Job description
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. From our inclusive leadership strategy, to our diversity and inclusion targets – we are making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.
Overview
This exciting role is within our London region Corporate Tax Advisory & Compliance team, based in our Canary Wharf office.
Our clients include UK headquartered businesses and inbound groups across a range of sectors.
Our work in the tax advisory space includes supporting clients with business and fiscal change. This can include advising on new jurisdiction entry, the development of new business areas, business reorganisations, tax authority enquiries, pre/post transaction reorganisations, refinancing, cash repatriation, interest deductibility and the impact global fiscal change (e.g. BEPS Pillar 2).
We work as a hybrid team where we get together in the office or at client sites at least twice a week to collaborate and learn together, with flexibility over how you spend the rest of your time.
The role
1. Working closely with Partners and/or Directors on complex projects to deliver technically excellent advice and service
2. Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and understanding their business in order to build your own external network and create opportunities to help with the provision of tax and other services
3. Managing UK and cross border teams on advisory projects, liaising with specialists, overseas member firms and external advisers, critically analysing and challenging their input to deliver successful projects and expertise to our clients. Managing and delivering compliance services
4. Managing aspects of the team’s operations and performance, including resourcing and coaching and developing junior team members
5. Seeking out and pursuing opportunities with clients and targets and actively participating with Partners and Directors in business development activities
6. Managing our engagement quality and risk processes and client financials
7. Being a role model for KPMG’s values
The person
8. Qualified CTA or ACA / CA or equivalent
9. Ambitious and enthusiastic
10. Strong UK corporation tax knowledge and awareness of other tax and accounting matters
11. Strong interpersonal skills
12. Strong oral and written communication skills
13. Strong analytical skills, curious and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice
14. Excellent project management skills, including ability to work as part of a team and to show initiative to drive projects forward
15. Brings insight and effectively applies knowledge to business and client problems
16. Sound judgement, including the ability to identify and evaluate risk issues and know when to involve others
17. Ability to multi-task and manage a range of clients, projects and relationships
18. Strong motivation to develop and coach junior team members
19. Dedication to continuously develop skills technical knowledge