About the job

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We have 174,000 outstanding professionals working together to deliver value in 155 countries worldwide. We work closely with our clients, helping them to mitigate risks and grasp opportunities. In the UK, we are one of the leading companies in the industry.

As engagements grow and new opportunities arise we are constantly looking for an Assistant manager and advisors to join our global immigration team in London. Our team is a strategic partner for many multinational companies and supports clients with topics related to their globally mobile employees – whether focusing on assignment management, remote work and  immigration.

Are you a team builder with a client-oriented mindset, flexible and do you possess a cooperative attitude even under tough circumstances? Are you a mobility and immigration professional operating as a trusted partner to clients? Do you have excellent communication skills, a strong sense of responsibility, and a desire for continuous learning and success? If so, you sound like an excellent addition into our team!

Global Immigration

Our client accounts are very large and still growing strongly and we need a Global Immigration professionals to support our clients in strategic mobility discussions and our client teams in immigration substance issues as well as project management.

Your role and responsibilities will include, for example:

• Immigration services to our clients’ employees 
• Advisory services and coordination of global assignments
• Vendor management and close collaboration with the KPMG network globally 
• Participation to the development of our service offering and sales

Are you open-minded, positive, and flexible and do you possess a cooperative attitude even when under pressure? Do you have excellent communication skills, a strong sense of responsibility, and a desire for continuous learning and success? If so, you sound like an excellent addition to our team!

As an ideal candidate, you have a higher education degree and some previous experience in global immigration from working as an in-house global mobility person, HR employee, a global mobility professional in a consulting firm or experience from working with a relevant public authority. Knowledge on immigration, cross-border employee relocation as well as intercultural trainings are seen as an advantage.

Fluent communication skills in English are needed for this role. Knowledge of other languages are seen as an advantage.

ob Description :

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

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