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The KPMG financial services corporate tax team is a fast growing part of the KPMG tax practice. We are looking for excellent candidates who are seeking a dynamic and challenging working environment within a strong supportive leadership team.
The role is in our Asset Management and Operational Taxes team, with a diverse client and target base spanning the Financial Services sector - providing services to traditional, wealth and hedge asset managers, UK pension funds and global institutional investors.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter with a good level of core corporate tax technical knowledge and a confident outward facing skillset willing to invest time and effort in the marketplace.


The Responsibilities

The role involves a mix of tax advisory services and compliance management. This will include:



- Managing client relationships and becoming the focal tax point of contact.

- Understanding the client's business and identifying areas for the provision of tax and other services.

- Developing and advising on cutting edge client propositions.

- Where relevant, managing the tax compliance process (delivered by our Tax Centre of Excellence) and undertaking tax accounting work to assist clients with their statutory reporting process.

- Driving the tax advice on a wide range of projects.

- Managing teams and coaching and developing staff.

- Ensuring all risk procedures are adhered to.
The Person

The successful candidate will have the following skills:


- Qualified CTA or ACA/CA or equivalent.

- Strong knowledge of UK corporate tax and an awareness of other tax and accounting areas. Previous experience within the financial services sector would be an advantage but is not a requirement.
- Strong interpersonal skills in addition to strong oral and written communication skills.
- High level analytical skills and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice.
- Ability to work as part of a multifunctional team.

- Strong task and team management skills
- Ability to build client relationships

- Good computational and excel skills.

- Good technology skills.

At KPMG we have re-imagined careers in Tax Transformation. KPMG’s Tax Transformation team implements award-winning technology to help our clients automate their accounting, tax, finance and regulatory reporting processes.

We are winning new clients and are growing our team as a result of these successes. This is an exciting time to be part of the Tax Transformation team at KPMG.

We are looking for talented Tax Managers with UK or global tax experience to join us in Canada Square, London, particularly those with an indirect tax data and automation background

You will be able to demonstrate strong tax and project management skills, the ability to work to tight deadlines and produce a first class solutions for our clients. This role offers a candidate the ability to apply their Tax skills in a unique and innovative way. The candidate will work across the service lines within Tax & Legal to define propositions leveraging ERP, tax determination, compliance and data & analytics technology. The candidate will gain experience across the lifecycle of a transformation project, assisting with business development and go to market activities as well as managing the development of new data solutions and leading the deployment of solutions to some of the world’s largest businesses.

The team also has a focus on innovation, with a defined target of working with the entire Tax & Legal practice to prototype new ideas. The candidate will have the opportunity to partake in requirements discovery and rapid development of these prototype applications. We have a diverse client base, from mid-market to 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, elements of home working 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.


Roles & Responsibilities:


Manage the business development process to progress leads to sales and provide support to contract negotiation and agreement;
Working closely with the tax practice to develop marketable propositions based around the use of our propositions, solutions and technology;Line manage assistant managers or graduate trainees and overseeing output of offshore resource in order to deliver client projects;Assist clients with implementation of technology solutions, both KPMG tools but also third-party applications;Work with the client directly to understand their requirements including potential visits to clients/ local offices when appropriate;Identify and resolve technical issues, preparing technical analysis and involving specialists as appropriate to prepare or review analysis;Identify opportunities to identify additional services that the client may need and liaise with subject specialists;Coaching and technical support for other team members;Follow KPMG best practice and policy.

The Person


Qualifications and skills:


We welcome applications from those qualified by experience, as well as ATT / CTA / ACA or equivalent qualifications.


Knowledge and Experience:


Demonstrable interest in/background in technology to assist transformation including highly proficient Excel usage is essential;
Strong written and verbal communications skills and experience managing stakeholders as part of project delivery;
Experience of review of tax process; including compliance processes;
Ability to identify and resolve technical issues or escalate as appropriate;
Excellent teamwork and organisational skills, including monitoring timetables and budgets;
Project management or Agile development qualifications would be helpful but are not essential;
Ability to build and execute strong internal and external relationships;
Ability to work autonomously, as a self-starter with the confidence to make their own decisions;
A corporate or indirect tax background is preferable;
Ability to work in teams to deliver projects to agreed deadlines and budgets, even under pressure.

Job Description

We are seeking a client facing Manager in the Accounting Advisory Services (AAS) team provides accounting advice to clients across a range of areas. This role would be particularly focused on managing Finance Transformation projects and helping to develop the Finance Transformation service line for AAS.

Responsibilities:

- Understanding of issues and challenges facing Finance functions and trends in Finance.
- Work closely with consulting team on various finance transformation projects and leading the AAS output (to the clients) in these projects.
- Ability to research and communicate accounting requirements in an easy to understand manner.
- Actively participate in the business development efforts in the finance transformation service line of AAS team.
- Build and maintain excellent relationship with client staff.
- People management and performance development.
- Deliver compelling engagement proposals which result in winning engagements.
- Contributing to practice and risk management, including thought leadership and business development activities.Qualifications and Skills required:

- Qualified accountant (Chartered Accountant or international equivalent).
- Experience of working in the finance/reporting function of large Companies.
- Problem solving attitude and ability to think of different alternatives in unusual situations.
- Basic knowledge on operation of ERPs.
- Understanding of IFRS requirements.
- Experience in leading and developing client relationships within Corporate Sector.
- Experience of leading teams and project management.
- Experience of coaching and mentoring junior colleagues.
- Analytical ability and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Job Description

We are seeking a client facing Senior Manager in the Accounting Advisory Services (AAS) team provides specialist accounting advice to clients across a range of areas. This role would be particularly focused on leading Finance Transformation projects and helping to develop the Finance Transformation service line for AAS.

Key Responsibilities:

- Understanding of issues and challenges facing Finance functions and trends in Finance.
- Ownership and delivery of quality, efficient and profitable engagements.
- Work closely with consulting team on various finance transformation projects and leading the AAS output (to the clients) in these projects.
- Ability to communicate complex accounting requirements in an easy to understand manner.
- Lead the business development efforts in the finance transformation service line of AAS team.
- Build and maintain excellent relationship with senior client staff.
- Deliver compelling engagement proposals which result in winning engagements.
- Contributing to practice and risk management, including thought leadership and business development activities.
- Motivate and generate commitment from team members.
- Demonstrate continuous self and team development.
- Share knowledge with the team.
- Actively contribute to Accounting Advisory Services strategy, team management and other non-delivery aspects of the role. Key Qualifications and Skills Required:

- Qualified accountant (Chartered Accountant or international equivalent).
- Experience of working in the finance/reporting function of large Companies.
- Problem solving attitude and ability to think of different alternatives in unusual situations.
- Basic knowledge on operation of ERPs.
- Good understanding of IFRS requirements.
- Experience in leading and developing client relationships within Corporate Sector.
- Experience of leading teams and project management.
- Experience of coaching and mentoring junior colleagues.
- Analytical ability and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

The Role

At KPMG we have re-imagined careers in Tax Transformation. KPMG’s Tax Transformation team implements award-winning technology to help our clients automate their accounting, tax, finance and regulatory reporting processes.

We are winning new clients and are growing our team as a result of these successes. This is an exciting time to be part of the corporate tax transformations team at KPMG.

We are looking for talented Tax Assistant Managers with UK or global corporate tax experience to join us in Canada Square, London, particularly those with an indirect tax data and automation background.

You will be able to demonstrate strong tax and developing project management skills, the ability to work to tight deadlines and produce a first class product ready for issue to our clients. This role offers a candidate the ability to apply their Tax skills in a unique and innovative way. The candidate will work across the service lines within Tax & Legal to define propositions leveraging ERP, tax determination, compliance and data & analytics technology. The candidate will gain experience across the lifecycle of a transformation project, assisting with business development and go to market activities as well as managing the development of new data solutions and leading the deployment of solutions to some of the world’s largest businesses.

The team also has a focus on innovation, with a defined target of working with the entire Tax & Legal practice to prototype new technology ideas. The candidate will have the opportunity to partake in requirements discovery and rapid development of these prototype applications.

We have a diverse client base, from mid-market to 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.

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Work closely with the Tax Transformation team and wider tax practice to develop marketable propositions based around the use of our propositions, solutions and technology;
- Assist the business development process to progress leads to sales;
- Oversee output of offshore resource in order to deliver client projects;
- Assist clients with implementation of technology solutions, both KPMG tools but also third-party applications;
- Work with the client directly to understand their requirements including potential visits to clients/ local offices when appropriate;
- Identify and resolve technical issues, preparing technical analysis and involving specialists as appropriate to prepare or review analysis;
- Coaching and technical support for other more junior team members.
- Follow KPMG best practice and policy.
The Person

Qualifications and skills:

We welcome applications from those qualified by experience, as well as ATT / CTA / ACA or equivalent qualifications.

Knowledge and Experience:

- Demonstrable interest in/background in technology including highly proficient Excel usage is essential;
- Strong written and verbal communications skills and experience managing stakeholders as part of project delivery;
- Experience of review of tax process, including compliance processes;
- Ability to identify and resolve technical issues or escalate as appropriate;
- Excellent teamwork and organisational skills, including monitoring timetables and budgets;
- Project management or Agile development qualifications would be helpful but are not essential;
- Ability to build and execute strong internal and external relationships;
- Ability to work autonomously, as a self-starter with the confidence to make their own decisions;
- A corporate or indirect tax background is preferable;
- Ability to work in teams to deliver projects to agreed deadlines and budgets, even under pressure.