Managed Services - Manager

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. More information about our team is at the end of this job description.

We are looking for talented Managers to join us with technical experience such as:

• Strong tax and/or accounting compliance and reporting expertise and/or
• Strong VAT compliance and/or VAT process management expertise and/or
• Strong transfer pricing compliance and/or transfer pricing advisory expertise

We are additionally looking for experience in:

• Engagement management
• Tax governance and controls expertise 
• Transformation, transition and project management 
• Client relationship management
• Developing standardised methodologies
• Tax compliance process improvement/redesign expertise
• Advising on appropriate technology to support compliance and reporting processes

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Project manage the overall delivery of global and large UK tax and accounting compliance and reporting managed service projects;
• Manage the implementation of managed service and transformation solutions to ensure the widespread adoption across their business units;
• Support the implementation of technology solutions to support the delivery of our managed service solutions;
• Enable effective governance and issue resolution, and act as the central point of contact for international clients and KPMG overseas teams;
• Manage the tax business development process to progress leads to sales and support contract negotiation and agreement;
• Manage tax & statutory transformation projects ranging from redesigning processes, developing Centres of Excellence, upskilling & technology opportunities;
• Develop our tax service offerings and service delivery models;
• Establishing and maintaining strong client relationships with both existing and new clients;
• Line manage assistant managers and trainees and overseeing output of offshore resource in order to deliver client projects;
• Identify opportunities for 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.
• Manage monthly governance calls with clients to share the impact of tax & statutory legislative changes on their business and the impact on key processes; 
• Manage issues and escalations arising from global tax compliance delivered under large multinational global engagements. Including but not limited to indirect tax, WHT, transfer pricing, corporate income tax and statutory compliance;
• Lead regular meetings to update clients on the performance of their tax compliance engagements through qualitive KPIs.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Strong project management/co-ordination skills and experience (e.g. on global compliance outsourcing engagements, tax/accounting transformation programmes or similar projects);
  Experience in process, risk and controls design
• Experience in transition, change management and stakeholder management
• Excellent interpersonal skills with strong oral and written communication skills. Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear; 
• Awareness of technology and automation to drive efficiency, risk management and value
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work</

KPMG’s Strategy & Performance Transformation practice is looking for exceptional candidates for a Director role.  The role will focus on Deal Strategy within the Media industry as part of the wider Telecommunications-Media-Technology sector, but with scope to work on the wider range of services including Growth Strategy, Deal Strategy, Cost and Operational strategy (including Economic Profitability Analysis) and Enterprise-wide Transformation.

The Strategy & Performance Transformation team is part of KPMG’s rapidly expanding Strategy Group, which delivers value for clients by challenging conventional thinking, bringing deep industry and functional insights and executing with investor-grade rigour.  We are a diverse team of over 150  practitioners, working collaboratively with and orchestrating KPMG’s broad set of capabilities within our Deal Advisory business.

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.

Base Location: London/Leeds plus network of 20 offices nationally:

Why join KPMG as a Learning Visual Designer?

Learning Services is a crucial component of KPMG’s People Consultancy practice and a rapidly expanding part of our business. It’s an exhilarating field that aims to address the entire spectrum of clients’ learning requirements. Our work encompasses a comprehensive range of services that meet the market’s demands for scale and quality. By diligently monitoring market drivers and learning trends, we’ve integrated a cutting-edge, technology-driven platform with a modular approach, a repository of reusable digital content, and a robust service delivery capability.

Our Learning Services portfolio extends beyond mere training. A fundamental aspect of our service is assisting clients in bridging the gap between their workforce’s current measurable skills, their deficiencies, and their future requirements. This enables clients to achieve their immediate and long-term strategic business objectives. We are committed to investing in our Learning Services team to expand our capabilities and serve more clients. As part of this growth journey, we seek passionate and talented individuals to join us.The Learning Content team is responsible for designing and developing a diverse range of engaging and inclusive learning solutions for a broad client base across various sectors. Our expertise spans on-demand context-setting animations, inclusive digital learning, thought-provoking podcasts, facilitated in-person and virtual classrooms, and action-oriented peer working sessions. We are renowned for our proficiency in learning and are seeking a skilled Learning Visual Designer to join our team and contribute to our continued growth.

What will you be doing?

• Attend project kick-off meetings and work with the Learning Content Lead, Instructional Designers (IDs) and/or Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to develop branding, look & feel documentation and apply these standards to develop initial templates.
• Work within a project team with the Lead Visual Designer/Developer to deliver high quality learning assets.· Work with Learning Content Lead /Project managers to estimate completion time.
• Interpret storyboards and scripts to create visually engaging content, using experience to recommend appropriate solution format and design approach.· Work closely with Instructional Designers to support the development of storyboards and scripts, providing technical suggestions to further enhance the learning solutions and ensure deliverables can meet quality, cost and timeframes as agreed with Project Management team and client.
• Self and peer review assets produced against the project style guide and storyboards.· Source and produce Graphics and video/animations.· Communicate ideas to stakeholders and suggest ways to innovate existing processes and solutions.
• Demonstrate commercial awareness when planning build, focussing on quality as well as commerciality.
• Bring a passion for learning, creativity and design, keeping abreast with latest design and technology trends.Business development responsibilities:· Work with the Lead Visual Designer/Developer to research and identify future opportunities to innovate and implement new ideas.
• Work on demo course building and proof of concepts.
• Prepare general marketing support for courses that have been built.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of brand and agreed style guide.· Share knowledge, best practice and lessons learnt from projects with the rest of the team.

What will you need to do it?·

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