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The Team

We are looking for a tax Assistant /Associate to join our National Markets’ Global Mobility Services (GMS) team in our office in Bristol. GMS is a fundamental part of the People Services group and is currently enjoying accelerated growth and numerous exciting opportunities.

The Role

- Manage a wide variety of clients and lead the junior 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
- Be involved in all aspects of cross border advisory - covering tax, Social Security, process, policy and efficiencies
- Get involved in business development/proposals
- Managing and coaching of staff

Qualifications and Skills

- ATT qualified and strong relevant tax experience

Experience and Background

- Comitted and ambitious
- 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

The Team

We are looking for a tax Assistant /Associate to join our National Markets’ Global Mobility Services (GMS) team in our office in Bristol. GMS is a fundamental part of the People Services group and is currently enjoying accelerated growth and numerous exciting opportunities.

The Role

- Manage a wide variety of clients and lead the junior 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
- Be involved in all aspects of cross border advisory - covering tax, Social Security, process, policy and efficiencies
- Get involved in business development/proposals
- Managing and coaching of staff

Qualifications and Skills

- ATT qualified and strong relevant tax experience

Experience and Background

- Comitted and ambitious
- 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 know the corporate world can sometimes feel like you are expected to be just like everybody else – however you are an individual and we like that.

Our Tax, Pensions & Legal Services practice has designed a return to work programme to target qualified Tax professionals who are looking for flexibility, allowing them to balance their commitments at home with a return to work. This includes people who may have taken time out from work and are now looking for opportunities to return to a rewarding career in a supportive working environment.

What is on offer?

Return to Tax will support individuals in roles that are structured around agile working arrangements, with a focus on bridging the skills gap and building confidence to return to the workplace environment. We have roles across several KPMG UK office locations, or, for the right person we can consider remote home based working.

The key to providing agile working for our team is making sure it works for both our clients and you. To that end we’ve developed a range of working patterns to help balance your commitments. As well as the traditional part time offering, we have people that spread their work across the year with annualised contracts and people who mix office and remote working patterns.

We will offer successful candidates support with getting up to speed with the latest industry developments, refreshing their technical skills and becoming integrated into our professional services environment. They will receive ongoing support in the form of a learning allowance and a working mentor who will be assigned to them from the day they accept their offer. The mentor will arrange regular check-in time to evaluate progress against goals and determine any additional training needs. A buddy will also be available to provide day to day guidance. After 12 months, returners will be invited to apply for a permanent role within KPMG.

KPMG offers a range of benefits to support you and your family including; KPMG Stakeholder Pension Scheme, Life Assurance, Personal Accident cover, Group income protection, emergency dependent care, a BeWell confidential health support service, access to a private GP service 24 hours a day, and private medical cover*

* Private medical cover dependent on grade and length of service

Who we are looking for?

• Candidates with ACCA/ACA/CA/CTA/ATT or equivalent qualification
•�Candidates must have experience working in Tax in the last 10 years
• Candidates who have a passion for returning to Tax working alongside our teams to deliver quality results for our clients

We are looking for candidates across all grades. You will be assessed on an individual basis, looking at prior Tax experience and qualifications.

Our aim is to attract exceptional people from diverse backgrounds who can deliver real results for our clients and drive the firm forward. If this is you and you are looking for a more flexible approach to work that can fit around your lifestyle or commitments at home, then please apply. You will be required to upload a CV when you apply for this role, however if you do not have a CV or would like to speak to a member of the recruitment team before applying, please request a call back by emailing: ukfmrtw@KPMG.co.uk

We also aim to make the interview process as streamlined as possible so as not to take up too much of your time. If you are invited to interview this will be in your nearest local office and over the course of a day you will have conversations with some of the senior members in our team. Following this, we will endeavor to provide you with feedback from these conversations and an offer, if you are successful, within maximum one week.

Job title: Learning Deployment Coordinator
Role type: 12 month FTC
Working hours: 09:30 - 17:30
Grade: E2
Location: Watford

Job Description

The Learning Deployment co-ordinator (LDO) will have the responsibility of administering a core allocation of learning interventions. They will work closely with the relevant Learning Deployment Specialist to ensure that all pre, during and post learning intervention logistics are managed effectively. They will be responsible for the maintenance of all learning information on the LMS for all ILT,eLearning and VC courses. Other responsibilities will include cost control management, reporting, and course evaluations.

They will be expected to manage high volumes of work independently, proactively seeking assistance from other team members when required.

Role overview

•Co-ordinate all learning intervention types, including Instructor-led, Virtual Classroom, eLearning and External training
•Build a strong relationship with LDS counterparts, ensuring that all necessary course information is obtained that is required to administer the learning intervention.
•Effective use of the LMS, ensuring all relevant course data is maintained effectively on the LMS
•Co-ordinating the administration of Virtual Classroom courses, checking delegate attendance details are correct on the LMS post the event
•Ensure that all administrative processes are understood and applied to all learning interventions effectively, applying judgement where applicable to flex the process to meet the specific course requirements
•Manage registrations and cancellations, ensuring that the LDS is kept up to date with course numbers so effective decisions can be made.
•Monitoring of pre and post course work where relevant
•Issuing delegate and faculty joining information and managing nomination process where appropriate
•Ensure necessary booking information is provided in a timely manner either via the internal meeting room system or to external venues.
•Processing and responding to high volumes of emails in a timely manner and monitoring of relevant mail boxes, ensuring SLAs are met
•Management of course printing where identified and distribution of materials to venues, using couriers in a cost effective manner.
•Storing course material where required and keeping storage areas clean and tidy returning all generic stationery to the general storage area.
•Running routine and more complex reports from the LMS, liaising with HR Systems team for support where necessary
•On-site administration of learning intervention where required – flexibility of hours may be require to administer these, including overnight stays at external venues.
•Booking of hotel accommodation for faculty and delegates on certain events such as one Firm Induction
•Assisting with the maintenance of course budgets, processing course invoices in a timely manner, maintaining effective cost control spreadsheets and processing monthly accruals.
•Raising of overseas participant invoices within the 2-week window, ensuring that relevant VAT information is provided for the internal VAT team. Running reports from SAP to check for payment and chasing where necessary.
•Be able to effectively use the evaluation platform, QuestionMark, ensuring that evaluation forms are distributed for all courses, and summaries are provided within agreed SLAs
•Assisting with ad hoc projects where required.
•Assistance with project managing large events, such as the One Firm Inductions
•Production of CPD/learning history reports for overseas delegates
•Coaching and buddying new members of staff and assisting with identified training programmes

Experience and Background

•Experience in administering learning events in a large firm
•Experience in managing third party suppliers
•Use of learning platforms such as Learning Management Systems and other applications such as Virtual Classroom
•Proven attention to detail with the ability to work under pressure
•Committed to delivering a first class quality service
•Flexible approach with the ability to multi-task, manage time effectively and handle tight deadlines

Qualifications and Skills

•Project and Programme Administration
•Relationship management
•Attention to detail
•Strong oral and written communication skills
•Strong problem solving skills
•Good Microsoft office skills

Key Relationships

•Deployment team colleagues
•Design team
•People Operations teams (re One Firm Event and Values Day)
•Facilities teams