Managed Services Director - Tax Reporting & Compliance

KPMG United Kingdom; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Aberdeen is seeking a Director of Global Compliance & Transformation. The role involves managing tax compliance, reporting engagements, and leading business development efforts. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership and communication skills along with deep knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation. This position offers an exceptional opportunity to grow within a diverse team committed to innovation and excellence.

Qualifications

• Deep working knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation.
• Experience in tax reporting/accounting.
• Strong project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Lead outsourced tax reporting engagements.
• Identify additional client services and manage contracts.
• Coach and support team members.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Business development skills

Leadership

Education

ATT/CTA/ACA or equivalent qualifications

Job description

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Job description

At KPMG we have re‑imagined careers in Global Compliance & Transformation (GCT). A key focus for KPMG's GCT team is to help multinational groups and financial services clients manage their global tax compliance, reporting and statutory accounting obligations, through outsourcing, co‑sourcing, transformation and technology.

Our clients leverage KPMG's compliance and transformation expertise and technology to drive better visibility, greater efficiency and improved risk management across their organisation. Ultimately we prepare groups for the future of digital compliance helping them develop a sustainable, technology‑enabled and holistic future‑state operating model.

We are winning new clients and are rapidly growing our team as a result of these investments and successes. As part of an established KPMG network of expert teams and delivery centres, you will have a fantastic opportunity to experience the global nature of these services. Delivery is underpinned by our innovative KPMG Digital Gateway platform. This is an exciting time to be part of our GCT team at KPMG where re‑imagining tax is a strategic priority for our UK and Global business. We have a diverse client base, from mid‑market to FTSE listed groups, from public sector to real‑estate to financial services. The role involves working on clients of all sizes and across a wide range of sectors.

At Director level you will be proactive, curious, committed and invested in self‑development and learning. You will be resilient, able to flex and be experienced in leading a successful team. You will have excellent communication skills with strong attention to detail. You will network confidently and knowledgeably communicate with all levels in a professional services environment. Your will have strong business‑development client‑facing skills with a proven history of identifying opportunities and converting them into commercial projects.

Roles and responsibilities

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

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