Senior Manager, Employment Tax Services

KPMG LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG LLP seeks a Senior Manager for the Global Mobility Services (GMS) practice in New York. You will identify refund opportunities, advise on payroll reporting and tax remittance, and help manage SUI tax rate analyses and audits.

Role requires extensive experience in tax research, payroll and unemployment tax, and strong communication skills. Collaboration with local leadership on large engagements is essential.

Qualifications

• Six years of tax research experience and advice on multi-state issues.
• Eight years of payroll and unemployment tax experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Tax, Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• CPA/JD/LLM/Enrolled Agent or CPP designations required or to be obtained within a year.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and quantify refund opportunities for clients.
• Advise clients on payroll reporting, tax remittance, and penalty abatement.
• Assist with SUI tax rate increases analysis and verification.
• Review worker classification retroactively and prospectively.
• Support federal, state, and local employment tax audits.
• Oversee large client projects and liaise with local leadership.

Skills

Tax research

Payroll taxes

Multi-state tax

Client advisory

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Tax/Accounting/Finance/Business

Job description

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Manager to join our Global Mobility Services (GMS) practice.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients in identifying and quantifying refund opportunities
• Provide advisory services to clients by assisting them in proper payroll reporting and tax remittance and in recognizing and securing the abatement of penalties for payroll related issues
• Support clients in planning for and addressing State Unemployment Insurance (SUI) tax rate increases by providing joint account analysis, voluntary contribution analysis, and SUI tax rate verification
• Review worker classification issues both retroactively and prospectively
• Help clients with federal, state, and local employment tax audits
• Oversee and deliver large client project engagements; liaise with local office tax leadership related to local market activities

Qualifications

• Minimum six years of recent experience performing tax research and providing technical advice on multi-state tax issues; minimum eight years of recent experience in payroll and unemployment tax
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university with a concentration in Tax, Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration
• Licensed CPA, JD/LLM, Enrolled Agent or CPP, in addition to others on KPMG’s approved credential listing; any individual who does not possess at least one of the approved designations/credentials when their employment commences, has one year from their date of hire to obtain at least one of the approved designations/credentials; should you like to see the complete list of currently approved designations/credentials for the hiring practice/service line, your recruiter can provide you with that list
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills