KPMG’s is looking for exceptional candidates for a Director role, with a strong experience in pricing and commercial excellence to join the team within the Pricing Centre of Excellence.

The People Taxes group specialises in supporting employers to manage their UK and global income tax and social security compliance obligations and providing advice on employee reward.  The employment solutions group sits within People Taxes and focuses on UK compliance and reward. Job Description KPMG's employment solutions practice is a dynamic and successful area of our business. As a constantly changing and increasingly high-profile area, the team can offer a broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people, advise clients in the public and private sector on a range of employment related reward and compliance issues including employment status, end of year reporting, CIS, reward and benefits, CJRS, NMW and payroll compliance issues.   An opportunity exists for an Assistant Manager.  Travel is an essential part of the role due to the nature of the projects.   At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Role and Responsibilities Successful candidates will have a proven track record in employment tax compliance and will have responsibility for: Building and maintaining client relationships through high levels of client service. Supporting on the delivery of advice to clients. Proactively winning work with the team by managing existing clients and spotting new opportunities through client and team interactions. Supporting senior team members with business development and marketing activities, both internally and externally. Managing work in relation to a wide variety of projects in the areas set out above. Involvement in local marketing initiatives. Taking responsibility for delivering work to a high standard and meeting deadlines. Reviewing work carried out by junior staff managing complex projects. Managing teams of people including coaching and developing junior staff. Skills & Qualifications   The successful candidate will have the following skills: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work and guides others around best work practices. Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work. Continuously learns from experiences. Seeks out feedback and development opportunities. Gives clear directions, positive and constructive feedback. Coaches less experienced staff. Works in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues, clients and the wider community. Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information. Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear. Builds the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowl

KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions

At KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions, we implement best-in-class solutions across the Microsoft technology stack. We have extensive knowledge and expertise in all areas, enabling us to provide our clients with an integrated end-to-end solution. Our solutions are based on Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, Copilot, Agents, Fabric and Azure products, enabling us to deliver powerful, connected business solutions that drive significant client value.

Our Transaction Services practice comprises approximately 500 people across the UK, organised to align to KPMG’s market orientated structure, and is at the heart of the Firm's agenda to increase its penetration of boardrooms and work with clients across the economic and transaction cycle.  Our team works closely with colleagues across Deal Advisory as well as Tax, Audit and other Advisory teams; it is a multi-disciplinary and international environment that sits right at the heart of our One Firm agenda. We are recruiting Associate Directors in our Private Equity, Financial Services, Corporates and Capital Markets teams across the UK to support the growth of our TS business.

Recognised in the marketplace for our technical excellence – Transfer Pricing at KPMG is an integral part of the firm’s global community. Our diverse team focuses on advisory services, providing sustainable tax advice to clients, that not only helps to deliver advice, but also supports their wider commercial objectives. With prominent companies choosing to partner with us, you’ll find that you’re also working with the very best in market. This role involves working on a range of projects.

The work involves:

• Developing and maintaining client relationships
• Interviewing clients to understand activities and value drivers for our clients’ businesses
• Determining key industry features across varied industries that influence the pricing of transactions
• Benchmarking market prices across industries and transaction types
• Documenting and designing pricing policies
• Drafting transfer pricing reports
• Supporting clients with tax authority enquiries and Advance Pricing Agreements
• Involvement in global documentation projects where we prepare transfer pricing reports for clients across multiple jurisdictions
• Coordinating with KPMG’s transfer pricing, international tax, indirect tax and other teams across the business on a range of topics
• Coaching and developing junior members of staff
• Assisting with the team’s business development and marketing initiatives.

The Person

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

• Either a CTA, CA, ACA, ACCA qualification or attained a Bachelors or Masters degree in economics, finance, law, accounting or equivalent qualification.
• At least 3 years of transfer pricing experience, preferably including experience of preparing transfer pricing documentation, tax value chain analyses, benchmarking, supporting with tax authority enquiries/Advance Pricing Agreements, project management and managing junior team members
• Sound judgement, including the ability to identify and evaluate risk issues and know when to involve others.
• High level of analytical skills and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice
• High level of drive and enthusiasm with a positive attitude
• Good commercial awareness and a desire to develop a technical specialism
• Ability and willingness to keep up to date technically
• An appreciation of and/or understanding of ethical/risk issues within a client service environment
• Strong people skills for engaging with our clients and team members
• Excellent communication and project management skills