Manager - Employment Solutions

Country - United Kingdom

UK Service Line

People Services, ERS – Employment Solutions

Service Line Information

The People Services group specialises in supporting employers to manage their UK and global income tax and social security compliance obligations and providing advice on employee reward.  The employment solutions group sits within People Services and focuses on UK compliance and reward for employees.

Job Description

KPMG's employment solutions practice is a dynamic and successful area of our business. As a constantly changing and increasingly high-profile area, the team can offer a broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people advise clients in the public and private sector on employment tax, CIS, reward and benefits, CJRS, employment status, NMW and payroll compliance issues.

At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do.

Join a Team Where Your Impact is Valued and Your Growth is Nurtured!

The KPMG Private Client tax team is a rapidly expanding and integral part of KPMG's wider tax practice. We are seeking an exceptional Senior Manager in the Midlands to join our dynamic and supportive environment. This is a unique opportunity to work with a team renowned for its collaborative spirit and a firm culture that truly invests in its people. We are very proud the culture of our team and our focus on continuing to develop our people.

A Client Portfolio That Stands Apart!

At KPMG, we pride ourselves on the quality and complexity of our client engagements. As a Senior Manager, you will lead the delivery of high-quality tax advice to a distinguished portfolio of high-net-worth clients, entrepreneurs, shareholders, and international individuals. This offers an enriching experience, providing exposure to sophisticated tax planning and advisory work that sets us apart. Our clients value objective advice delivered by professionals committed to integrity and excellence.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for someone with a strong track record in Private Client tax who is eager to contribute to our continued growth. You will be a key part of the team delivering exceptional client service and actively participating in business development by bringing innovative offerings to the market.

The Technology Implementation Assistant Manager will support the adoption and implementation of KPMG’s compliance technology platform across both the UK and EMA firms. You will support innovation through automation, analytics, and data-driven solutions, enabling multinational clients to achieve global tax and accounting compliance with greater efficiency, accuracy, and control. This role offers the opportunity to develop project management skills and gain exposure to large-scale technology implementations in a supportive team environment.

Managed Services Global - Manager

A key focus for KPMG’s GCT team is to help multinational groups and financial services clients manage their global tax compliance, reporting and statutory accounting obligations, through outsourcing, co-sourcing, transformation and technology. More information about our team is at the end of this job description.

We are looking for talented Managers to join us with technical experience such as:

• Strong tax and/or accounting compliance and reporting expertise and/or
• Strong VAT compliance and/or VAT process management expertise and/or
• Strong transfer pricing compliance and/or transfer pricing advisory expertise

We are additionally looking for experience in:

• Engagement management
• Tax governance and controls expertise 
• Transformation, transition and project management 
• Client relationship management
• Developing standardised methodologies
• Tax compliance process improvement/redesign expertise
• Advising on appropriate technology to support compliance and reporting processes

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Project manage the overall delivery of global and large UK tax and accounting compliance and reporting managed service projects;
• Manage the implementation of managed service and transformation solutions to ensure the widespread adoption across their business units;
• Support the implementation of technology solutions to support the delivery of our managed service solutions;
• Enable effective governance and issue resolution, and act as the central point of contact for international clients and KPMG overseas teams;
• Manage the tax business development process to progress leads to sales and support contract negotiation and agreement;
• Manage tax & statutory transformation projects ranging from redesigning processes, developing Centres of Excellence, upskilling & technology opportunities;
• Develop our tax service offerings and service delivery models;
• Establishing and maintaining strong client relationships with both existing and new clients;
• Line manage assistant managers and trainees and overseeing output of offshore resource in order to deliver client projects;
• Identify opportunities for additional services that the client may need and liaise with subject specialists;
• Coaching and technical support for other team members;
• Follow KPMG best practice and policy.
• Manage monthly governance calls with clients to share the impact of tax & statutory legislative changes on their business and the impact on key processes; 
• Manage issues and escalations arising from global tax compliance delivered under large multinational global engagements. Including but not limited to indirect tax, WHT, transfer pricing, corporate income tax and statutory compliance;
• Lead regular meetings to update clients on the performance of their tax compliance engagements through qualitive KPIs.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Strong project management/co-ordination skills and experience (e.g. on global compliance outsourcing engagements, tax/accounting transformation programmes or similar projects);
  Experience in process, risk and controls design
• Experience in transition, change management and stakeholder management
• Excellent interpersonal skills with strong oral and written communication skills. Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear; 
• Awareness of technology and automation to drive efficiency, risk management and value
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work
• Sustain

At KPMG, we believe in the importance of creating consistently brilliant customer and employee experiences. The way we do that is by combining our unique insights with a talented team of experience designers alongside the transformation capability to make it real.