KPMG’s Pensions is an exciting initiative to re-establish the pensions team, and specifically to focus on public service pensions advisory and grow revenue at pace. We are now looking for talented and experienced Assistant Manager to join our pensions actuarial team. You will be responsible for delivering high quality actuarial pensions advice in relation to defined benefit pension schemes with a focus on the public sector but also schemes in the private sector. You will be responsible for will work closely with the senior members of the team in this service line, which will involve providing: Strategic journey planning, risk management aiming for self-sufficiency or buy out and endgame options including use of surplus Strategic funding advice to sponsors and advice on compliance with DB funding code Pension due diligence on mergers and acquisitions Provision of member education and communication Advice on benefit change, benefit design and implementation Advice on good governance and compliance Pensions accounting advice   You will

Governance, Risk & Compliance - Assistant Manager – Scotland (Edinburgh)

 

KPMG's Governance, Risk and Compliance Services (GRCS) practice within IGH is an area of the firm with tremendous growth potential as proven by recent significant wins. It provides services relating to internal audit, internal control, corporate governance, risk management and related assurance projects. Clients are based in the public and private sectors. Our services deliver added value to clients through the use of modern control assessment, risk management and audit techniques focusing on strategic, management and operational issues as well as financial management and reporting controls. We also work closely with other consulting teams including our colleagues in Technology Risk and Cyber Risk to ensure our clients receive the best possible advice and assurance. 
The Role 
As an Assistant Manager in GRCS there will be opportunities to work on a variety of engagements for our clients covering the spectrum of services that we provide including:  
• Reviewing and establishing internal audit functions
• Assurance mapping
• Creating annual audit plans for clients
• Providing internal audit services on both outsourced and co-sourced contractual basis
• Managing and directly delivering individual and/or a programme of internal audit projects which includes planning, review, quality assurance and reporting
• Working with client’s in-house internal audit function to supply specialist or additional resource needed
• Process improvement projects
• Risk management, governance and internal audit advisory services
• Risk identification workshops and control reviews
• Delivering control and risk training
• Managing and reviewing internal control questionnaires
• Corporate governance reviews
• Contract compliance audits
• Assessing effectiveness of internal audit functions, audit committees and boards
• Working with members of other KPMG advisory teams 
• Business development

Responsibilities 

• Assisting management to retain responsibility for a UK-wide portfolio of clients, maintaining relationships with senior KPMG and client staff and is responsible for the financial performance and delivery of these accounts
• Demonstrating a detailed understanding of how current and emerging legal, regulatory, governance, risk management, auditing, accounting and financial reporting standards affect their clients
• Understanding and assisting managers to undertake KPMG's internal risk management and client engagement management procedures including client acceptance, continuance and engagement procedures
• Keeping up to date with all industry specific issues and circumstances which affect your clients
• Developing internal audit strategies which address all internal audit, client service and project management issues, in accordance with the KPMG internal audit methodology
• Delivering against those audit strategies
• Recognising where specialists are required and involving other KPMG staff, managing their input to the client
• Reviewing the audit evidence obtained ensuring it is sufficient in line with IIA and PSIAS (Public Sector Internal Audit) Standards and KPMG methodology
• Conducting meetings with clients to explain audit findings and drafting and reviewing reports
• Reporting to partners/directors all salient points arising from assignments
• Assisting management to produce quarterly Audit Committee papers
• Assisting management to set budgets for engagements and monitoring delivery against the budget
• Ensuring work in progress is monitored and controlled with fees being raised promptly
• Identifying and exploiting additional fee billing possibilities

Who are we looking for?
You are already experienced in the field of UK corporate tax compliance and have a passion for compliance and the varied aspects of your role that this brings. You may have reached this stage in your career by various means. At KPMG, we welcome applications from those qualified by experience, as well as ATT / CTA / ACA or equivalent qualifications.

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. 

 

 

Location: Flexible  (London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh) Contract Type: Permanent  Hours: Full time and we offer Flexible Working