Senior Associate, GMS Technology Business Analyst

KPMG LLP; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG LLP in Chicago seeks a Senior Associate to join our Global Mobility practice. You will partner with the GMS US team to translate business needs into requirements for tax applications and related technology solutions.

You will collaborate across teams, manage project tasks, and provide production support for US-specific processes, while developing change management and testing activities to ensure high-quality delivery.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of recent hands-on experience in Global Mobility Services, personal tax compliance, technology, or mobility consulting services preferred.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
• Experience in Tax, Technology, Accounting, and Human Resources preferred.
• Ability to collaborate across teams both in person and virtually, building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and confidently to diverse audiences. Experience in identifying process inefficiencies and driving continuous improvements.
• A self-starter who can effectively establish new functions and processes and manage multiple projects and competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the GMS US practice/business team to gather feedback and make decisions on annual updates for US-specific tax applications.
• Evaluate requests from the GMS US practice/business team and translate them into functional business requirements for development, testing, and change management.
• Act as the internal expert in managing technology and processes that support the US GMS practice, providing production support for US-specific applications.
• Work with the Project Manager, Project Lead, Senior Business Analyst, Development team, and QA team to facilitate project implementation and support.
• Manage day-to-day interactions with the GMS US practice/business team, project staff, and stakeholders. Develop project management skills to create project plans and timelines, review, and release into Technology, and manage the completion of deliverables.
• Assume the Business Analyst role for the US migration to the LINK Go Delivery application to lead tasks related to business requirements management, business process definition, testing processes, internal controls, project communications, training, and organizational change management.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Cross-team collaboration

Project management

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate to join our Global Mobility practice.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the GMS US practice/business team to gather feedback and make decisions on annual updates for US-specific tax applications.
• Evaluate requests from the GMS US practice/business team and translate them into functional business requirements for development, testing, and change management.
• Act as the internal expert in managing technology and processes that support the US GMS practice, providing production support for US-specific applications.
• Work with the Project Manager, Project Lead, Senior Business Analyst, Development team, and QA team to facilitate project implementation and support.
• Manage day-to-day interactions with the GMS US practice/business team, project staff, and stakeholders. Develop project management skills to create project plans and timelines, review, and release into Technology, and manage the completion of deliverables.
• Assume the Business Analyst role for the US migration to the LINK Go Delivery application to lead tasks related to business requirements management, business process definition, testing processes, internal controls, project communications, training, and organizational change management.

Qualifications:

• Minimum two years of recent hands-on experience in Global Mobility Services, personal tax compliance, technology, or mobility consulting services preferred. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail are required
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
• Experience in Tax, Technology, Accounting, and Human Resources preferred. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail are required.
• Ability to collaborate across teams both in person and virtually, building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and confidently to diverse audiences. Experience in identifying process inefficiencies and driving continuous improvements.
• A self-starter who can effectively establish new functions and processes and manage multiple projects and competing priorities.