Manager or Senior Manager, Asset Management

About the position

At KPMG, you can become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the world's top tax firms. Enjoy a collaborative, future-forward culture that empowers your success. Work with KPMG's extensive network of specialists & enjoy access to our Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. Join a diverse team helping high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges. Develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring. At KPMG, we believe nothing is more important than investing in our culture because it's an investment in our people, our future, and what we stand for as a firm. KPMG is currently seeking a Manager/Senior Manager to join our Business Tax Services practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients of various size and scope and act as the point of contact for internal and external clients
• Direct teams of tax professionals/assistants working on client projects
• Understand and analyze the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) rules affecting the taxpayer
• Help manage risk and financial performance of engagements including billing, collections, and the budget for projects
• Advise clients and be responsible for delivering high quality tax service and advice
• Work to assess tax impact on clients, develop tax arguments to support conclusions, and suggest plans to clients
• Participate in and contribute to market and business activities that are external to the firm while providing direction to and maintaining managerial responsibility for a team
• Act as a coach and mentor to other tax professionals

Requirements

• Minimum five years of recent corporate or partnership tax experience in the financial services industry supporting alternative investments (investment partnerships); previous experience as a tax manager with a public accounting firm
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university; Licensed CPA, JD/LLM or EA, 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
• Proficiency in the taxation of corporations, consolidated entities, partnerships, and other flow-through entities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex financial information

Nice-to-haves

• Minimum eight years of recent experience as a tax senior manager in a public accounting firm supporting alternative investments (investment partnerships)
• Solid skills in reviewing 1065 tax returns, including Schedule K-1 and experience managing multiple client engagements and client service teams

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package, with options designed to help you make the best decisions for yourself, your family, and your lifestyle
• Medical and dental plans
• Vision coverage
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) plans
• Robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support your mental health
• Personal Time Off per fiscal year
• Calendar of holidays to be observed during the year
• Two firmwide breaks each year where employees will not be required to use Personal Time Off