Manager – National Security – Ops/Strategy (109193)

Base Location: London, Bristol or Manchester: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations 

The KPMG Defence Consulting and National Security function is a cornerstone of our business.  Operating from London and Bristol we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies.  We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.We advise government and industry clients on their largest, most complex, and highest profile strategic issues. Our team combines deep sector insight, expert consulting capabilities and trusted client relationships to design and implement solutions that span all aspects of our clients’ operations. We become immersed in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes and get it right first time.

This role involves working on a range of projects.

Help leading organisations bring clarity and confidence to some of the UK's most strategically important infrastructure and construction programmes. As an Assistant Manager in Major Projects Advisory (MPA), you will use commercial insight, delivery experience and structured analysis to help senior decision-makers understand cost, contract and performance challenges. You will work with specialists from across the construction industry and support clients in sectors including energy, transport, defence, health, housing and education. This is an opportunity to join a growing team, build trusted client relationships and develop your advisory career while contributing to high-profile projects in the UK and occasionally overseas. 

oin KPMG's Corporate Finance team in the Midlands and help clients achieve their strategic goals through the successful purchase or sale of businesses. You will manage mid-market mergers and acquisitions engagements from initial strategic review through to completion, working with corporate, private equity and financial services clients across a range of sectors. As a trusted day-to-day contact, you will lead high-quality deal execution, guide junior colleagues and contribute to winning new work. This opportunity offers broad transaction exposure, meaningful client responsibility and the chance to develop specialist expertise within an ambitious, growing team.

Transfer Pricing

Grade: C

Job Title: Transfer Pricing Manager specialising in Transfer Pricing Audit

Recognised in the marketplace for our technical excellence, Transfer Pricing at KPMG is an integral part of the firm’s global community. Our firm is also renowned for its technical excellence in Audit, delivering high‑quality, rigorous audit work underpinned by strong analytical capability and professional scepticism. KPMG’s specialist Transfer Pricing Audit team sits within the firm’s national transfer pricing team and audits the transfer pricing arrangements of a range of businesses to identify transfer pricing risks.

Our team works on a broad range of audits from FTSE100 Group reporting engagements to UK statutory audits.

The KPMG specialist audit team have high levels of technical expertise and team members below partner and director work closely with the partners and directors in the team. There is extensive on the job coaching as well as more regular technical training sessions. The nature of the work provides an ideal environment for team members to rapidly increase their technical skills seeing a wide variety of audits. 

The team is a virtual team and there is the ability to work from any location.

The Responsibilities/Job Description

This role involves working on a range of audits to test whether the tax on the transfer pricing arrangements materially complies with the arm’s length principle as set out in the UK Transfer Pricing legislation.

Day to day, the work involves:

• Managing various transfer pricing audits and leading the day-to-day transfer pricing audit processes
• Coordinating with KPMG's Audit and Tax Audit teams on a range of audits
• Acting as the main point of contact for audit entity management teams
• Speaking to Audit Entities to obtain the facts
• Coaching and developing junior team members which will also include delivering training sessions and providing on-the-job coaching on a regular basis
• Ensuring timely reporting to senior management
• Actively contributing to sharing transfer pricing audit knowledge to the transfer pricing advisory team

The Person

We are looking for candidates with the following skills/experience:

• Either a CTA, CA, ACA, ACCA or attained a Bachelors or Masters degree in economics, finance, law, accounting or equivalent qualification
• Transfer pricing experience: preferably including experience of transfer pricing audits, policy setting, tax authority enquiries/Advance Pricing Agreements, operational transfer pricing, financing transfer pricing, project management and managing junior team members; or significant audit experience  
• Sound judgement and an enquiring mind, including the ability to objectively assess and challenge management’s assumptions and exercise professional scepticism
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• High level of drive and enthusiasm with a positive attitude
• Keen ability and willingness to keep up to date technically and develop the technical ability of the team below you
• Ability to work autonomously and to take initiative as appropriate
• Highly organised with excellent communication and project management skills