Managed Services Director - Tax Reporting & Compliance

You will be required to work within the team to accelerate the growth of our business. Specifically, key aspects will be to:

• Build and maintain strong business relationships across a portfolio of clients and actively build an internal network and range of experience to address client needs;
• Lead the delivery of outsourced tax reporting engagements with tax technical excellence and efficiency.
• Lead the delivery of corporate tax compliance engagements and the management of compliance outsourcing contracts;
• Help clients to drive efficiency through the compliance process, improving controls, and leveraging technology;
• Lead teams who provide advice to clients on the tax implications of new legislation and responding to client requests for ad hoc technical advice;
• Provide compelling and well thought out solutions to complex problems;
• Lead teams who provide advice to clients on the tax implications of new legislation and responding to client requests for ad hoc technical advice;
• Be confident interacting at the most senior levels internally and externally, while at the same time able to interact well with peers and other more junior members of the team;
• Identify additional services that the client may need and liaise with subject specialists;
• Lead the business development process to progress leads to sales and taking responsibility for contract negotiation and agreement;
• Lead teams who support clients with their group/statutory Tax Reporting needs; including delivery and project management on global outsource contracts under US GAAP and IFRS;
• Coach and provide support for other team members;
• Follow KPMG best practice and policy;
• Have a positive and enthusiastic manner in dealing with a cross section of people;
• Demonstrate strong resilience to enable flexibility in approach and ability to work under pressure; and
• Be an effective networker with ability to understand client needs.

Qualifications and skills:

We welcome applications from those qualified by experience as well as ATT/CTA/ACA or equivalent qualifications. Tax reporting/accounting skills are highly desirable.

• Deep working knowledge and experience of UK corporate tax legislation and compliance with a focus on large and complex groups;
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to quickly adapt to a range of situations and audiences from both written and oral perspective;
• Strong attention to detail, to enable you to review complex technical, whilst maintaining a client service focused perspective, for all deliverables we produce for our clients;
• Sustains a high level of leadership and drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work;
• Builds co-operative relationships and fosters an environment in which everyone’s opinion is valued;
• Excellent project management skills and an ability to manage your own workload, as well the workloads of others in your team;
• Provides on-going feedback, coaching and mentoring that supports individual development needs and career aspirations;
• Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information; and
• Builds the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowledge and experience

Join KPMG today!

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Why Tax & Law at KPMG?

The issues surrounding tax and legal services are constantly evolving, both locally and globally. Which is why you'll find life at KPMG both intellectually stimulating and rewarding. There's also the scale and breadth of what we do – our services span specialisms such as Corporate and Indirect Tax; Expatriate and Private Client Personal Tax compliance and advice; and KPMG Law.