We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our market-leading regulatory finance team as an Associate Director with a focus on competition economics. We are looking for an ambitious individual who would be excited to take a lead role in building our economics practice.

Our economics team is part of our well-established utilities regulatory consulting practice, so you will benefit from working closely with other professionals who frequently support us on our cases, including regulatory finance experts and econometricians. The projects you will advise on will be high profile and varied. In recent years we have advised on subsidy control, CMA re-determinations, risk analysis, major transactions and much more.

Responsibilities:

• Play a pivotal role in running projects and maintaining client relationships with minimal supervision from Directors and Partners.
• Ensure that client work is delivered to the highest standards in both content and form, managing client interactions, tracking budgets, and complying with the company’s risk processes.
• Lead project teams of 2-12 people, fostering a collaborative spirit and culture of respect. Maintain a positive attitude when the team is under pressure, supporting other team members.
• Play a key role in our sales efforts, building and maintaining effective relationships with key clients across the sector, as well as with other advisors. Identify and act on new opportunities with both new and existing clients.
• Be involved in the wider management and development of the P&U Regulatory Finance team, including contributions to recruitment, performance appraisal, mentoring and thought leadership.

Our Audit Learning Business Partners are the critical two-way link between the business and our Learning and Development teams. As a key member of the team, your role contributes true value to the bottom line and is recognised as essential for short and long-term strategic business planning. Your responsibilities span the employee life cycle inclusive of the talent agenda, so you are a true partner to the Capability-aligned HR community. Collaboration across our operating model is a key feature of how you will deliver impactful results

Reporting to the Senior Learning Business Partner, you will build trusted advisor relationships with senior stakeholders in your business super service lines. Using your knowledge and experience of the core learning and HR competencies, coupled with your commercial awareness, you will translate your clients’ business needs into realistic and achievable solutions that reflect the learning strategy and deliver impact. It’s a fast paced and changing environment. Working closely with the Audit Technical Learning team to ensure alignment with technical learning, you will ensure non-technical learning supports the wider Audit learning strategy as a seamless experience. You will be a role model for collaboration to those around you, influencing, coaching, and challenging through accountability and quality in your work.

Tax Manager - Transfer Pricing - Compliance

Base Location: Birmingham, London, Manchester plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

Why Join KPMG as a Transfer Pricing Manager- 

Transfer Pricing is a rapidly expanding field within International Tax, and at KPMG, we're at the forefront of this exciting growth area. Our dedicated Transfer Pricing team is committed to helping multinational groups navigate the complexities of global transfer pricing compliance, including the preparation of master files, local files, TP returns, and benchmarking. We leverage our market-leading technology, structured processes, and a team of dedicated UK based TP compliance specialists to deliver exceptional results.

This is a unique opportunity to join a high-growth area within our business and contribute to a key strategic investment in our people. We are looking for talented Managers to join our UK TP Compliance practice. If you're passionate about Transfer Pricing and eager to join our specialist compliance team, we encourage you to explore this exciting career path with KPMG. 

What will you be doing?

This role involves working on a range of projects.

The work involves:

·       Lead global transfer pricing compliance projects where we prepare transfer pricing local files, master files and TP returns for clients across multiple jurisdictions.  This role involves leading on a range of compliance projects across a varied client base in both size of business and industry.

·       Developing and maintaining client relationships for global transfer pricing compliance projects

·       Project management in relation to the provision of our services

·       Performing/attending functional interviews with clients to understand activities and value drivers for our clients’ businesses to prepare transfer pricing analyses

·       Determining key industry features across varied industries that influence the pricing of transactions and preparing transfer pricing analyses

·       Prepare/review benchmarking analyses across industries and transaction types (TNMM and CUP)

·       Reviewing and documenting transfer pricing policies

·       Understand and implement KPMG’s transfer pricing technology for preparation of local files

·       Review transfer pricing local files using KPMG’s transfer pricing technology

·       Supporting clients with tax authority enquiries

·       Coordinating with KPMG’s transfer pricing, international tax, indirect tax and other teams across the business and across multiple jurisdictions on a range of topics relating to transfer pricing compliance

·       Coaching and developing junior members of the team

·       As part of the TP Compliance team actively contribute to leadership discussions and help to implement continuous improvement to processes within the team.

·       Lead or assist with business development and project scoping process as necessary for new global transfer pricing documentation proposals including preparing scope and fee quotes and presenting in client pitches/demos.

What will you need to do it?

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

Qualifications and 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 5 years of transfer

The International Standards Group (ISG) is looking for a talented and motivated professional to play a leading role in the development of global guidance, communications and training relating to IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (Sustainability Reporting Standards). You will be a key member of the leadership of the Global Corporate Sustainability Reporting Topic Team (CSRTT), providing direct support to the Chair and Vice Chair of the CSRTT, participating in technical discussions and supporting global leadership in their interactions with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG).