The Vendor Management team is part of the Technology Business Management function within Enterprise-Wide Technology (EWT) reporting to the Commercial & Vendor Management Lead.  The team is responsible for the day-to-day management of EWT major Tier 1 and 2 Vendors including key Managed Services Outsourcing contracts and Software deals. The team works closely with the EWT Senior Leadership and IT Procurement Teams, inputting into the overall IT Sourcing strategy which underpins EWT and KPMG Business Strategy.

The EWT Senior Vendor Manager will play a pivotal role in driving value, innovation and delivery assurance to realise the commercial strategy and financial control with our key vendors.

The role will be a key interface between the EWT Service Ops and Platform Engineering teams, who are responsible for operationalising the services delivered by the Vendors and KPMG Technology Procurement who play a key role in the contracting process.  

Why Join KPMG as a Tax Manager: Real Estate

The KPMG financial services tax team is a fast-growing part of the KPMG tax practice. Operating from London &

Manchester, we do work that matters, serving the region with diligence and expertise.

The role is in our Core Asset Management tax team, which has a diverse client and target base spanning the Financial

Services sector - providing services to traditional asset managers and financial services institutions, private equity.

funds, real estate and alternative investors, wealth and hedge asset managers, UK pension funds and global institutional
investors.  

We are looking for a candidate with a particular interest in the Real estate market, although the setup

of the team is such that there will be other opportunities to work across traditional asset management tax compliance

and advisory, private equity funds, operational taxes and EU Funds.

The team is diverse and collaborative, with individuals based across London, Manchester, Bristol, and Edinburgh, we

embraced hybrid and flexible working long before it became the norm! Our team has a mix of backgrounds and whatever

your background we will give you the support, encouragement, and training to thrive at KPMG.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter with a good level of core corporate tax or income tax technical knowledge

and a confident outward facing skillset willing to invest time and effort in the marketplace. 

Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Manager

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Base Location: London, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

Powered Enterprise is KPMG’s world-class accelerated Enterprise Business Transformation approach for cloud-based solutions driven by a pre-defined back-office function based on leading practices and KPMG’s six-layer Target Operating Model. The target operating model comprises of service delivery model, people, process, technology, data & insight and governance & controls. This solution combines the breadth and scale of KPMG’s leading practice, capabilities and insight into what makes a world class corporate services function with the latest in ERP technology provided by the leading SaaS ERP vendors such as Oracle.

The Powered Apps teams are communities of technology focussed professionals who work together to deliver SaaS ERP and EPM based transformation programmes based on KPMG Powered Enterprise. The teams use their functional knowledge and experience (e.g. Planning, Finance, Procurement), coupled with their expertise in the cloud applications (e.g. Oracle, Workday, Coupa) to lead and deliver client programmes, to support pre-sales activities and to develop improvement and extensions to the Powered Enterprise model. KPMG are growing their Powered Apps team to meet an ever-increasing demand for our market leading services and are seeking IT management consultants with relevant expertise and experience.

Why Join KPMG as an Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Manager

- Consulting?

· Communicating compelling and well thought out solutions for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) in response to complex client problems.

· Supporting business development and project delivery activities across clients from multiple industries.

· System design and delivery, including release management, integration management, data migration strategy and management.

· Defining an overall Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solution leveraging leading practice solutions to support the business requirements.

What will you be doing?

· Recognizes the importance of continuous self and team development and actively strives to achieve this.

· Building constructive working relationships across different teams, functions, countries or cultures.

· Helps others to understand how their work contributes to the overall success of an engagement and the wider firm.

· Fosters a sense of self belief and confidence in others.

· Seeks to understand other’s motivations.

· Supports others to make brave decisions.

What will you need to do it?

· Educated to degree level or equivalent.

· Experience of multiple industry sectors - e.g. Public sector (local / central government), Retail, Higher Education, Financial Services etc.

· Experience of working effectively with senior client representatives.

· Experience in leading and delivering multiple full life cycle implementations of Oracle EPM Cloud products

· Experience with FP&A processes Planning, Financial close and consolidation, Reconciliation, Data management and other oracle cloud products

· Experience in design and Implementation EPM applications Primarily EPBCS, FCCS, ARCS, DM and EDMCS; experience in other processes like PCMCS and EPRCS would be advantageous

· Experience in Key finance and accounting processes that includes general accounting and corporate consolidation, financial planning and analysis, accounts payables and receivable, fixed assets, and Management Reporting

· Experience with governance controls, change management, conceptual data modeling, master data management,

The KPMG financial services corporate tax team is a fast growing part of the KPMG tax practice. We are looking for excellent candidates who are seeking a dynamic and challenging working environment within a strong supportive leadership team. 

The role is in our Core Asset Management tax team, with a particular focus on our Private Equity Funds client base. 

Our team has a diverse client and target base spanning the Financial Services sector - providing services to traditional asset managers and financial services institutions, private equity funds, alternative investors, the real estate sector, wealth and hedge asset managers, UK pension funds and global institutional investors. 

We are looking for a candidate with a particular interest in providing clients with corporate and income tax advisory and compliance services, ideally with experience in the FS market sector.  The set-up of the team is such that there will also be opportunities to work across all aspects of asset management tax, including Real Estate Tax, Operational taxes and EU Funds. 

The successful candidate will be a self-starter with a good level of core corporate tax technical or income tax knowledge and a confident outward facing skillset willing to invest time and effort in the marketplace.