GCT Managed Services Global - Tax Senior Manager

GCT Managed Services Global
- Tax Senior Manager

Location: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Reading, South Coast
- Southampton, Watford

Capability: Tax & Law

Experience Level: Senior Manager

Type: Full Time

Business Area: Tax Managed Services

Contract type: Permanent

A key focus for KPMG’s GCT team is to help multinational groups and financial services clients manage their global tax compliance, reporting and statutory accounting obligations, through outsourcing, co-sourcing, transformation and technology. More information about our team is at the end of this job description.

We are looking for talented Senior Managers to join us with technical experience such as:

• Deep tax and/or accounting compliance and reporting expertise
• Deep VAT compliance and/or VAT process management expertise
• Deep transfer pricing compliance and/or transfer pricing advisory expertise

We are additionally looking for experience in:

• Engagement management
• Tax governance and controls expertise
• Transformation, transition and project management
• Client relationship management
• Developing standardised methodologies
• Tax compliance process improvement/redesign expertise
• Advising on appropriate technology to support compliance and reporting processes

Lead and project manage the overall delivery of global and large UK tax and accounting compliance and reporting managed service projects;

• Lead the implementation of managed service and transformation solutions to ensure the widespread adoption across their business units;
• Oversee the implementation of technology solutions to support the delivery of our managed service solutions;
• Enable effective governance and issue resolution, and act as the central point of contact for international clients and KPMG overseas teams;
• Manage the business development process to progress leads to sales and taking responsibility for contract negotiation and agreement;
• Identify and develop transformation projects ranging from redesigning processes, developing Centres of Excellence, upskilling & technology opportunities;
• Develop our service offerings and service delivery models;
• Establishing and maintaining strong client relationships with both existing and new clients;
• Line manage managers and assistant managers and overseeing output of offshore resource in order to deliver client projects;
• Identify opportunities for 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.

• Strong project management/co-ordination skills and experience (e.g. on global compliance outsourcing engagements, tax/accounting transformation programmes or similar projects);
• Experience in process, risk and controls design;
• Experience in transition, change management and stakeholder management;
• Excellent interpersonal skills with strong oral and written communication skills. Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear;
• Awareness of technology and automation to drive efficiency, risk management and value;
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work. Sustains a high level of leadership and drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work;
• Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information;
• Builds the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowledge and experience;
• Experience of tax and accounting compliance processes (e.g. Direct/Indirect tax returns, statutory accounting, transfer pricing, tax reporting).

At KPMG we have re‑imagined careers in Global Compliance & Transformation (GCT). Our clients leverage KPMG’s compliance and transformation expertise and technology to drive better visibility, greater efficiency and improved risk management across their organisation. Ultimately we prepare groups for the future of digital compliance helping them develop a sustainable, technology‑enabled and holistic future state…