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B Grade – Senior Manager

At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

The Financial Service (FS) Reward practice at KPMG is a dedicated team that provides reward solutions to both UK and non-UK headquartered FS clients. The FS Reward Practice sits within the wider KPMG UK Reward practice, which has grown rapidly in recent years. This role offers candidates the opportunity to join a business area which has wider leadership support to build upon its success and continue to grow.

We are looking for talented and driven Reward specialists who are excited by the opportunity to work within a growing business and be a key part of this exciting journey. The successful applicant will enjoy being involved in business development activities, including client proposals, internal and external presentations and writing material on technical and other matters. In turn, we can offer unparalleled opportunity to learn and grow.

Roles and responsibilities:

Managing and delivering client projects on Reward workflows, which can include the following:

• Advising Remuneration Committees and management teams on reward strategy, shareholder consultation, corporate governance, pay regulation, ESG regulation and practices
• Assisting with the drafting of Director’s Remuneration Reports
• Designing and structuring of new incentive plans; reviewing existing incentive plans to ensure they remain fit for purpose
• Advising on performance metrics including the use of ESG measures
• Advising on the impact of any corporate transactions on existing or new compensation and benefits plans
• Designing plans for the wider workforce including all employee share purchase plans, recognition, wellbeing and benefits plans
• Pay and benefits benchmarking
• Taking early responsibility for building and maintaining some of KPMG’s relationships with clients, including discussing people issues with clients and recognising opportunities to assist clients across different specialisms
• Working with other teams to deliver integrated advice to clients in relation to their business issues
• Delegating work to, and reviewing work carried out by, junior team members from both technical and commercial perspectives
• Training and developing junior team members from both technical and non-technical perspective
• Assisting in the development of innovative solutions, opportunities for clients and being part of initiatives to bring those solutions to market
• Advising on technical issues and supporting the team’s knowledge management
• Effectively managing commercial and contractual aspects of an engagement to achieve expected levels of quality and profitability
• Involving themselves in negotiations and taking the lead
• Presenting reports and findings to senior executives in consultation with partners and directors and enabling clients to make informed decisions for their business
• Developing a portfolio of clients by building and maintaining strategic relationships with senior stakeholders of existing or new clients
• Maintaining awareness of market trends, competitor activity, products and services.

What KPMG’s  FS Reward practice is looking for:

• Committed and driven candidates who take personal responsibility and accountability for projects
• Team players who enjoy working with people from different backgrou

C Grade – Manager

At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

The Financial Services (FS) Reward practice at KPMG is a dedicated team that provides reward solutions to both UK and non-UK headquartered FS clients. The FS Reward Practice sits within the wider KPMG UK Reward practice, which has grown rapidly in recent years. This role offers candidates the opportunity to join a business area which has wider leadership support to build upon its success and continue to grow.

We are looking for talented and driven Reward specialists who are excited by the opportunity to be a key part of this exciting journey. The successful applicant will want to be involved in business development activities, including client proposals, internal and external presentations and writing material on technical and other matters. Personality fit is all – we want people who will enjoy and are not afraid by the journey. In turn, we can offer unparalleled opportunity to learn and grow.

 
Roles and responsibilities

Managing and delivering client projects on Reward workflows, which can include the following:

• Working closely with senior leaders to support and lead on;
  •  Assisting in the advice to Remuneration Committees and management teams on reward strategy, shareholder consultation, corporate governance, pay regulation, ESG regulation and practices
  • Assisting with the drafting of Director’s Remuneration Reports
  • Contributing to the design and structure of new incentive plans; reviewing existing incentive plans to ensure they remain fit for purpose
  • Advising on performance metrics including the use of ESG measures
  • Advising on the impact of any corporate transactions on existing or new compensation and benefits plans
  • Contributing to the design of plans for the wider workforce including all employee share purchase plans, recognition, wellbeing and benefits plans
  • Pay and benefits benchmarking
  • leading one or multiple client engagements of moderate complexity independently, consulting with senior team members as necessary
  • Managing commercial aspects of engagements to achieve desired levels of quality and profitability - including expected utilisation and productivity targets

• Taking early responsibility for building and maintaining some of KPMG’s relationships with clients, including discussing people issues with clients and recognising opportunities to assist clients across different specialisms
• Working with other teams to deliver integrated advice to clients in relation to their business issues
• Delegating work to, and reviewing work carried out by, junior team members from both technical and commercial perspectives
• Training and developing junior team members from both technical and non-technical perspective
• Assisting in the development of innovative solutions and opportunities for clients and being part of initiatives to bring those solutions to market
• Advising on technical issues and supporting the team’s knowledge management

What KPMG’s Reward practice is looking for:

• Committed and driven candidates who take personal responsibility and accountability for projects
• Team players who enjoy working with people from different backgrounds and disciplines
• People who are keen to develop personally and professionally and to assist with the development of junior team members
• Intellectually

At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability comes from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

KPMG’s Incentives, Reliefs & Innovations team is made up of tax, engineering, science, and technology specialists delivering expert advice to a broad range of clients across almost every industry sector. As one of the largest teams in the industry, our continued investment in innovation advisory means that we seek information technology specialists to join us on the next exciting phase of our growth.

Our team works with clients from owner managed business, to large multinational organisation, and we are looking for an Assistant Manager with a strong information technology background to assist clients across a suite of innovation advisory services including R&D tax credits, Patent Box, R&D Allowances, Grants and Innovation Advisory services. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with an Honour/Post Graduate degree in Information Technology discipline that either has industry experience or a working knowledge of the R&D tax legislation, and its application to information technology activities. 

Role and Responsibilities:

• Working with project teams to develop the technical approach and deliver R&D tax relief claims for submission to HMRC. This will include taking some responsibility and accountability with respect of managing the delivery of the claims.
• Lead/Co-lead meetings with the senior IT technical and financial client stakeholders; and provide expert advice in relation to innovation advisory services (R&D, Patent Box, Grant Applications).
• Write accurate and substantive technical project reports to support R&D tax claims for our clients R&D projects. This will include reviewing technical reports written by junior colleagues.
• Prepare (and/or manage the process for preparing) both the technical and financial elements of our client deliverables. This will include reports documenting the work being undertaken by our clients within technically complex IT projects for submission to HMRC/ Funding Organisations; and working with KPMG tax/costing colleagues and client staff to ensure correct quantification of R&D/PB claims.
• Assist in managing client projects across both tax and technical work streams; and manage conflicting resourcing requirements between projects.
• Assist in leading projects; and solving problems by advising our clients in the application of complex legislation to real life situations.
• Assist in liaising with HMRC specialists to facilitate the agreement of R&D claims.
• Help to establish and maintain strong client relationships with both existing and new clients.
• Look to build an internal network within the wider tax practice of the firm.
• Taking responsibility and accountability for your own work. You will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality advice; and ensuring the management of risk and reputation is at the forefront of everything you do. This will include coaching and developing junior staff.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Honours/ Post Graduate Degree in an Information Technology or a related discipline.
• You will either have: 1) significant industry experience in the field of information technology and the ability to rapidly grasp new technical concepts; or 2) have a detailed working knowledge of the R&D tax legislation, and its application to information technology activities.
• Must have excellent problem-solving skills and critical thinking to assist our clients in applying complex legi

Want a career that involves working closely with a range of important clients – developing a deep understanding of their commercial issues, while finding approaches that make a real difference to their bottom line? If so, then our Fixed Asset Tax Services (FATS) team can give you opportunities to build on your existing property and construction knowledge and develop valuable technical skills and genuine commercial insight.

KPMG Overview :

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Legal, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients’ most critical challenges. With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.

Job Description :

KPMG Law is a fast-growing part of KPMG. As such we are now seeking to recruit a Senior Manager (Solicitor) to support the growth of the Data Protection team in our Commercial Legal team. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a team which works across KPMG providing our clients with data protection solutions Our data protection team works with the different service lines within KPMG to provide clients with complete data protection solutions. Roles and Responsibilities: Assisting clients in the development of data protection strategy Advising clients on cross border data transfers Supporting clients with the data protection elements of their transformation programmes, including group restructuring, outsourcing, large scale technology programmes Advising on data ethics The applicant must be keen to develop and broaden his/her legal skills to include working on multi-disciplinary projects and being closer to the business side of these projects. The successful applicant will be a self-starter and a strong performer and team player who is focussed on helping to ensure that the team successfully delivers projects for its clients. While consulting appropriately on difficult issues, he/she must be able to deliver robust and appropriate legal advice and exercise sound judgement. An interest in helping to build the team’s business and relationships will benefit the applicant. The successful applicant will have experience of working with demanding clients across a wide spectrum of size and activities, and will be expert at service delivery. He/she must be able to demonstrate sound client relationship and business development skills, and a keenness to develop these skills further.

The successful applicant will be expected to take responsibility for servicing and building part of the existing business of the team. The successful applicant will help promote the team’s work through participating in team and firm events, giving internal and external presentations, and producing expert articles for publication.

Qualifications and Skills:

Building and developing positive business relationships within and outside KPMG Assessing problems from multiple angles to ensure that our clients have comprehensive and pragmatic data protection advice to support their decision-making. 

Working collaboratively to devise and driving forward creative legal solutions for clients.

Providing our clients with a seamless multi-disciplinary legal implementation service on national and global projects.

Experience in some of the following sectors would be considered helpful:

Financial services (banking, insurance, investment management, payment services)

Transportation (bus, rail, automobiles, mobility as a service)

Energy

Life Sciences Digital infrastructure, including telecoms and data centres

Retail

Technology, Media & Telecommunications 

Experience and Background:

The applicant will be a data protection/commercial lawyer of at least 7 year’s PQE with experience of advising on compliance with data protection laws including the rules around marketing. The applicant will have experience in ad