About this role
<p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The KPMG financial services tax team is a fast-growing part of the KPMG tax practice. We are looking for </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">excellent candidates who are seeking a dynamic and challenging working environment within a strong </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">supportive leadership team. </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As a result of growth in our business, we have a number of roles across our Financial Services Product & Operational Taxes </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">team, which has a diverse client base spanning the FS sector - providing services to banks, custodians, brokers, asset managers, alternative investors, wealth and hedge asset managers and global institutional investors such as pension funds and sovereign wealth funds. </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">For the right candidates, there are huge opportunities to be part of an expanding business and to progress </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">quickly as the team grows. The work is interesting and diverse, getting involved with cutting edge developments </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">and working with some of the best-known FS firms as well as mid-size and new market entrants and supporting </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">their business as they rapidly grow.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The team is diverse and collaborative, with individuals based across London, Manchester, Bristol and Edinburgh, </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">we embraced hybrid and flexible working long before it became the norm! Our team has a mix of backgrounds, </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">people who have spent their entire career in professional services, or those with tax, legal, accounting and </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">regulatory backgrounds as well as a number of people who have joined from industry and bring real practical </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">experience to the way we can help clients. Whatever your background we will give you the support, </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">encouragement and training to thrive at KPMG.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Successful candidates will primarily have a focus on product & operational taxes but also the opportunity to work across our FS and Asset Management tax teams.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We would be really happy to have an informal chat with you to discuss opportunities in more detail.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>The Responsibilities:</strong></span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The role involves a mixture of both compliance and advisory responsibilities, with specific duties including:</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Managing, delivering and growing a portfolio of UK and pan-European investor tax reporting compliance and advisory engagements.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Leading and developing a team of KPMG professionals to support their work.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Developing and maintaining a high level of technical knowledge across product & operational taxes and related </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">areas.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Supporting the management of client relationships and projects and becoming a focal point of contact </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">for clients within product & operational taxes.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Understanding our client's business and working with teams across KPMG to identify areas for the </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">provision of product & operational tax and other services.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Developing and advising on cutting edge client propositions.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Being involved in business development and proposal activity.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Collaborating with KPMG teams across the UK and globally to provide the highest quality product & operational </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">tax support to our clients.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Participating in the development of new client propositions, which will include working with technology </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">teams to develop new solutions, taking these to market and building the delivery model to ensure </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">the highest quality services are provided.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Being an advocate for KPMG and the operational taxes team and helping us grow the business </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">through the delivery of relevant and high-quality services to our clients.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>The Person: </strong></span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The successful candidates are likely to have some or all of the following skills:</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Evidence of deep technical ability relating to tax or financial services – e.g., this might be a </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">qualification in tax, audit, finance, law, regulation or significant practical experience gained in an </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">industry role.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Practical experience of dealing with product & operational taxes within a Financial Services context – </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">candidates with industry or professional services experience.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• An understanding of financial markets, participants, investors (e.g., banks, brokers, institutional </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">investors, custodians, asset managers, private equity etc) and products.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Excellent project management, delegation/coaching and client facing delivery skills.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Familiarity of and enthusiasm to work with emerging technologies and ability to combine this </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">knowledge with evolving tax regulations.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Ability to take advantage of new tax developments and create client propositions.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Enthusiasm, passion, resilience and a desire to continue learning. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:white">#LI-DC1</span></p>