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Job Description
The Global Compliance - Centre of Excellence (CoE) is seeking to fill a full time role of administrative executive support for the Project Management team. Candidates for this position will be capable of understanding technology at an intermediate level and leading internal projects (small to medium in size) from conception through to the successful delivery of the project. The role will work within the Global Tax Compliance and Transformation team based in Singapore. The role is designed to afford the right candidate with the opportunity to learn many facets of the Tax business, and engage internally and externally with clients. The breath of the role will also require someone with the ability to easily adapt to the ever changing tax environment and to be flexible in the work required by the role. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is ready for a challenge in a fast moving role, working together with multiple teams.
Role
KPMG's Global Tax Compliance and Transformation team is specifically designed to help clients achieve cost-efficiencies and gain better process control and visibility. The team has recently been established to support the growth of KPMG's tax compliance service offerings. The aim of the team is to drive the implementation of internal and external initiatives within the Global Tax Compliance and Tax Transformation arena, and ensure high quality on-going services are provided to a number of our clients. As part of the transformation team, this role will support 5 main strategic goals:
- The first goal will be to support the building / development of the internal operational processes.
- The second goal is to work with the transition team as a team member to support the on-boarding of new client entities or implement change requests for client engagements and on-going first rate client account management, following our Global Tax Compliance methodology across regions and countries.
- Third, the role will be to serve as a liaison with other parts of Global Tax Compliance and Tax Transformation, most notably the technology team responsible for technology landscape
- Finally, the role will be required to support business development activities as needed to support the broader transformation team agenda and growth of Global Tax Compliance client base and targeting and Go-To-Market strategy.
As an Executive, the ability to effectively deliver the above services in a timely manner, of high quality, whilst keeping the broader team informed will be critical to your success. Strong communication both written and verbal are mandatory to the role. You will need to work collaboratively with other parts of the business and support the team as required in completing their tasks. To be successful you will need to have a proactive approach to completing your work.
As such we are looking for professionals with project / program management experience as expected at an experienced level (3- 4 years) with intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (including MS Excel, MS Word and MS PPT).
These professionals will have some specific goals around this competence, namely:
- Demonstrable project management or operational management experience
- The ability to engage across many levels of the client organisation and the ability to confidently interface across KPMG Global Tax Compliance network
- The ability to understand Tax opportunities, tax offerings, how they are implemented and the technology that underpins them
- The ability to lead and support as requested internal projects to uplift Global Tax Compliance and tax transformation capability
- The ability to support business development activities and other market facing activities that contribute to the winning of new engagements that support our clients to deliver their transformational objectives (i.e. Competitor intelligence initiatives, develop Go-to market initiatives, etc.)
- The ability to demonstrate logical processing of understanding an issue or project and developing a plan and overseeing its implementation to achieve the expected outcomes.
- The ability to set milestones and track status of compliance obligations to efficiently coordinate existing global tax compliance projects to support with the PMO function, as needed.
- In addition, as part of KPMG, you will need to complete annual requirements such as goal setting, timely completion of training and other KPMG specific activities.
Skills/ Knowledge And Experience
- Bachelor Degree / Dipoloma, minimum 5 years work experience, with demonstrable project management experience and technical acumen.
- Strong preference for previous experience in similar roles. Needs to be able to operate in environments where there is uncertainty. Needs to quickly identify how work should be delivered and plan for its delivery with any known constraints such as pricing, skills available and timeframes. Needs to be able to be articulate with clients, including in written form particularly when communicating on a project, its construct and its status. Should be a self-starter and able to act with minimal guidance and be able to lead stakeholders through small projects or process solutions.
- Should have skills to be able to manage all aspects of a small project. The ability to appropriately structure a project for delivery is critical. Ability to identify risks and issues and drive resolution is important. Should possess basic skills to be able to understand the implementation of technology solutions. Tax acumen would be favorably considered.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills are a must. This person must be a team player and highly organised, as they will work internally and externally across many dimensions of the business. Important to have good listening skills to understand others points of view, and to be able to articulate these to other parties.
- Precision, eye for details, reliability and positive attitude is a must.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by KPMG Talent Acquisition team, personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.
At KPMG in Singapore we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, gender identity or expression, colour, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other non-merit factors. We celebrate the different talents that our people bring and support every staff member in their journey to achieve personal and professional growth. One of the ways we do this is through Take Charge: Flexi-work, our flexible working framework which enables agile and innovative teams to help deliver our business goals.
