Senior Associate, International Tax

KPMG LLP; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG LLP is seeking a Senior Associate for its International Tax practice in the United States. The role involves advising multinational enterprises on cross-border planning, structuring, and tax modeling, with a focus on M&A transactions, private equity, and global operations.

The position requires strong research and writing skills, Excel modeling, and the ability to manage multiple engagements while working with U.S. and international teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years’ experience on international, M&A, and/or federal tax engagements.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university; Masters in Taxation, JD, and/or LLM preferred.
• Knowledge of a broad range of international and domestic tax provisions.
• Strong research and writing, Excel modeling, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to balance multiple engagements and develop client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Direct multinational enterprises on business decisions, including location/operation, entity choice, supply chains, and funding, considering tax risk and cash posture.
• Advise on global tax planning decisions and their potential short- and long-term implications.
• Collaborate with M&A Tax to structure tax aspects of international deals and draft opinions, memos, and Excel models.
• Assist with tax provision preparation and review compliance work for financial statements and tax implications of global operations.
• Advise on income tax treaty planning opportunities for inbound/outbound cross-border activities.
• Support international tax clients in the alternative investment space across the investment life cycle.

Skills

Tax modeling

Research skills

Written and verbal communication

Client service

Education

Bachelor's degree

Masters in Taxation or JD/LLM (tax)

Tools

Excel

Job description

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate to join our International Tax practice.

Responsibilities:

• Direct multinational enterprises on business decisions, such as where to locate and operate, choice of entity, how to optimize supply chains, and how to access and mobilize capital to fund global operations, taking into account a multinationals tax risk profile, global effective tax rate, and cash posture; In advising clients, professionals will prepare and review complex tax models illustrating multinational entities attributes, effective tax rate, and cash tax expense
• Advise multinational enterprises on tax planning decisions, including helping our clients anticipate and understand the potential short- and long-term considerations and consequences of tax planning decisions at a global level, in the context of their wider business objectives and taking into account a multinationals tax risk profile, global effective tax rate, and cash posture
• In collaboration with our colleagues in Mergers & Acquisition Tax, structure the tax aspects of multinational private equity and strategic mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, dispositions, and IPOs, along with drafting tax opinions, memos, structure decks, and Excel models (illustrating the tax benefits of alternative structures)
• Assist multinational enterprises with preparing the tax provision for its financial statements and preparing and/or reviewing compliance work product, as well as assisting KPMG audit teams with reviewing a company's financial reporting of tax implications arising from its global operations and transactions
• Advise clients on income tax treaty planning opportunities arising from inbound and outbound cross-border investing and trading activities
• Specific to International Tax professionals working in the alternative investment space, providing aspects of all of the activities above to alternative investment companies, helping at all stages of the investment life cycle for both asset managers and portfolio companies operating globally

Qualifications:

• A minimum of three years of experience working on engagements involving international, mergers and acquisitions, and/or federal tax planning
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university; Masters in Taxation, JD, and/or LLM (with a concentration in tax) preferred
• Knowledge of a broad range of international and domestic tax law provisions
• Strong research and writing, Excel modeling, and oral communication skills
• Ability to balance and lead multiple engagements, play a positive role in well-functioning and collegial client service teams, supervise and assist with the development and training of new and experienced staff professionals, maintain professionalism, and provide excellent client service
• Ability to develop and deepen client relationships and expand the KPMG footprint in the local and global markets while working with both U.S. and non-U.S. KPMG teams to bring the right services to new and existing clients