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Immigration Manager - UK

You will be empowered to manage all aspects of UK immigration applications. This will require you to apply your understanding of legislative changes to ensure that processes and systems are operationalised and followed to comply with current and new legislation. 

The role will require you to manage and supervise a high volume of casework and consultations, whilst requiring interaction with key stakeholders on client engagements, to ensure a seamless experience for all assignees/employees.

The Role   

•    Provide day-to-day operational oversight across all aspects of the UK immigration process, ensuring day to day execution of service commitments including rigorous quality controls and service enhancements

•    Oversee case management including review and sign off

•    Take on case work on an as needed basis

•    Identify opportunities to use technology to streamline immigration processes

•    Implement the SLA framework ensuring timely and accurate escalations in line with service level commitments

•    Employ strong risk management controls in line with legislation and compliance requirements

•    Adapt to continuous and ongoing legislative changes ensuring process is ‘fit for purpose’ and supported by ongoing training and development

•    Identify the team’s training and development requirements, ensuring the team receives sufficient support and coaching

•    Interpret and apply understanding of corporate policies and practices, and other regulations to provide advice, guidance and support

•    Management of a team: this includes undertaking responsibility for all day-to-day operational matters including managing financials, risk, capacity and performance of the team.

Education & Qualification    

Experience Required

This is a growing team, and the role will suit an ambitious immigration professional with the desire and ability to play an important role in continuing that growth.

The successful applicant will be organised and efficient, whilst also possessing excellent communication skills and attention to detail. The successful candidate will also possess the ability to consistently produce high quality and technically accurate legal advice within demanding timeframes, whilst challenging unethical behaviours and seeking appropriate clarifications when required.  Experience of working on multiple, as well as high volume, corporate immigration accounts is essential.

The successful applicant will have a proven track record in overseeing and effectively managing a team, including reviewing, and signing off complex immigration advice, whilst consulting and escalating as appropriate. The applicant will also have experience of advising alongside other professionals and have an understanding of the immigration elements involved in cross-border moves, including business traveller risks, remote working, and compliance obligations.

The applicant will have experience of handling a wide range of UK immigration applications which ideally will include the, following:

•    Work Visas (Senior or Specialist Workers, Skilled Worker)

•    Frontier Worker Permits

•    Sponsor licence applications and associated ongoing compliance

•    Family applications

•    Mock audits

•    Prevention of illegal working/Right To Work

•    Student and Graduate routes

•    Immigration policy design

KPMG is looking for a confident client-facing UK Immigration Manager, with strong technical and inter-personal skills, who thrives in a hi

Please note: This role is offered on a 24 month Fixed Term basis.

KPMG is one of the leading audit practices in the UK whose success and reputation depends upon the quality and integrity of our services – and our people. If you join our audit team, you could benefit from increased amounts of training and education to keep you up to speed with current changes in audit regulation and accounting and auditing standards.

The Role

As an Assistant, you will be involved in all aspects of delivering audit engagements, from planning through to completion on a broad spectrum of B2B, B2C and G&I As engagements. The role will include executive level engagement interaction and exposure to multiple engagements on an annual basis. 

•    Planning and execution of audit fieldwork and statutory reporting across a portfolio of engagement
•    Assisting in the project management of all aspects of audit including agreeing audit timelines, team briefings and supervision, and delivery of audit work
•    Budgeting and monitoring time spent on projects, focusing on optimising profitability
•    Identifying, researching and helping to resolve audit issues
•    Building relationships with the engagement staff and acting as an ambassador for the firm
•    Reporting to audit incharges, managers and partners on all salient points arising from audits
•    Supervising and coaching junior members of staff to help them realise their full potential
•    Keeping up to date with KPMG's product and service offerings and identifying the sales opportunities that will help us grow our business
•    Working on audit tenders and working as part of the relevant independence team on these tenders. Tasks may include reviewing global engagement records in Sentinel, analysing and categorising the records, contacting partners globally for engagement information, preparing data and drafting independence reports, and liaising with UK Ethics and Independence team
•    You may also have the opportunity to work on specific audit related projects across the audit function.

Leadership & Management:

Well-developed leadership and supervisory skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals both internally and externally at different seniority levels

Stakeholder Interaction & Challenges:

Well-developed understanding of the wider commercial background KPMG operates in demonstrating awareness of the issues facing our clients on a day to day basis

Impact, Risk, Accountability & Governance:

As part of the audit team you will contribute to the success of the audit practice in Gibraltar.  As you develop you will take on enhanced responsibilities.  Key attributes are integrity and a proactive approach to work, researching and asking for guidance appropriately.

The Person

Experience:

Essential

•    Recent and extensive external audit experience within a ‘Big 4’ or mid-tier firm is required

Expertise / Technical Role Requirements

As a general rule, you’ll be expected to meet the following requirements (*or equivalents)

•    Minimum Grade 6 GCSE* Maths
•    Minimum Grade 6 GCSE* English Language
•    Minimum of 120 UCAS points* under the 2017 tariff point system at A Level 
•    Minimum 2:1 degree in any discipline

Please note, we only consider a candidate's 'top' 3 A-Level grades and do not accept General Studies.

At KPMG, we look at more than just your academic results. We will review your application, together with your performance in our as