KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions are looking for an experienced D365 Commerce Solution Architect, you will lead the design and delivery of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce (Retail/Omnichannel) solutions for enterprise clients. You will have deep expertise in D365 Commerce, including POS, e-commerce, call center, and retail operations, with a proven track record of end-to-end implementations. You will work closely with clients, manage consultants, and collaborate with development teams to deliver robust, scalable, and integrated Commerce solutions. The role includes presales activities, proposal development, and mentoring junior staff

This role is therefore key to KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions’ customer delivery of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations solutions. It is a dynamic and exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing business area within an established and market-leading global Big 4 firm.

Main Responsibilities

Project Responsibilities

• The Functional Solution Architect will drive the delivery of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance/SCM/Retail solutions following best practices
• Owning the solution for the Finance and/or SCM and/or Retail work stream, making design decisions and reviewing/creating solution documentation
• Responsible for leading and managing a team comprising of a group of talented consultants each holding different levels of expertise
• Have excellent understanding of D365FO functional capabilities
• Involvement with functional interfaces and Integrations with D365FO
• Provide on-site support as required by company or client. Work with onsite engagement team & client team to gather requirements, determine expectations & finalize deliverables
• Ownership of gathering and documentation of functional requirements and complete gap/fit analysis for workstream
• Ensure quality project delivery of deliverables produced and demonstrate experience in system and functional testing
• Advise client and delivery team members of scope (creep) and use of change control processes
• Delivery of end-user training to clients and colleagues where applicable
• Demonstrate ability around upselling and understanding of additional company capabilities
• Involvement in responding to RFPs and RFQs
• Demonstrate excellent foundational consulting skills, including analytical know-how, written. & verbal communication, team participation & presentation skills
• Solves and advises on complex problems with creative solutions
• Meet and exceed customer expectations from business knowledge, skills, and behaviour
• Carry out additional duties as may occur from time to time as instructed and agreed by Project leads and Directors
• Identify business/project risk and mitigate or communicate as necessary
• Ensure progress updates are communicated to relevant parties both formally and informally
  
  

Practice Responsibilities

• Awareness of product roadmap and the content of future releases of D365FO in the Commerce area and demonstrate changes/additions to team members
• Identify practice development activities and strong involvement in the creation and delivery of these to fellow colleagues
• Strong involvement in further development of Finance and/or SCM and/or Retail capabilities in D365FO product team
• Promotes the Values of our company
• Leads people and helps to gr

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 are making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

Overview

This exciting role is within our South Region Corporate Tax Advisory & Compliance (CTAC) team, based in our Reading office. KPMG’s CTAC team has an immediate need for an Assistant Manager to support delivery of a range of engagements across corporate tax advisory, compliance and related work. The CTAC Reading team has a very strong market reputation working with leading Global clients on a range of tax services. There is a strong pipeline of project and advisory work. Our clients include UK headquartered businesses and large international groups across a range of sectors including TMT, healthcare amongst others. Our work in the tax advisory space includes supporting clients with business and fiscal change. This can include advising on new jurisdiction entry, the development of new business areas, business reorganisations, tax authority enquiries, pre/post transaction reorganisations, refinancing, cash repatriation, interest deductibility and the impact global fiscal change (e.g. BEPS Pillar 2). We work as a hybrid team where we get together in the office or at client sites at least twice a week to collaborate and learn together, with flexibility over how you spend the rest of your time.

The Role

• Being one of the main points of contact on a portfolio of clients on day-to-day tax matters and working with Partner/Director group, Senior Managers and Managers on our larger client accounts

• Supporting tax advisory projects by providing UK corporation tax input based on experience and researching topics and by working with other areas of tax and our overseas members firms to incorporate their input into our advice

• Ensuring our clients are kept up to date with emerging corporate and wider tax developments and budgets impacting their business

• Supporting the delivery of UK corporation tax compliance services

• Supervising the work of junior members of staff and providing coaching to support their development

• Assisting our Managers and Senior Managers with client account management, including complying with appropriate quality and risk management procedures and financial management

• Support the leadership with business development opportunities

The Person

• Qualified CTA or ACA / CA or equivalent

• UK corporation tax experience (preferable)

• Problem solver, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates, and integrates information

• Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent, and clear

• Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work

• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for managing own work and juggling

KPMG’s Infrastructure Group in the UK consists of over 400 professionals and is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading independent financial and business advisers in infrastructure.
We provide in-depth advice on the strategic, financial, regulatory and commercial issues driving investments in infrastructure across Transport, Power & Utilities, and Social Infrastructure in the UK and internationally. Our work includes market and policy design, economic analysis, deal structuring and execution, as well as strategic and transaction advice to enable private and public capital to fund infrastructure. We also work closely with other functions within KPMG to advise clients on mergers and acquisitions, valuations, tax, accounting, and due diligence.

The utilities sector is a key business area for the Infrastructure Group and encompasses work for the large clients in the sector including all of the leading UK energy and water companies. We provide in depth strategic and technical advice on corporate finance issues, corporate financial management; regulatory finance, regulatory policy, business and financial planning, as well as other issues affecting value. We are widely recognised by many industry stakeholders as one of the most innovative advisors influencing the future of the sector.

Our business is expanding rapidly and is looking for a high-quality candidate to support our Power & Utilities business.

We are a national team of over 140 transfer pricing specialists including 14 Partners based in London and key UK cities.  There is a good mix of tax professionals, accountants and economists with backgrounds from industry, practice and HMRC.  This variety of backgrounds will give you the opportunity to work with people who are experts in their field and help you to build a diverse skillset....

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.