Tax, Pensions & Legal

New domestic laws, international reform, updated processes. All of these things mean tax is becoming ever-more complex and that demand for our services is rising rapidly. Tax has also sharply risen up the public and political agenda in recent years, with a noticeable shift towards increased transparency and tougher scrutiny by government authorities across the world.

In this team, you'll help your corporate clients adopt responsible and sustainable approaches to tax that will not only deliver compliance, but also support their wider commercial objectives and enhance their growth. You can look forward to working alongside the best technical specialists and industry experts to add value in a range of areas, including Global Compliance and Transformation, Domestic Corporate Compliance, International Tax, Transfer Pricing, Financial Services, Operational Taxes, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Deal Advisory Tax, Capital Allowances & Innovation Reliefs and Incentives, and Tax Technology.

With a UK network of more than 200 Indirect Tax specialists, supported by a global network of 1,500 professionals across over 100 countries, we're home to one of the UK's leading Indirect Tax practices. Our diverse portfolio of household names and smaller clients covers sectors such as; Financial Services, B2B, B2C, Real Estate, Private Equity and many others. We frequently work collaboratively with other KPMG services.

Join us, and you'll provide advice and support across a range of issues – our expertise spans the various indirect schemes in the UK, including VAT, HM Customs and Excise, Insurance Premium Tax and green taxes. That will involve working closely with your clients to understand their businesses, ensure they meet their indirect tax obligations and manage any issues arising from the application of relevant legislation. Whatever your role, you can expect to make a significant impact as you advise clients on how indirect taxes affect their cash flow and, crucially, their bottom line.

This team was established as a result of our long history of successfully delivering multidimensional services to clients. Our aim is to be the legal adviser of choice for our clients across areas like; people strategy, corporate structures, internal arrangements and regulatory requirements.

A career here means joining our corporate, commercial, immigration, employment law teams, or our market-leading tax (both direct and indirect) litigation teams. However, over the next few years, we'll be expanding into other areas of law to reflect the needs of our clients. Wherever you join us, you'll be part of a multidisciplinary team providing clients with expertise that combines legal advice with a thorough understanding of their business strategy and objectives. For you, it means the chance to deliver solutions that are grounded in commercial reality. To work on a variety of complex, challenging and interesting projects. And to become a trusted advisor, helping your clients achieve the right results, in the right ways.

We have a team of over 400 Pensions specialists providing exacting advice to help our clients manage their defined contribution or benefit pension schemes. Our people's expertise is complemented by our advanced KPMG Fusion® and KPMG Pilot® software and a new online administration platform. We provide our services across Corporate Pensions and Actuarial, Investment Advice (Pensions) and Pensions Trustee Advice Services.

Life in this team means questioning conventional thinking. Looking at how we can help our clients thrive by making sure their pension schemes are as effective as possible. And supporting their decision-making process to create value and bring certainty whilst minimising their exposure to financial risk and liability. We have a breadth of roles across different sectors – all of them give you the chance to take on complex but rewarding work and to deliver bespoke solutions. Along the way you can expect the training and development you need to constantly build on your skills and knowledge. Put simply, we'll help you to enjoy a secure future as you help countless others do the same.

In a constantly changing and high-profile field, our national People Services practice offers a broad range of career paths. The practice encompasses a wide range of areas across three teams: Our Global Mobility Services (GMS) team provides a single source of advisory and compliance experience covering all aspects of global mobility and international assignments. Employer Reward Services (ERS) spans Reward, Employment Solutions and Employee Benefit Solutions, delivering services ranging from payroll and HMRC compliance through to valuation services. We also have a Technology team that provides tools to support clients in the areas of both GMS and ERS.    

Life in this dynamic team means working alongside tax, technology, reward and communication professionals, as well as with other KPMG teams. You can expect to apply a broad range of approaches to tackle diverse issues covering local and global workforce challenges. We'll make sure you have access to the innovative technology that will ensure you can also add value, even in the context of a constantly evolving legislative, business and political landscape. This team is a stimulating, exciting and rewarding place to build a successful career.

We help high net-worth individuals, trustees and executors in both advisory and compliance matters. Meanwhile, our residence and 'non-domicile' specialists provide assistance to people who are coming to, living in or leaving the UK – our team has been assembled to provide multi-jurisdictional advice. As well as working to understand our clients' needs and aspirations, we apply our whole firm's experience and skills to provide well-rounded, well-considered advice.

This is a constantly changing and increasingly high-profile field which will open up plenty of possibilities for your ongoing development and progression. Life in this team gives you the opportunity to develop relationships with a variety of clients, from the executives of multinational firms through to professional sports people, entertainers and senior members of private equity firms. The work you do will be varied too, covering a mix of advice and compliance services.

Our Tax Managed Services is a Centre of Excellence which carries out most of our tax compliance work in the UK and comprises over 300 qualified tax compliance experts as well as supporting staff. We help our clients handle their rapidly changing tax compliance needs – our ultimate aim is to become the most respected compliance team in the UK. Our investment in the Centre of Excellence has seen us grow at a rapid rate as we take on more and more work from across the firm.  

You could join us in Glasgow, Cardiff, Manchester or Birmingham. However, a large number of people work for us remotely and we'll always try to accommodate flexible ways of working. Over the next two years, we're looking to increase both our scope of specialisations and our service offering. We'll also be developing and deploying additional innovative tax technology to deliver even more advanced and robust solutions for our clients in increasingly efficient ways. A career here will give you the opportunity to develop your tax compliance skills in an innovative and supportive environment.