KPMG UK
Tax Manager - GMS - Global Compensation
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Tax Manager - GMS - Global Compensation
Location
London
About the Role
Sitting within the Global Mobility Services (GMS) practice, the Global Compensation Services group leverages market-leading technology solutions to help clients transform how they manage global compensation for internationally mobile employees. By ensuring real-time compliance with employer and employee obligations worldwide, KPMG offers an integrated, centrally managed global compliance process. This includes:
- Data management: Initial data collection, cleansing, validation, analysis
- Payroll coordination: Application of consistent tax and social security positions
- Output generation: Clear payroll instructions for monthly, quarterly, or year-end processes
KPMG’s newly developed Global Payroll Manager (GPM) is a fully automated web-based solution that turns assignee demographic data, cash compensation, and non-cash benefits into reconciled host payroll instructions for both home and host countries. This dynamic team is set to expand significantly over the next two years, driving market share growth. The team comprises professionals from diverse backgrounds, including expatriate and employment tax, payroll advisory, technology, data analytics, finance, and accounting.
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Responsibilities
The Tax Manager - Global Compensation will oversee day-to-day team management, focusing on:
- Dataoversight: Directing capture, manipulation, formatting, validation, reconciliation, storage, analysis, and reporting of all global compensation sources.
- Project transition: Leading implementation projects to onboard both new and existing clients onto GPM.
- Technical and process expertise: Excellence in advanced Excel and Access skills is mandatory.
- Process improvement: Streamlining and automating manual workflows, testing new methodologies, and reconciliation/validation of outputs.
Core Duties Include:
- Analysis and reporting on global compensation reconciliation
- Supervising data manipulation and mapping for accurate payroll processing
- Coordinating UK and/or multi-location payrolls
- Liaison with client HR, internal and outsourced payroll teams
- Collaboration with the Tax Technology team to ensure industry best practices
- Addressing queries with offshore offices while communicating effectively with clients
- Proposing process improvements and automated solutions
- Ownership of KPMG’s client portal and user acceptance testing
- Facilitating funding reports and managing payroll instructions
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Requirements
- Implementation and project management skills to drive change in adopting GPM for clients.
- Proficiency in advanced Excel and Access databases
- Ideal candidates are experienced within:
- Professional services firms
- Expat payroll vendor environments
- Global mobility experience for international assignee management
- Capacity to multitask over customized deadlines
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication, adaptability, and self-motivation
- Rigorous adherence to documented process standards
- Flexibility to extend working hours during critical phases of projects
These skills help the mission of supporting KPMG’s dynamic and client-focused transformation in global compensation management!
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