Senior Associate, Value Added Tax

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate to join our State and Local Tax (SALT) practice.

• Provide excellent client facing service to multi-national, United States headquartered companies with global indirect tax issues, including working as part of a team conducting transaction analysis, supply chain reviews, assisting with business expansions, advising on mergers and acquisitions and managing less complex global projects
• Supporting senior staff to develop responses to client proposal requests regarding global indirect taxes
• Assist with the preparation of Value Added Tax (VAT) training presentations aimed at external and internal audiences
• Identify, document, and recommend client business requirements for implementing VAT/sales and use tax compliance processes and system improvements
• Support new staff

• A minimum of two years of experience working on global indirect tax projects including working with indirect tax advisors in multiple countries
• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, or a related course of study from an accredited college/university: additional qualifications will be required before promotion to manager
• Strong skills in indirect tax information systems, including strong project management skills and the ability to analyze client business needs
• Possess a broad industry background including retail, financial services, manufacturing and telecommunications; hands-on experience with various business development activities and tax software
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, or process mapping software
• Self-motivated with the ability to generate and plan work effort and manage project schedules and priorities with clear written and verbal communication skills; ability to travel thirty percent of the time