Managed Services, Corporate Accounting – Assistant Manager

A key focus for KPMG’s GCT team is to help multinational groups and financial services clients manage their global tax compliance, reporting and statutory accounting obligations, through outsourcing, co-sourcing, transformation and technology. More information about our team is at the end of this job description.

We are looking for talented Assistant Managers to join the Corporate Accounting team with experience in a broad range of areas including:

• Financial reporting and management accounting expertise
• Knowledge of VAT compliance
• Engagement management
• Ad hoc advisory experience

We have a diverse client base, from mid-market to large FTSE listed groups, from public sector to real estate to financial services.  The role involves working on clients of all sizes and across a wide range of sectors.

We are offering full time roles with flexible working arrangements which include, early or late starts to fit around other commitments, shorter working days etc.  We would be happy to discuss your own requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements in more detail, should that be of interest.

The Corporate Accounting team is principally based in London and Birmingham, but location for the right candidate is flexible.

Role & responsibilities:

• Preparation of statutory financial statements
• Bookkeeping and preparation of management accounts
• Preparation and review of VAT returns
• Maintaining lasting client relationships across a portfolio of clients and actively building a network and range of experience to help address client needs
• Responding to client requests for ad hoc technical advice
• Liaising with other departments and key contacts within KPMG, including corporate tax compliance, Accounting Advisory Services and Payroll
• Supporting on sales activities by working with more senior members of the team to generate additional work opportunities for both existing clients and targets, supporting proposals and propositions across functions, sectors and accounts

Knowledge and Experience:

• ACCA qualified or equivalent
• Working knowledge and experience of UK GAAP and IFRS from a solus and group perspective
• Strong understanding of UK financial reporting requirements and VAT
• Project management/co-ordination skills and experience is useful
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work. Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work
• Builds co-operative relationships and fosters an environment in which everyone’s opinion is valued
• Strong interpersonal skills with strong oral and written communication skills. Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear
• Willingness to learn and engage with own personal development needs and aspirations
• Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information
• Builds the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowledge and experience.

Global Compliance & Transformation (our Team)

At KPMG we have re-imagined careers in Global Compliance & Transformation (GCT). A key focus for KPMG’s GCT team is to help multinational groups and financial services clients manage their global tax compliance, reporting and statutory accounting obligations, through outsourcing, co-sourcing, transformation and technology. 

Our clients leverage KPMG’s compliance and transformation expertise and technology to drive better visibility, great

KPMG is enhancing its Tax and Legal practice by expanding our ability to offer support to our clients in connection

to their pensions obligations.  

Our pensions teamwork alongside our 2,400 plus Tax and Legal colleagues and the new roles we are adding to

the team will be focussed on delivering advice across our client base to advise them on matters relating to their pension provision

and other pensions related issues relating to ongoing operations and transactions.

We are now looking for talented and experienced Assistant Manager to join our pensions actuarial team. You will be responsible for

delivering high quality, actuarial pensions advice in relation to defined benefit pension schemes with a focus on the public sector but also

schemes in the private sector.

You will be responsible for will work closely with the senior members of the team in this service line, which will involve providing:

• Strategic journey planning, risk management aiming for self-sufficiency or buy out and endgame options including use of surplus.
• Strategic funding advice to sponsors and advice on compliance with DB funding code.

The role will be working in the UK Cyber Security practice within our Technology and Data service line in Advisory. Our clients are increasingly under cyber-attack and regulatory scrutiny to demonstrate effective management of cyber risk. Our specialists provide independent, jargon free advice and advanced technical capabilities to help our clients proactively manage cyber and technology risks to drive value from their business information assets whilst protecting business.

 Our cyber security services are defined within three capability groups:

• Cyber Risk, Resilience and Privacy
• Identity and access management (IAM) and cloud security
• Cyber Threat Management

The Wealth, Pensions and Retail Investments industry is facing unprecedented levels of change - acceleration of technology and digital transformation, M&A activity to build new capabilities, spotlight on ESG and complexity of the regulatory landscape – resulting in our clients embarking on enterprise transformation initiatives that revolutionise client experience, address regulatory pressures, optimise costs, and capture more assets and market share. We are keen to recruit talented people that have the energy and drive to succeed in this dynamic environment and who have a passion for delivering excellent service and building strong relationships.  The team works in an agile and flexible manner, with plenty of opportunities to contribute to the growth of the practice, develop new skillsets and progress your career. Using Insurance experience and knowledge, you will be delivering complex streams of work within transformation programmes, setting up the engagement, scoping the work, planning the work and briefing and leading a team of consultants