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.
Responsibilities
- Advise financial services clients on international tax planning decisions, focusing on asset managers, private equity and hedge funds, private credit funds, real estate and infrastructure funds, sovereign wealth funds, and foreign pension plans.
- Assist with business development for the expansion of services at new and existing clients and work collaboratively with other practice groups within tax, the firm, and non-U.S. KPMG member firms.
- Manage, direct, monitor, and deliver multiple client engagements while maintaining active communication with clients to manage expectations and satisfaction.
- Research, write and review client tax advice relating to domestic and international tax matters, including mergers and acquisition transactions, income tax treaties, sovereign tax exemptions, and other planning opportunities.
- Oversee and direct international aspects of outsourced or co-sourced compliance and other quantitative oriented international tax engagements as appropriate for asset managers and funds.
- Monitor and convey to clients information regarding relevant global technical tax and industry developments.
- 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 (Senior Manager only).
- Act as a coach, mentor, or performance manager to other tax professionals (Senior Manager only).
Requirements
- Minimum five years of broad recent experience in international taxation in the financial services sector.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university; Licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Enrolled Agent (EA) or Juris Doctor/Master of Laws (JD/LLM).
- Experience in several areas including the international tax consequences of inbound and outbound investments, application of income tax treaties, tax implications of cross-border financial products, and more.
- Strong research, writing, Excel modeling, and communication skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Minimum eight years of broad recent experience in international taxation in the financial services sector (Senior Manager only).
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental plans
- Vision coverage
- Disability and life insurance
- 401(k) plans
- Personal well-being benefits to support mental health
- Personal Time Off per fiscal year
- Calendar of holidays observed during the year
- Two firmwide breaks each year where employees will not be required to use Personal Time Off.
