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 Senior Manager to join our Business Tax Services practice.
Responsibilities
- Build and manage client relationships while managing a portfolio of large clients and acting as a first point of contact for internal and external clients
- Manage relationships at a senior level with large clients, advise on tactical issues, have a high level of responsibility for service delivery, and manage teams of tax professionals/assistants working on client projects
- Handle risk and financial performance of engagement, including billing, collections, and budget for assigned projects
- Assess the tax impact on clients, develop tax arguments to support conclusions, and suggest recommendations 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
- Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment
Requirements
- Minimum eight years of recent experience as a tax senior manager in a public accounting firm
- Bachelor's degree in accounting from an accredited college/university; licensed CPA, EA or JD/LLM, 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
- Alternative investments (investment partnership and/or mutual fund tax) experience
- Proficiency in the taxation of corporations, consolidated entities, partnerships, and other flow-through entities including reviewing 1120 RIC, 1065 tax returns, including Schedule K-1
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex financial information
- Experience managing multiple client engagements and client service teams
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental plans
- Vision coverage
- Disability and life insurance
- 401(k) plans
- Robust suite of 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
