Tax & Legal - Mergers & Acquisitions Manager / Senior Manager at Deloitte Nigeria

Deloitte is the largest private professional services network in the world. Everyday, approximately 286,200 professionals in more than 150 countries demonstrate their commitment to making an impact that matters. Our West Africa practice serves multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and the public sector across Nigeria and Ghana.

In Nigeria, Deloitte is one of the leading professional services firms, specializing in providing Audit, Tax, Consulting, Risk Advisory and Financial Advisory services. We serve clients in a variety of industries from financial services, consumer, telecommunications, media & technology, energy resources & Industrial and government and public services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Tax & Legal - Mergers & Acquisitions Manager / Senior Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are seeking experienced hires with expertise in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Tax to join our Tax & Legal unit.

Responsibilities

• Apply deep technical expertise in the provision of bespoke tax solutions on M&A tax engagements, including due diligence, re-organisations, transaction structuring, post-deal implementation and integration.
• Help clients navigate tax and regulatory issues in transactions.
• Support multinational companies in addressing complex tax issues.
• Work with teams of tax experts across multiple jurisdictions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and act as a trusted advisor to clients on transactions.
• Train, supervise and develop junior team members.

Qualifications

• Possess a Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc., B.A., B.Eng./B.Tech., etc.) or Higher National Diploma (HND) in any discipline with a minimum of second class upper/upper credit division; a degree in law will be an advantage.
• Have a minimum of five credits in WASSCE Ordinary Level/NECO subjects or acceptable equivalent examination, including Mathematics and English Language in one sitting only.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in corporate/ M&A tax.
• ICAN/ACCA qualified.
• Strong technical knowledge of Nigerian tax laws with exposure to international tax and cross-border structuring.
• Proven experience managing multiple projects and leading transaction workstreams.
• Effective verbal and written communication, presentation and client management skills.
• Advanced MS Office skills (particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
• Good understanding of the various industries, ranging from consumer, energy, financial services and telecommunications, or demonstrable specialist knowledge of any industry.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Good working capital management, submission of timesheets as appropriate, understanding timelines, development of templates for specific tasks and management of client relationships.
• Good working professional relationship with the regulatory authorities.
• Admirable professional outlook.

Application Closing Date
14th October, 2025.