• Extensive experience in prominent languages such as Python, Scala, Spark, SQL.
• Experience working with any database technologies from an application programming perspective - Oracle, MySQL, Mongo DB etc.
• Experience with the design, build and maintenance of data pipelines and infrastructure
• Robust understanding of design practices and system architecture and with a focus on data security
• Extensive experience of defining code review standards to drive quality
• Excellent problem solving skills with experience of troubleshooting and resolving data-related issues
• Experience working with cloud platforms and in particular architecting with native cloud resources relevant to data problems
• Extensive experience driving and leading Agile methodologies (Scrum, pair-programming etc)
• Have the ability to work in a cross functional team of Business Analysts and demonstrating an excellent understanding of business requirements.
• Strong communication skills along with ability to lead a team towards a great product/service and articulate technical strategies to non-technical audiences including clients at all levels including C-suite

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KPMG’s Corporates Indirect Tax group focusses on the large corporates market, is a well-established group of around 30 dedicated indirect tax specialists who help UK and international headed groups address all of their indirect tax advisory needs. The team has specialists in many different sectors.

We assist our clients by managing and advising on projects as part of multidisciplinary and multijurisdictional teams and provide specialist indirect tax advice on a variety of complex issues and we are shameless in our desire to pioneer and our drive to seek out new opportunities.

We are growing our team to meet an increasing demand for our market leading services and are seeking your relevant expertise and experience to join us.

As a Manager within our Technology Transformation capability you bring a technology perspective to a broad range of client issues, demonstrating how technology can be used to address problems and realise opportunities.  

Job Title/Req Number: FS Forensic FDA (Technology) – Assistant Manager

Base Location: London / Regions plus network of 20 offices nationally: KPMG Office Locations

Summary of Role Purpose:

KPMG’s FS Forensic Financial Services practice is a key contributor to the Firm’s strategic growth initiatives. We have achieved rapid year-on-year growth since the team’s inception and have set ourselves ambitious targets to maintain the momentum. We possess a strong pipeline of work for the year ahead and continue to develop innovative market-leading solutions for our clients. We now need an experienced and dependable Assistant Manager to assist in converting the existing pipeline, expand it with our current offerings and to develop our technology propositions.

Assistant Managers are responsible for managing the delivery of a range of financial crime projects. The team assists clients to assess, assure, review, test, and improve their financial crime systems whilst using innovative Data Analytics tools and approaches. They will be expected to collaborate across FS Consulting to deliver the best solutions for our clients.

An Assistant Manager who is a Technology SME is required to utilise knowledge and expertise to support the delivery of a range of financial crime projects with a particular focus on financial crime review, audit, assurance, and advisory-oriented engagements. Projects will be varied in nature and will include work to help clients design their approach to assurance as well as executing framework-wide or thematic reviews.

What will you be doing?

• Combine technical financial crime knowledge (across transaction and fraud monitoring, transaction and customer screening, and customer due diligence) and data analytics knowledge to deliver projects to a high standard.
• Leverage your technical knowledge, experience, and contacts to contribute to the development of proposals and in generating new business for the firm.
• Manage and mentor Technology Analysts from diverse backgrounds during projects.
• Maintain awareness of regulatory risk/landscape and use this awareness to flag issues of importance to the operation.
• Develop financial crime policies and procedures.
• Contribute to or develop proposals and propositions for internal or external clients.

What will you need to do it?

• Tenacious problem-solving attitude: the ability to identify and fix issues before they become critical.
• Financial Crime Knowledge: Using your existing Financial Crime knowledge and experience to design and carry out end-to-end testing of Financial crime systems. These systems can include screening, transaction monitoring, customer due diligence, and fraud detection.
• Risk Management: Experience in assisting with scoping, adherence to risk and management standards, internal financial management, managing delivery risk, production, and review of deliverables.
• Data: Ensuring teams can balance and manage data analysis of large volumes of data, structured and unstructured, utilising a wide range of database management systems, reporting systems, and visualisation software.
• Project Management and Delivery: Balancing quality of service, project planning, and costs when delivering a project.
• Business Development: Participating in busi

This exciting role is within our International and Complex tax group based in the London office, focussing on large inbound and outbound multinational businesses. You’ll join a high performing team advising some of the largest and most complex organisations in the world.

We are looking for a talented individual at Senior Manager level to support our continued rapid growth. The successful candidate will thrive in a dynamic and challenging working environment, supported by a strong and ambitious leadership team.