This role will lead the Talent Deployment – Audit team aligned for CLR. With a fixed book of work and a complex pattern of regulation and accreditation requirements, it is critical that the Audit Resourcing Senior Manager CLR is able to optimise the resourcing within the performance group.  The appropriate allocation of resources to engagements has a significant impact to quality, our financial results and our people experience all of which are key pillars of our strategy.

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 CTAC department 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 department will give you the opportunity to develop relationships with clients as you help with advisory work and manage the compliance process.

KPMG Law – Real Estate Job Specification

Title: Real Estate – Legal Assistant/Paralgeal

KPMG Law has a vision to become one of the world's largest legal practices, integrated as part of a broader multi-capability professional services firm and #1 of the Big Four. In an ever more complex and fast-moving business environment, clients are demanding connected business solutions delivered at scale, harnessing the power of technology and leveraging deep commercial acumen.  Developing market leading legal capabilities in key disciplines is core to achieving this vision and represents a unique and exciting opportunity for ambitious and talented legal professionals.    

At a global level, KPMG Law already employs over 3,000 lawyers in 81 different countries across the world and is continuing to grow rapidly year on year.   

A cornerstone of the firm’s strategy in law is the UK market. As the second largest legal market in the world, it is critical to our global aspirations. KPMG Law was first set up in 2014 (the first major multi-disciplinary ABS in the UK) and operates out of numerous hubs across the UK including London, Leeds, Manchester, Reading and Birmingham.  

Why KPMG Law: 

The KPMG UK Fintech team is a significant and growing business looking after more than 140 clients. The Fintech team incorporates KPMG’s digital assets business where the firm supports a growing number of UK and International crypto businesses.  Indirect tax is a significant proportion of this Fintech business, and we are looking for an experienced VAT Senior Manager to work alongside the VAT partner who not only leads the Fintech VAT practice, but also leads the wider KPMG Fintech team across the UK.  

Why Join KPMG as a Transfer Pricing Senior Manager within our specialist Transfer Pricing Compliance Team.

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 Compliance 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.  Our clients include some of the largest UK Headquartered Groups operating in 50+ jurisdictions.

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 a talented Senior Manager 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.

Job description

The role involves working on a range of Transfer Pricing Compliance 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 transfer pricing compliance services including liaising with our global KPMG network of member firms

• Leading the day-to-day delivery processes and manage the project to ensure the local file deadlines are met and correct submissions are made

• 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
• 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.

The Person

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 7 years of transfer pricing experience, preferably including experience of preparing transfer pricing