Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Platform Security Architect (Advisory) – Senior Manager – National Security

This is a senior leadership role within KPMG’s Customer team – one of the fastest-growing and strategically vital areas of our firm. We help our clients to transform the way they interact and engage with their customers. In this client facing role, you will use our pre-built assets, robust methodology and technology alliances to enable greater speed to value for our clients and support us in generating a higher margin, longer term revenue stream for KPMG. 

Job Title: Manager - Transfer Pricing

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 compliance and/or advisory services, providing sustainable tax advice to clients, that not only helps to deliver compliance, but also supports their wider commercial objectives. And with prominent technology companies choosing to partner with us, you’ll find that you’re also working with the very best in market-leading tech.

The Responsibilities/Job Description  

This role involves working on a range of projects.

The work involves:

• Providing technical transfer pricing advice to our National Markets clients on a broad range of topics
• Developing and maintaining client relationships including acting as the main point of contact for clients and relevant stakeholders
• Managing various projects across multiple jurisdictions and leading the day-to-day delivery processes
• Coordinating with KPMG's transfer pricing, international tax, indirect tax and advisory teams on a range of topics
• Financial management, including developing and managing project budgets and billing to ensure profitable delivery of client engagements
• 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 identifying new opportunities and managing business development and marketing initiatives along with proposition and market leads

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.
• Extensive 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.
• Strong analytical skills and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice
• High level of drive and enthusiasm with a positive attitude
• Strong commercial awareness
• 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
• An appreciation of and/or understanding of ethical/risk issues within a client service environment
• Very strong people skills for engaging with our clients and team members
• Highly organised with excellent communication and project management skills

GISG (Global Information Security Group) is one of five domains within KPMG’s Global Technology & Knowledge group. GISG provides the information protection and technology infrastructure that secures KPMG’s technology environment and connects its network of member firms. GISG works with the other GT&K domains to ensure that appropriate security controls are in place for KPMG technology solutions.

As part of the Global Information Security Group (GISG), the Information Security Services (ISS) team which includes the Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) helps defend KPMG and its clients from cyber attacks, through timely detection, investigation and remediation of potential threats.

Role summary

The Technical Adoption manager is responsible for managing relevant internal and external stakeholders to enable the continuous cycle of onboarding new technologies, services and service enhancements provided by the GSOC. The role holder will be responsible for the following:

• Provide management of the technical adoption team
• Supervising BAU technical adoption activities
• Working with Security Product management to identify new products or product enhancements that will require adoption into live GSOC services.
• Working with Innovation Lead and to identify projects, both internal and for other areas, that will require adoption.
• Work GSOC Operational teams to ensure smooth onboarding of end to end service capabilities.
• Track and report to GSOC and GISG Management on all technical adoption activities
• Produce and maintain process and procedur

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 compliance and advisory services, providing sustainable tax advice to clients, that not only helps to deliver compliance, but also supports their wider commercial objectives. And with prominent technology companies choosing to partner with us, you’ll find that you’re also working with the very best in market-leading tech.

As a result of continued growth and promotions within the Regional team we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Manager Transfer Pricing professional to join the team and play a pivotal role in driving our future growth ambitions.

KPMG’s FS Corporate Tax team has an immediate need for an Insurance Tax Senior Manager to support delivery of a range of engagements across corporate tax advisory and tax audit assist work. The KPMG FS Corporate Tax Team has a strong market reputation working with leading Global and UK banks and insurers on a range of tax services. There is a strong pipeline of project and advisory work.