Director_GCT UK

At KPMG we have re-imagined careers in Global Compliance & Transformation (GCT). A key focus for KPMG’s GCT team is to help multinational groups and financial services clients manage their global tax compliance, reporting and statutory accounting obligations, through outsourcing, co-sourcing, transformation and technology. 

Our clients leverage KPMG’s compliance and transformation expertise and technology to drive better visibility, greater efficiency and improved risk management across their organisation. Ultimately we prepare groups for the future of digital compliance helping them develop a sustainable, technology- enabled and holistic future state operating model.  

We are winning new clients and are rapidly growing our team as a result of these investments and successes. As part of an established KPMG network of expert teams and delivery centres, you will have a fantastic opportunity to experience the global nature of these services. Delivery is underpinned by our innovative KPMG Digital Gateway platform. This is an exciting time to be part of our GCT team at KPMG where reimagining tax is a strategic priority for our UK and Global business.  We have a diverse client base, from mid-market to FTSE listed groups, from public sector to real estate to financial services. The role involves working on clients of all sizes and across a wide range of sectors.   

Roles & Responsibilities: 

• Leading the overall delivery of tax transformation and technology projects, often as part of a wider finance transformation program 
• Helping clients to design, build and deploy automation solutions which are designed for Tax 
• Supporting our clients in designing systems which address tax requirements in different countries in the optimal way 
• Working together with Tax Transformation and GCT colleagues as well as other teams in KPMG such as Consulting 
• Helping clients develop robust global governance and control frameworks 
• Develop our service offerings and service delivery models 
• Establishing and maintaining strong client relationships with our clients 
• Performance manage Senior Managers and Managers and oversee the output from offshore resource in order to deliver client projects; 
• Identify opportunities to provide additional services that the client may need and liaise with subject specialists 
• Coaching and technical support for other team members 
• Follow KPMG best practice and policy. 

Qualifications and Skills: 

• Deep experience of technology and automation to drive efficiency, risk management and value 
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to quickly adapt to a range of situations and audiences from both written and oral perspective 
• Strong attention to detail, to enable you to review complex technical problems, whilst maintaining an overall strategic and customer service focused perspective, for all deliverables we produce for our clients 
• Excellent internal networking skills with the ability to confidently and knowledgably communicate with other Managers, Senior Managers, Directors and Partners within our professional services environment 
• Strong business development and client facing skills with a proven history of being able to identify opportunities and convert them to commercial projects 
• Excellent project management skills and an ability to manage your own workload, as well as the workloads of others in your team.