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

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We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Manager to join our team, who will be responsible for working closely with colleagues in the area of defined benefit pensions. Specific areas of focus, but not exhaustive, will include

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You will be a key contact with client teams, with responsibility for managing the day-to-day relationships. You will also work closely with our tax and legal specialists across all of KPMG's UK offices to consider areas of adjacencies and growth.

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