KPMG’s Customer Transformation team within the Strategy & Performance Transformation practice is looking for exceptional candidates for a client-facing Associate Director role, with a Financial Services focus (ideally Banking or Insurance) and experience of customer transformation programmes.  

Our team works closely with client executives who own products; distribution channels; servicing centres; strategy and innovation teams; customer insight teams. We are accelerating our mission to create value, by turning ambitions into reality, through executing sustainable, fair and profitable customer strategies, at pace.

 We welcome data engineers with experience in cloud environments who are happy to bring their views and experiences into the team and add another dimension to our solutions. We need you to be enthusiastic and inquisitive about new technology with a desire to continuously improve data engineering practices.

 The Engineer would be expected to work as part of a client delivery team, working to the highest technical standards.

The Opportunity

This is a chance to build and be part of a new concept at KPMG. We are creating a team to gain access to a new segment of the technology market where there is opportunity for significant growth. We are looking for people to help establish a flexible, start-up culture; drive the best ways of working and ensure we make the most of this opportunity. We will look to our Principle Engineering community to help shape and drive this new business to create a healthy working environment, allowing all our team members to thrive.

This role will be delivering technology enabled outcomes for some of our clients’ most challenging business issues using modern and best in class engineering methodologies. Successful applicants will need to hold or be eligible and willing to attain at least SC level of security clearance. The role is based in Leeds, offering flexible working with 3 days per week in our engineering designed office space.

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Base Location: London/Leeds plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

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 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.
• 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.

What will you need to do it? 

• Experience in delivering innovative, compelling visual designs across a range of formats including digital, video, and print.
• Highly proficient in graphic design software, preferably using the Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop / Illustrator / After Effects / Premiere.
• Experience working in a client-focused environment, with excellent collaboration skills and a flexible approach.
• Ability to manage own workload across a range of projects, prioritising key tasks and managing intern

Assistant Manager – Alternatives Funds, Tax, Hedge Fund focus

Introduction 

The KPMG Alternatives team provides high-quality and impactful tax advisory and compliance services to the Alternative Investment Fund sector. This includes private equity, hedge funds, credit funds and real estate funds.

Due to our ongoing growth, we have a number of job openings for exceptional candidates. This posting is for a role focussed on Hedge Fund tax and would be well suited to a driven and motivated candidate with experience in the Hedge Fund or Alternative Investment Funds sector, or someone with a keen interest in developing this as a specialism. We are also hiring for other roles across the Alternatives tax team – see separate postings.

Key responsibilities

As an Assistant Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing tax advice on a wide range of UK and international tax matters relevant to the Hedge Fund sector, including UK corporation tax and partnership tax matters. This will require undertaking detailed technical research of legislation, case law and HMRC manuals. If you don’t have a background in Hedge Funds or Alternative Investment Funds, we will support you in learning about the sector and applying your existing UK corporation tax and partnership tax knowledge.
• Reviewing corporation tax and partnership tax returns that have been prepared by team members, identifying any errors or changes, and getting them ready for final review and sign-out.
• Attending client meetings and calls, including playing an active role in the discussion of tax technical topics.
• Interacting with HMRC, including by telephone and letter.
• Build long-term trusted client relationships with the clients that you are aligned to. This will include understanding the client’s business and pro-actively think about their needs, in order to identify other KPMG services that they may benefit from.
• Working collaboratively with other members of the Alternatives team in the UK, as well as with other KPMG offices globally. Adapting your style and approach when needed in order to achieve the best possible outcome.
• Supporting the team with business development initiatives, which may include researching potential clients, preparing flyers or other marketing material, and preparing for seminars and in-person events.

Relevant skills and experience for this role

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate all of the following attributes:

• Qualified as a Chartered Accountant (CA or ACA), Chartered Tax Advisor or solicitor (or international equivalent).
• Career drive to develop a specialism in Hedge Fund taxation and to be part of a fast-growing, high-performing Alternatives tax team.
• Positive approach to personal development and motivation for progression to Manager grade and beyond, as your experience and knowledge develops.
• Track record of delivering high-quality corporate tax advisory and compliance services to clients. Experience in the Hedge Fund or Alternative Investment Funds sector is preferred, but this is not essential.
• Ability to manage competing deadlines by planning ahead and prioritising, and communicating effectively with colleagues and clients, including when under pressure.
• Strong level of UK corporation tax knowledge and the ability to communicate complex rules and ideas in a simple way, both verbally and in writing.
• Delivers written work to a consistently high standard, with a strong attention to detail.

Why choose KPMG?

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