Manager​/Senior Manager, Alternative Investments

KPMG is currently seeking a Manager/Senior Manager to join our Business Tax Services practice.

• Manage a portfolio of clients of various size and scope and act as the point of contact for internal and external clients
• Direct teams of tax professionals/assistants working on client projects
• Understand and analyze the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) rules affecting the taxpayer
• Help manage risk and financial performance of engagements including billing, collections, and the budget for projects
• Advise clients and be responsible for delivering high quality tax service and advice
• Work to assess tax impact on clients, develop tax arguments to support conclusions, and suggest plans to clients

• Participate in and contribute to market and business activities that are external to the firm while providing direction to and maintaining managerial responsibility for a team
• Act as a coach and mentor to other tax professionals

• Minimum five years of recent corporate tax experience in the financial services industry supporting alternative investments (investment partnership and/or mutual fund tax experience); previous experience as a tax manager with a public accounting firm
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university;
  Licensed CPA, JD/LLM or EA, in addition to others on KPMG’s approved credential listing; any individual who does not possess at least one of the approved designations/credentials when their employment commences, has one year from their date of hire to obtain at least one of the approved designations/credentials; should you like to see the complete list of currently approved designations/credentials for the hiring practice/service line, your recruiter can provide you with that list
• Proficiency in the taxation of corporations, consolidated entities, partnerships, and other flow-through entities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex financial information

• Minimum eight years of recent experience as a tax senior manager in a public accounting firm supporting alternative investments (investment partnership and/or mutual fund tax experience)
• Solid skills in reviewing 1120 RIC, 1065 tax returns, including Schedule K-1 and experience managing multiple client engagements and client service teams