Tax Transformation (Data and Automation) – Assistant Manager

We are looking for talented Assistant Managers to join us in Canada Square, London (although flexibility on location will be considered) with experience in a broad range of areas including:

 

• Tax compliance, automation and reporting experience, particularly around indirect taxes, including EMEA compliance
• Familiarity with end-to-end finance processes (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Record-to-report) and their integration with tax
• Advising on appropriate tax technology to support compliance and reporting processes
• Tax technology implementation experience, including requirements gathering from a tax, IT & User Interface perspective, and creating and reviewing design documentation
• Tax transformation experience, including tax governance, process design and improvement
• Project management
• Client and engagement management

 

In addition to these key areas, other desirable but not essential skills include:

• Data, data bases, data transmission and data transformation including an understanding of structured query language (SQL)
• Analysing large volumes of data
• Designing cloud-based practical applications from a tax perspective
• Acting as a functionality translator, being the primary liaison between technology teams and tax teams

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Delivering tax transformation and technology projects, often as part of a wider finance transformation program
• Helping clients to design, build and deploy automation solutions which are designed for Tax
• Supporting our clients in designing systems which address tax requirements in different countries in the optimal way
• Working together with Tax Transformation and GCT colleagues as well as other teams in KPMG such as Consulting
• Helping clients develop robust global governance and control frameworks
• Develop our service offerings and service delivery models
• Establishing and maintaining strong client relationships with our clients
• Manage graduate trainees and oversee the output from offshore resource in order to deliver client projects;
• Identify opportunities to provide 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.

 

Knowledge and Experience:

• Awareness of technology and automation to drive efficiency, risk management and value
• Experience in process, risk and controls design
• Excellent interpersonal skills with strong oral and written communication skills. Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear;
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work. Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work;
• Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information;
• Builds the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowledge and experience 
• Awareness or experience of tax and accounting compliance processes (e.g. Direct/Indirect tax returns, statutory accounting).

 

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At KPMG we have re-imagined careers in Global Compliance & Transformation (GCT). 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.

 

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