CountryUnited Kingdom FunctionTax KPMG OverviewKPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Legal, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients' most critical challenges. With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.Service Line InformationKPMG's People Services practice is a dynamic and successful area of our Tax, Pensions and Legal Services business. A constantly changing and increasingly high-profile field, People Services can offer a very broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people. Our People Services practice encompasses a wide range of areas across Global Mobility Services (GMS), Employer Reward Services (ERS) and Technology. Our GMS team assists organisations to manage their globally mobile workforce. For our clients we provide a single source of advisory and compliance experience covering all aspects of global mobility and international assignments. Services range from international tax compliance and consultancy, advising on international social security and pensions through to helping clients to design their global mobility policies or move into a new territory. Our ERS team brings a number of key elements under one umbrella, Reward, Employment Solutions and Employee Benefit Solutions all delivering a wide range of services. The scope is broad, covering payroll and HMRC compliance, employee reward and benefit strategy design including technology, executive strategic reward, valuation services, workforce management and advice on national minimum wage and gender pay gap. Our technology team provides cutting-edge solutions and tools to help clients in both the GMS and ERS space, helping them meet their compliance requirements, work more effeciently and minimise their risk.Service Line GroupPeople Services Job DescriptionThe Reward practiceat KPMG is a dedicated national team that advise on the design, tax, market practice, corporate governance, regulatory and accounting aspects of management and broader employee incentive structures. The team advises on incentive plan design and structuring, drafting plan documents and advising on the tax, legal, regulatory and corporate governance aspects of incentive arrangements for both UK and global clients. The successful applicant will want to be involved in business development activities, including client proposals, internal and external presentations and writing articles and alerts on technical and other matters. We are looking for an ambitious manager with considerable experience of advising on the aspects of the tax and legal aspects of incentive arrangements to come into our Reward team and work primarily on the design, implementation and tax advisory aspects of incentive arrangements, with the opportunity to work across other work streams within the team and to contribute to the growth our Reward practice. Working alongside partners, directors and senior managers, you will also be involved in managing the delivery of client work and the development of junior team members from a technical and commercial standpoint. The location of this role is flexible.What KPMG's Reward practice is looking for from its Reward consultants: Team players who enjoy working with people from different backgrounds and disciplines; Intellectually curious, open-minded and analytical people, with an eye for detail and pride in their work; Proactive professionals who deliver a great service to their clients; Relationship builders who can spot and develop new opportunities both within the KPMG network and externally; and Flexible people who are able to deal with a fluid, changing, work environment. Why you might want to join KPMG's Reward practice:We encourage our team members to develop and maintain specialism's across the broad range of reward / share plans work including listed and unlisted and UK and global work. In particular, there is opportunity to work across both the reward consulting area and our more traditional tax and equity based offering; You are looking to broaden out your experience to include executive reward, global tax and/or regulatory advisory work; You want the opportunity to develop client relationships and KPMG's reward capabilities; You want to join a growing team that is expanding its offering to clients; and You want to achieve a sustainable work-life balance. Qualification and Skills:The applicant will have a relevant professional qualification (e.g. ACA/CTA qualified (or equivalent) or qualified solicitor); At least six years' experience of working in a Reward practice; Strong project and financial management, including the ability to plan and monitor deliverables, budget and timescales; Effective time management, able to act under own initiative and remain calm under pressure; Ability to lead and manage others and work across disciplines; Ability to identify and manage areas of risk within clients' business and know when to refer upwards; and Strong communicator in a range of situations both written and oral. Experience and Background: The successful applicant will be an experienced reward / share plans specialist who: has an understanding of the UK tax and legal issues that may arise in relation to long term and equity based incentive arrangements; has extensive experience of drafting legal documentation, employee communications and technical advice;demonstrates excellent team leadership skills in addition to an ability to work under their own initiative; is either working in professional or legal services with a reputation for delivering high quality technical advice in this space; or is working in industry, but able to demonstrate the ability to deliver in a professional services environment when tested. Intelligent WorkingOur employees have many varied work schedules to suit their individual needs!Our intelligent working options range from role sharing and flexible start and finish times, to home working and more informal arrangements agreed within teams.Check out examples of KPMG employees enjoying different working patterns on our website and please do share your own individual requirements with us.Applying with a disabilityAs a member of the Business Disability Forum we're committed to ensuring a great experience for colleagues with a disability. Should you be successful after the initial application stage, please discuss any adjustments that you may require with your recruitment contact.KPMG's commitment to diversityWe are proud of the value we place on individuality. We want you to bring your full self to work and maximise your potential. 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