Manager - US Tax, Global Mobility Services

Job description

Location: London CSQ

Role

We are seeking a US Manager within our Global Mobility Services (GMS) team to deliver US tax compliance services across a variety of clients.

Role and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of US tax compliance tasks, serving as the central coordination point between the client and internal teams
• Review of US tax returns, and review of US tax equalisation calculations
• Conduct US arrival/departure briefings
• Review of various payroll reporting forms related to business travelers to the US, including Form 1042, Form 1042-S, and Form 8233
• Review and support clients with US payroll reporting requirements including year-end calculations
• Contributing to client service teams, helping ensure they function smoothly and effectively
• Preparation of written US advice for clients, and helping to advise clients on US GMS issues
• Project management of advisory projects carried out for clients
• Ensuring clients are provided with recurring updates of tax compliance status and adherence to SLAs
• Managing, coaching and training more junior team members
• Coordination with overseas member firms to provide cross border advice and tax compliance issues
• Responsible for monitoring and ensuring accuracy in client invoices

• Qualifications and Skills
• US CPA or EA
• Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills are preferred

Experience and Background

• Strong international individual tax services experience with US Expat tax background, including tax briefings, tax returns and advisory including signing returns
• Experience of working with US clients and awareness of US tax issues
• Experience of managing global assignee populations and experience of immigration, social security and compensation accumulation for different countries
• Excellent project management and organisational skills and ability to work under own initiative
• Capable of working to deadlines, showing resilience under pressure and ability to apply knowledge to non-routine situations
• Ability to demonstrate sound professional judgement including the identification of issues/concerns and consulting where appropriate with more senior staff
• Experience with payroll reporting forms related to business travelers to the US
• High level personal responsibility and accountability for own work
• Analytical; identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information
• Communicates with impact, both in speech and writing, and in a way that is open, honest, consistent, and clear
• Safeguards and enhances the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowledge and experience
• Motivated by a passion for the international aspects of our work, professional proficiency, and a desire to serve and lead excellent global service teams
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• You can work to multiple deadlines, showing resilience under pressure and an ability to think on your feet and apply creative thinking when presented with a challenging problem.
• You pride yourself as having a strong tax technical expertise
• You have a proven track record of exercising sound professional judgement, including the ability to identify issues/concerns and consult where appropriate with more senior staff
• Above all, you are a team player, who collaborates widely to deliver best client outcomes and invests time in development of their team.

Our Locations:

We are open to talk to talent across the country but our core hubs for this role are:

London Canary Wharf

Birmingham

Manchester

With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.

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