Director - Global Mobility Services

KPMG Careers; West of England; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG is seeking an experienced Director to join Global Mobility Services (GMS) leadership in the South, with roles based in Reading or Bristol. The position focuses on delivering a strong pipeline across Corporate and National Markets client portfolios, while leading complex mobility engagements and strategic growth.

Responsibilities include overseeing mobility projects, driving revenue growth, and managing key client relationships with governance over proposals and budgets.

Qualifications

• ACA/ATT/CTA qualified or equivalent.
• Extensive Global Mobility experience in a senior leadership role.
• Proven ability to lead client service teams and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee complex global mobility compliance and advisory projects with cross-service line support.
• Drive origination and revenue growth across the South Region and client portfolio.
• Manage senior client relationships and deliver UK and global mobility engagements.
• Foster collaboration across GMS, ES and the People Tax practice.
• Develop market presence and revenue growth plans for existing and new clients.
• Oversee engagement profitability, proposals and budgeting.

Skills

Global Mobility

Leadership

Business development

Education

ACA/ATT/CTA

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Director to join our Global Mobility Services (GMS) leadership team inthe South (Reading or Bristol).GMS is a fundamental part of KPMG’s People Taxespracticeand is currently enjoying accelerated growth and numerous exciting opportunities.

This is a high-profile market-facing leadership role, focused on delivering a strong pipeline across a varied large Corporates and National Markets clientportfolio.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Extensive Global Mobility technical expertise to lead and oversee multiple and concurrent complex global mobility compliance and advisory projects, with the contribution of cross-service line specialists, as appropriate.
• Drive origination / business development activity across the South Region and client portfolio, identifying opportunities to grow market share, strengthen client relationships and create sustainable revenue growthworking with existing Partner/Directors.
• Lead senior client relationships (corporate and senior stakeholders/assignees) to deliver complex UK and global mobility engagements and adviceacross the client portfolio.
• Accelerate collaboration across GMS, ES and the wider People Tax practice, ensuring clients benefit from the full breadth of KPMG's capabilities
• Develop and maintain a credible and influential profile in the Global Mobility market and adapt business strategy in response to changing client demands and external trends.
• Develop revenue growth plans for both existing and new clients.
• Oversee commercial and contractual aspects of an engagement (e.g. fee proposals, budget, fee collection) and ensure these are managed effectively to achieve expected levels of quality and profitability.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key senior/board members of existing or new clients.
• Network with clients and relevant professional bodies and associations.
• Drive the continuous development of the team, ensuring the skills, knowledge and capabilities required to meet current and future business needs
• Share deep knowledge of current market and competitor trends and activities.

Qualifications and Skills:

• ACA/ATT/CTA qualified or equivalent.

Experience and Background:

• Extensive experience working in Global Mobility Services in a senior leadership role, including leadership of local teams preferred.
• Demonstrable ability to build long standing, trusted relationships with clients across a range of sectors.
• Demonstrable success in leading business development, including RFPs, and market origination activities, with the ability to convert opportunities into sustainable client relationships and revenue growth.
• Experience leading client service teams on a variety of projects, including the ability to work with SME’s across global mobility and wider People Taxes to ensure high quality, seamless, coordinated services are delivered across the client portfolio.
• A track record of taking ideas and solutions to market and converting them into client engagements.
• Ability to identify and address market opportunities, build delivery capability and drive cross-service collaboration to support strategic growth objectives, including working with SME’s across global mobility and People Taxes.
• Experience of involvement in workforce planning and building capability in teams.
• Extensive experience of coaching, mentoring and performance management to attract, develop and retain colleagues.
• Strong working knowledge of key regulatory, ethics, and independence rules relevant to a Big 4 accounting environment.
• Experience of leading client proposals, including negotiating contractual positions, agreeing global fee schedules and managing inter-office contractual relationships

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.

With offices across the UK, we are part of a global network of firms providing Audit, Tax & Law, Consulting, and Technology Services to diverse clients.

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