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 are making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

Overview

KPMG's Tax practice is a dynamic and successful area of our business. A constantly changing and increasingly high-profile field, Tax can offer a surprisingly broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people.

Our London region CTAC team is a fast growing part of our Tax practice with a diverse client base ranging from PE-backed, owner managed and family businesses through to UK listed and multinationals.

Working in our successful CTAC business will give you the opportunity to develop relationships with clients as you manage the tax compliance process together with getting involved on various advisory projects such as, business reorganisations, tax authority enquiries, pre/post transaction reorganisations, refinancing, cash repatriation, interest deductibility and the impact of global fiscal change (e.g. BEPS Pillar 2).

The Role

This exciting role is within our London region Corporate Tax Advisory & Compliance team, based in our CSQ office.  We work as a region which comprises 5 other offices. 

The successful candidate will be able to build strong relationships, develop junior staff, provide excellent client service and identify business development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Be market facing with allocated clients and target organisations 
• Liaising with the client service team and with colleagues in other tax disciplines as well as the audit and accounting discipline to provide a co-ordinated service to the client including managing and delivering tax compliance services

Role Purpose

The role of the Solution Architect is to help the Firm deliver its business strategy through technology. They must work with technology delivery projects to translate the business requirements into detailed solution architecture designs; ensure that solutions align with the relevant technology and capability roadmaps; ensure that transformation projects deliver the business and technology strategies; influence business and technology stakeholders to adopt the strategic technology solutions; guide technology projects through the Technology Assurance processes and escalate risks, issues and critical dependencies to the appropriate leaders as required to ensure the successful delivery of the project.

You will be required to maintain your core knowledge of wider technology trends and the KPMG technology ecosystem; build conceptual and detailed solution architecture designs; and ensure alignment with the Firm’s technology policies and standards.

KPMG Overview

Joining KPMG means joining a talented team of exceptional colleagues who bring innovative thoughts and a natural curiosity to the work they do each day. No one type of person succeeds at KPMG; a diverse business requires diverse personalities, characters, and perspectives. There really is a place for you here.

Service line Information 

Enterprise-Wide Technology (EWT) is an internally facing, dedicated team of over 450 technologists and other specialists, focused on keeping technology running seamlessly for everyone in KPMG.

The Team

Strategy & Architecture sit within EWT. The team provide technology solutions to the firm, covering Design, Assurance and Strategic Direction to the firm.

Core Knowledge

Extensive Solution Architecture Experience

· Work with Capability CTOs, technical SMEs, and specific projects to analyse and translate business requirements into technical requirements, ensuring that these are feasible

· Maintain a high level of technical knowledge incl. current, emerging and future technology market trends and their impact on the business

· Develop and maintain expert knowledge of KPMG’s technology ecosystem, incl. the main applications and technologies that support one or more KPMG Capabilities, e.g., Tax, Audit, etc.

· Develop and maintain expert knowledge of the Microsoft Dynamics domain.

· Develop and maintain expert knowledge of the Microsoft Dynamics supporting ecosystem. To include; third party applications, data architecture, process automation, integration, MSFT Power Platform etc.

· If required, provide advice to and/or seek to learn from other Member Firms, client teams and/or clients that are seeking to implement or improve their use of Microsoft Dynamics or the supporting CRM/Sales Ecosystem.

Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications

Manage a portfolio of work, whilst supporting the Solution Architecture team as they work on a diverse range of projects and programs.

· Create and develop the requisite documentation – conceptual and detailed solution architecture design documents.

· Contribute to governance processes where applicable – this will include helping the project navigate the Technology Assurance Process

· Work closely with the Strategy & Architecture team, development teams, other architects and 3rd party suppliers.

· Create & maintain a detailed view of existing architecture in order to help manage the transition to future state architecture.

· Identify business/project risk and mitigate or communicate as necessary.

· Ensure progress updates are communicated to relevant parties both formally and informally.

· Carry out additional duties as may occur from time to time as instructed

Do you want to “hack the gibson?” Do you enjoy playing a “nice game of chess”? If we said “hack the planet” would you be able to tell us the film? At KPMG we are looking for a Senior Manager who lives and breathes hacking and information security. You will have earned your stripes doing CHECK work in data centres and be ready to, or already skilled in leading teams of talented testers.

In return we will provide some of the UK’s most unique government and commercial engagements for you to cut your teeth on and a friendly, passionate team to develop and grow.

The KPMG’s Cyber Defence (CDS) Team conducts client facing technical assurance and penetration testing and has a long and successful history in KPMG. Our clients are diverse and we cover many sectors with particular specialisms in Financial Services, High-end Defence Assurance and Telecommunications. We work closely with the NCSC developing new schemes such as Cross Domain Solutions Testing (https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/ncsc-cross-domain-industry-pilot-stage-2) and are members of all current NCSC and CREST testing schemes - as a result we conduct interesting and challenging work that isn’t on offer elsewhere

You will be a Senior Manager within our Tech Transformation Practice (aligned to WAM Consulting) and will be helping both grow our business and ensure our teams deliver high quality advice to clients. You should expect to be involved in a wide range of challenging client engagements across the WAM value chain for clients from across the ecosystem. As a Senior Manager you will be expected to lead on the delivery of key client work items such as leading programmes or being responsible for building KPMG IP. 

It is also expected that you will lead and manage more junior members of the KPMG team as part of project delivery. You will be an example to more junior members of staff who will look to you for advice, guidance and development support.   

As a Senior Manager it is likely that you will also be required to support Directors and Partners with business development activity such as helping with proposition development, proposals, RFP responses and pipeline management.

In addition to supporting the build out of the client proposition for technology, you will also be expected to support the development of the practice in a broader sense, such as through the development and nurturing of junior talent, training, internal communications and contribution to the positive culture and supportive working environment.

KPMG's Corporate Finance practice has an industry-leading reputation for delivering forward thinking and objective advice for our UK and global client base, as well as an envied track record in closing successful deals. Together, our firm's Corporate Financiers have advised on or arranged critical and sensitive equity and debt transactions for some of the world's largest corporations, financial institutions and governments.