Advised on strategic tax planning for business expansion.
- Facilitated staff training sessions on latest taxation laws and procedures.
Corporation Tax Manager
KPMG
02.2021 - 02.2022
- Client portfolio - A portfolio advising predominately UK/US multinationals
- Tax advisory - Specialist tax advisory projects include; Trade and asset and share disposals, capital structure reviews, CIR reviews and tax efficient profit extraction
- Tax Compliance - Reviewing UK corporation tax (“CT”) compliance and coordinating Global CT compliance in the following jurisdictions Spain, France, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, South Africa and UAE
- Tax training - Providing external tax training sessions to clients requiring upskilling of various tax reporting legislation (CCO/SAO/tax risk register)
Corporate and EMEA Tax
CRH
01.2020 - 01.2021
- CT compliance – CT compliance for UK Group
- This included reviewing Group Relief, CIR, TP adjustments, RDEC calculations and managing the Group Payment Arrangement for CT payments
- Statutory Financial Reporting – Supported the statutory financial statement obligations (reporting in IFRS) as follows
- Performed current and deferred tax calculations
- Monthly/quarterly reporting - Supported monthly/quarterly CT and DT reporting for Group
- Tax Advisory - Tax advisory support outlining the tax impacts associated with key projects such as legal entity rationalisations and land/business disposals
Corporate Tax (M&A tax role)
PwC
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Tax Due Diligence – Providing both vendor and buyer side tax due diligence services to PE houses and corporates
- Acquisition structuring and advice – Implementing efficient tax structures for acquisition, deals fees analysis and interest deduction modelling
- Wider tax services - Coordinating with internal PwC tax teams to provide specialist tax services (R&D, Employment Tax Services & Tax reporting tools)
Tax Advisor (Capital Allowances and International tax)
EY
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Client Portfolio - Predominately US multinational businesses with significant UK & EMEA presence - key role in supporting Managers in researching and providing tax advice to clients on UK anti hybrid rules, CFC rules, treasury tax, double tax treaties and WHT, HoldCo reviews for expansion into EU
- Direct Tax Compliance – Preparing and coordinating UK corporation tax returns for US inbound businesses
- Statutory financial reporting – Preparing current and deferred tax calculations for UK/US multinationals
Education
University - Accounting and Finance
University
01.2008 - 01.2012
A Levels - Economics, Law, Accounting
01.2006 - 01.2008
GCSE - 11 A to C’s including AIn PE and History, A in Mathematics and A English Literature
Skills
- International tax laws knowledge
- Project Management
- Technical report writing
- Time-management
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Corporation Tax Manager
PwC
08.2022 - 01.2025
Corporation Tax Manager
KPMG
02.2021 - 02.2022
Corporate and EMEA Tax
CRH
01.2020 - 01.2021
Corporate Tax (M&A tax role)
PwC
01.2017 - 01.2019
Tax Advisor (Capital Allowances and International tax)
EY
01.2013 - 01.2017
University - Accounting and Finance
University
01.2008 - 01.2012
A Levels - Economics, Law, Accounting
01.2006 - 01.2008
GCSE - 11 A to C’s including AIn PE and History, A in Mathematics and A English Literature
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