We are looking for a Senior Manager to join our Global Mobility Services (GMS) team, in London. GMS is a fundamental part of the People Services group and is currently enjoying accelerated growth and numerous exciting opportunities.

KPMG’s Strategy & Performance Transformation practice is looking for exceptional candidates for an Associate Director role, with a Financial Services focus (ideally Banking or Insurance) and experience of at least one of our core propositions; Growth Strategy, Deal Strategy, Cost and Operational strategy and Enterprise-wide Transformation.

About KDN

The world of global advisory, audit and tax compliance services for large multi-nationals is rapidly changing and heavily dependent on technology. The KPMG Delivery Network (KDN) is a KPMG special purpose member firm offering a way for clients to leverage KPMG top talent and technology platforms through regional teams of specialists, enabling economies of scale and a new way of working that expands beyond local capability. Together with KDN, KPMG member firms can drive the sales and delivery of global solutions at a competitive price and in a repeatable and consistent manner. As a member of KDN, you’ll be a part of the KPMG family working alongside some of our profession’s most skilled practitioners on rewarding programs and initiatives that are changing the way business operates, delivering value to our clients, and driving positive change in the communities we serve. You’ll be enabling KDN accelerate new ways of working, using cutting-edge technology and working together with our member firms located in nearly 150 countries to help us achieve our ambition to be the most trusted and trustworthy professional services firm. And through your work, you’ll build a global network and unlock opportunities that you may not have thought possible with access to great support, vast resources, and an inclusive, supportive environment to help you reach your full potential.

Role Summary

The Senior Pursuit Leader – HGS & Tech will have accountability for the execution of HGS and Tech components of key global pursuits, including global & regional priority targets and major high growth service opportunities.

How you will make your mark

Markets Focus:

• Oversee planning and where appropriate lead strategic HGS pursuits providing market expertise, guidance, and instruction to the Lead Pursuit Partner / Lead • • • • Member Firm to ensure our greatest chance of success.

• Close collaboration with HGS leaders and strategic focus on executing key elements of the HGS market strategies (set out by the Global HGS leads, ratified by the Global Head of Markets), to achieve our global market share and revenue goals.

• Close collaboration with GMS Tech leadership in driving KPMG LINK Go market approach and narrative (across all relevant modules).

• Lead and drive key initiatives to promote HGS and Tech knowledge and adoption across the sales force within the GMS global network.

• Work with HGS leaders to create and deliver external marketing campaigns, to strengthen the KPMG brand across GMS HGS offerings.

• Enforce our professional approach to pursuits, promoting best practices and ensuring that where applicable we bring the best of KPMG, people, technology, and service offerings regardless of location.

Leadership:

• Be a subject matter leader in a new agile centralized Global Markets COE team (a virtual team of SMEs and Markets specialists based in several member firms). The Markets COE team responsibilities include centralized live RFP support (written and oral presentation), opportunity specific pursuit planning (incl. service delivery model and use of technology), ownership of standard RFP materials, and RFP debrief governance.  

• Along other Markets COE leaders & members, work closely with Global Sales Support Team (centralized KDN resource to support Markets COE) in running jointly owned processes.  Drive culture of collaboration, high performance, and inclusivity.

• Actively lead and expand the pool of demo specialists across our regions, to create more bandwidth and visibility in the market of our tech offerings.

• Drive a culture of collaboration, high performance, and inclusivity. Be a role model leader, ensuring all team members feel supported and have equal opportunities for successful careers.

• Provide strategic input into the overall market strategy to ensure we achieve our global revenue and market share goals.

• Change:

• Be an ambassador of centralized bid support and communicate the value it brings to lead member firms (i.e increased pro-activity, efficiency gains, lower cost in going to market, top-quality materials, access to expertise).

• Actively drive & promote a high-class sales culture and entrepreneurial mindset across our global network, with particular focus on high growth services and the LINK GO product suite.

This is the job for you if you have:

• Solid experience at Director level or equivalent

• Significant experience with markets activities and commercial aspects of the GMS service line.

• Team management experience

• Proven experience in leading and managing large scale global engagements / projects.

• Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with a strategic mindset.

• Exceptional communication skills, enabling effective collaboration and relationship-building across diverse stakeholders.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Interested in operating in a pre-defined yet flexible process, to drive the right behaviours and achieve the best outcome for the global GMS practice.

• Self-starter that can collaborate and execute on priority goals and vision.

KDN is Inclusive!

Everyone brings a unique perspective. We want to harness diverse thinking by bringing bright minds together and valuing the differences that lead to stronger insights and innovation. At KDN, we recognise that we need Inclusion, Diversity and Equality to be successful. We want to attract, retain, and develop diverse talent at all levels. This means recruiting from the widest possible pool of talent, removing barriers that can prevent our people from reaching their full potential, and fostering a fully inclusive environment which maximises collaboration and empowers everyone at KPMG to bring their whole selves to work. We encourage authenticity, honour individual priorities, and respect your choices.

• Ability to understand regional complexities in a corporate environment.

• Flexibility (within reason) to work with stakeholders across all regions / time zones.

Deal Advisory Tax

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.

Deal Advisory Tax is a dynamic and successful area of KPMG’s Tax & Legal business.  We have an inclusive and collaborative leadership strategy and are making bold changes to our culture and how we work.  A constantly changing and high-profile field, we work in a fast-paced, challenging and rewarding environment, and can offer a broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people.

The Role

Deal Advisory Tax provides market leading services to both Financial and Corporate investors.  Whilst we have teams focused on clients in our three performance groups of Financial Services, Corporates and National Markets, we are a national and connected team, working and learning with each other.

• Financial Services:  We work with private equity, infrastructure, and real estate funds as well as institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds and pension funds.  This team also works with institutional clients in the banking, insurance and traditional asset management sectors. Our clients have UK, European and Global investment strategies.
• Corporates:  We work alongside some of the most forward-thinking FTSE 100 and 250 businesses, supporting them with strategic acquisitions, carve outs, de-mergers, disposals, and joint ventures both in the UK and cross-border.

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