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We are looking for a Manager to join our Global Mobility Services (GMS) team in London. KPMG's Global Mobility Service (GMS) practice is a diverse and fast-growing area of our Tax business. We serve some of the biggest names, with high-profile engagements touching every corner of world. Our GMS engagement teams are “360 degree service oriented”, with tax technical, client development and client-facing responsibilities as part of each successful candidates remit.


This team’s client base has grown dramatically over the last year and continued success in the market place and recent new wins means significant growth will continue. The candidate will be ready for early assumption of managerial responsibilities and close, regular contact with our dynamic partner and director group.


Role


We are looking for a Global Mobility Services (GMS) Manager to work in our People Services tax team across large Corporate clients.


Core Responsibilities


Manage the day to day Global Coordination and/or UK service delivery (dependent on the client portfolio), supported by a junior engagement team.
Closely collaborate with subject matter experts within International Social Security, Employment Tax, GMS Technology, Reward, Immigration and the network of KPMG Member Firms to deliver on cross-border and multidisciplinary projects.
Project manage cyclical and one-off projects, such as short-term business visitors reporting, remote working advisory or income tax and payroll disclosures.
Engage with clients on current global mobility and UK tax developments
Support Engagement Leaders with VIP assignee services
For UK-led engagements – oversee efficient delivery of centralised services through effective engagement management, continuous process improvement and cultivating strong relationships with the local engagement teams across the KPMG network.
For UK inbound engagements – manage the UK tax compliance and work closely with the KPMG Centre of Excellence to deliver on all aspects of assignee compliance.
Develop, maintain and lead strong client relationships
Manage engagement finances with junior support


You will also have an opportunity to:


Support GMS business development / proposal activities, developing your sales skills
Performance manage junior colleagues, developing your coaching skills


Experience and Background


Experience working in expatriate/global mobility tax services in Big 4 or equivalent
Prior experience in an in-house Global Mobility / HR team or working overseas would be beneficial but is not required


You will thrive in this role if:


You have a high level of personal responsibility and accountability.
You can evaluate and integrate complex information to identify core issues and present practical advice.
You communicate with impact, both in speech and writing, and in a way that is open, honest, consistent, and clear.
You are motivated by a passion for the international aspects of our work, professional proficiency, and a desire to serve, lead and deliver excellent client service.
You have excellent organisational skills and you are a self-starter, able to work under you own initiative
You can work to multiple deadlines, showing resilience under pressure and an ability to think on your feet and apply creative thinking when presented with a challenging problem.
You pride yourself as having a strong tax technical expertise
You have a proven track record of exercising sound professional judgement, including the ability to identify issues/concerns and consult where appropriate with more senior staff.
Above all, you are a team player, who collaborates widely to deliver best client outcomes and invests time in development of their team.


Qualifications and Skills


ACA/ATT/CTA qualified or equivalent preferred
Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills are preferred
Microsoft Power BI experience for reporting is welcome but not essential

The Role
Advancements in technology are rapidly changing the way companies do business globally and how employers are interacting with their employees. The GMS Technology team comprises both IT and Tax professionals who work extensively with our Tax & People Services business teams and stakeholders at all levels. We develop, implement and support technology that assists employers and employees in relation to international assignments and business travel. Our technology is web-based and mobile. We are looking for individuals that understand the business needs of our clients and can help develop and deliver the next generation of our technology and a digital future for our global mobility services.
You will be involved in developing and implementing technology for clients from day one. Working as part of a team, you will gather client requirements and translate these into working solutions. Along the way you will work directly with developers and client customers in Tax, HR and Global Mobility. Throughout, you’ll also work with a wide variety of people at KPMG – from Graduates to Partners. You’ll have access to a wealth of industry expertise and knowledge, allowing you to develop and build your own skills and experience
The Person
We are looking for a Consultant with a keen interest and aptitude for technology that can apply their skills and knowledge in practical situations. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Working with clients in Tax, HR and Global Mobility to understand and advise on tax technical aspects of tax software implementation.
- Feeding into product design and process workflow within tools, bringing a tax technical aspect to tool development.
- Project management of client processes where KPMG are assisting as technical experts.
- Gathering and produce tax/technical requirements to a high degree of specification
- Assist in providing demonstrations and marketing of tools to existing and prospective clients on all application
- Financial management, including budgeting, raising client invoices and chasing payments
- Management of scope and an ability to identify where requests are out of scope
- Assist with all client queries related to our tools
- Involvement in business development/proposals
- Assist in analysis, testing and review of tax updates in our tools.
Essential Skills
- Have excellent problem solving, analytical, people and organisational skills.
- Have excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manipulate large volumes of data
- Dynamic and flexible individual that adapts well to change
- Comfortable working as part of a global team
- Shows perseverance when faced with challenging situations but can remain focussed and motivated when dealing with routine tasks
- Confidence to question and challenge client needs
- Pro-active in following up and managing expectations effectively, prioritising tasks where needed
- Appreciation of the commercial environment we are working in.
The following skills are not essential but would be an advantage:
• Experience in systems, business analysis or project management
• Have knowledge or experience in employment taxes; or in a tax or similar advisory role with a keen interest in technology.
• Any experience working on tax systems
• Any experience in tax consulting, working towards professional tax / accounting qualifications or a keen interest in this area
• Knowledge of any of the following a plus: MS Access, MS Excel (advanced), MS Project, MS Visio, Jira.

The Reward practice at KPMG is a dedicated national team that advise on the design, tax, market practice, corporate governance, regulatory and accounting aspects of management and broader employee incentive structures. The team advises on incentive plan design and structuring, drafting plan documents and advising on the tax, legal, regulatory and corporate governance aspects of incentive arrangements for both UK and global clients. The successful applicant will want to be involved in business development activities, including client proposals, internal and external presentations and writing articles and alerts on technical and other matters.


The team is looking for individuals with experience of advising on the aspects of the tax and legal aspects of incentive arrangements to come into the team and work primarily on the design, implementation and tax advisory aspects of incentive arrangements, with the opportunity to work across other work streams within the team.



What KPMG’s Reward practice is looking for from its consultants:


- Team players who enjoy working with people from different backgrounds and disciplines
- Intellectually curious, open-minded and analytical people, with an eye for detail and pride in their work
- Proactive professionals who deliver a great service to their clients
- Relationship builders who can spot and develop new opportunities both within the KPMG network and externally
- Flexible people who are able to deal with a fluid, changing, work environment


Why you might want to join KPMG’s Reward practice:


- We encourage our team members to develop and maintain specialisms across the broad range of reward / share plans work including listed and unlisted and UK and global work. In particular there is opportunity to work across both the reward consulting area and our more traditional tax and equity based offering
- You are looking to broaden out your experience to include executive reward, global tax and/or regulatory advisory work
- You want the opportunity to develop client relationships and KPMG’s reward capabilities
- You want to join a growing team that is expanding its offering to clients
- You want to achieve a sustainable work-life balance


Qualification and Skills


- The applicant will have a relevant professional qualification. e.g. ACA/CTA qualified (or equivalent) or qualified solicitor
- Project/financial management, including the ability to plan and monitor deliverables, budget and timescales
- Effective time management, able to act under own initiative and remain calm under pressure
- Ability to lead and manage others and work across disciplines
- Ability to identify and manage areas of risk within clients' business and know when to refer upwards
- Strong communicator in a range of situations both written and oral


Experience and Background


The successful applicant will be a reward / share plans specialist who:


- has a good understanding of the UK tax and legal issues that may arise in relation to long term and equity based incentive arrangements
- has experience of drafting legal documentation, employee communications and technical advice
- demonstrates excellent organisational skills and ability to work under their own initiative
- is either working in professional services with a reputation for delivering high quality technical advice in this space; or
- working in industry but able to demonstrate the ability to deliver in a professional services environment when tested

We are looking for a Manager to join our Global Mobility Services (GMS) team in Reading. KPMG's Global Mobility Service (GMS) practice is a diverse and fast-growing area of our Tax business. We serve some of the biggest names, with high-profile engagements touching every corner of world. Our GMS engagement teams are “360 degree service oriented”, with tax technical, client development and client-facing responsibilities as part of each successful candidates remit.


This team’s client base has grown dramatically over the last year and continued success in the market place and recent new wins means significant growth will continue. The candidate will be ready for early assumption of managerial responsibilities and close, regular contact with our dynamic partner and director group.



Role and Responsibilities:



Manage a wide variety of clients and lead the team on your clients
Maintain and lead strong relationships with clients
Take ownership for finances and billing
Being the day to day contact for allocated clients, supported by a strong team
Ensuring clients are provided with up to date information on Global Mobility Services (GMS) developments
Helping to advise clients on GMS issues, helping ensure they function smoothly and effectively
Working with companies of all sizes, including many house hold name clients
Project management of advisory projects carried out for clients
Review of tax returns
Be involved in all aspects of cross border advisory - covering tax, Social Security, process, policy and efficiencies
Carry out arrival/departure briefings for senior assignees
Get involved in business development/proposals
Managing and coaching of staff


Qualifications and Skills:



ACA/CTA qualified or equivalent preferred



Experience and Background:

International tax services experience with UK Expat tax backgrounds, covering tax briefings, tax returns and advisory. Ideally you will also have experience in co-ordinating UK led global engagements
High level personal responsibility and accountability for team work
Capacity to receive positive, constructive feedback
Analytical; identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information
Communicates with impact, both in speech and writing, and in a way that is open, honest, consistent, and clear
Safeguards and enhances the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowledge and experience
Motivated by a passion for the international aspects of our work, professional proficiency, and a desire to serve and lead excellent global service teams
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) Flexible, positive outlook with a commitment to team working
Excellent organisational skills and ability to work under own initiative
Capable of working to deadlines, showing resilience under pressure an ability to apply knowledge to non routine situations
You should be able to demonstrate sound professional judgement including the ability to identify issues/concerns and consult where appropriate with more senior staff.

We are looking for a Manager to join our Global Mobility Services (GMS) team in London. KPMG's Global Mobility Service (GMS) practice is a diverse and fast-growing area of our Tax business. We serve some of the biggest names, with high-profile engagements touching every corner of world. Our GMS engagement teams are “360 degree service oriented”, with tax technical, client development and client-facing responsibilities as part of each successful candidates remit.



This team’s client base has grown dramatically over the last year and continued success in the market place and recent new wins means significant growth will continue. The candidate will be ready for early assumption of managerial responsibilities and close, regular contact with our dynamic partner and director group.



Role:


We are looking for a Global Mobility Services (GMS) Manager to work in our People Services tax team across large Financial Services clients.

Core Responsibilities:

Manage the day to day global coordination and/or UK service delivery of client engagements (dependent on the client portfolio), supported by a junior engagement team.
Manage the UK tax compliance and work closely with the KPMG Centre of Excellence to deliver on all aspects of assignee compliance.
Be involved in all aspects of cross border advisory - covering tax, social security, process, policy and efficiencies, and project manage advisory projects carried out for clients. Closely collaborate with subject matter experts within International Social Security, Employment Tax, GMS Technology, Reward, Immigration and the network of KPMG Member Firms to deliver on cross-border and multidisciplinary projects.
Provide UK tax technical analysis and advice to clients.
Engage with clients on current global mobility and UK tax developments.
Support Engagement Leaders with VIP assignee services, including carrying out arrival/departure briefings for senior assignees.
Develop, maintain and lead strong client relationships.
Manage engagement finances with junior support.
Manage and coach junior staff.

You will also have an opportunity to:

Support GMS business development / proposal activities, developing your sales skills.
Performance manage junior colleagues, developing your coaching skills

Experience and Background:


Experience working in expatriate/global mobility tax services in Big 4 or equivalent.
Prior experience in an in-house Global Mobility / HR team or working overseas would be beneficial but is not required.

You will thrive in this role if:

You have a high level of personal responsibility and accountability.
You can evaluate and integrate complex information to identify core issues and present practical advice.
You communicate with impact, both in speech and writing, and in a way that is open, honest, consistent, and clear.
You are motivated by a passion for the international aspects of our work, professional proficiency, and a desire to serve, lead and deliver excellent client service.
You have excellent organisational skills and you are a self-starter, able to work under you own initiative
You can work to multiple deadlines, showing resilience under pressure and an ability to think on your feet and apply creative thinking when presented with a challenging problem.
You pride yourself as having a strong tax technical expertise
You have a proven track record of exercising sound professional judgement, including the ability to identify issues/concerns and consult where appropriate with more senior staff.
Above all, you are a team player, who collaborates widely to deliver best client outcomes and invests time in development of their team.

Qualifications and Skills:

ACA/ATT/CTA qualified or equivalent preferred
Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills are preferred
Microsoft Power BI experience for reporting is welcome but not essential