Job description
Job details
Location: Watford
Capability: KPMG Business Services
Experience Level: Associate/Assistant Manager
Type: Full Time
Service Line: People - HR
Contract type: Permanent
Job description
Business Area
KPMG is global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Legal, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. In the UK, 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 clients 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.
KPMG’s Global Mobility team supports the talent strategy by facilitating and managing assignments all over the world. Working as a pro-active member of the team you will provide full assignment lifecycle advisory support to business stakeholders and our assignees directly. You will have a consultative approach and be able to demonstrate a highly organised and efficient approach. The role is challenging and exceptionally diverse and you will possess and further develop a wide range of technical and professional skills.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Working closely with functional business leaders, the wider team, and overseas colleagues you will support our talent to achieve their global mobility ambitions.
- Consulting with key business contacts you will understand requirements and then manage the end-to-end assignment approach.
- Through understanding our Global Policy, you will support business contacts and assignees on best practice options.
- Working closely with key internal and external expert stakeholders you will review corporate tax, immigration, payroll, and personal tax considerations and ensure assignments are structured appropriately.
- Values orientated you will manage the assignee experience to ensure our people are well supported.
- You will work closely with our Global Mobility Assistants on the assignment administration requirements and support the knowledge development of other team members.
- Build a global network or colleague contacts around the world with the aim of enhancing the Global Mobility experience and wider take up of Global Mobility opportunities.
- Ensure all compliance activities are carried out effectively and correctly including right to work checks.
- Maintain pipeline reporting and systems updates to ensure accurate central management information and maintain up-to-date assignment folders.
Required skills and qualifications
- Able to demonstrate some previous experience working within the field of international assignments or global mobility or legal, immigration or an HR environment including UK compliance knowledge.
- You will demonstrable a consultative style, be well organised, a strong communicator, able to prioritise and work under pressure, and have motivated approach to self-learning and self-development.
- You will possess good interpersonal skills as you will be dealing with senior stakeholders on a day-to-day basis.
- Good IT skills which can support assignment tracking especially Excel.
- The ability to work on your own initiative but also contribute to a high performing team.
- This is an unrivalled opportunity to provide both operational and strategic support to assignees and the business areas whilst growing your own technical and professional skills in a values orientated organisation offering world leading personal and professional opportunities.
Why work for KPMG?
Flexible Working
In your role, you’ll work flexibly at our offices and home. Our people have always worked flexibly – so this way of working isn't new for us. We’re creating a tech-driven business to empower and equip our people to be outstanding in delivery, no matter where they work – through inspiring collaboration spaces and new technologies.
Inclusion
KPMG is proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. We're always looking to attract the very best people from the widest possible talent pool and recognise that we need Inclusion, Diversity and Social Equality to be successful. We remove barriers that can prevent our people from reaching their full potential and fostering a fully inclusive environment which maximises collaboration and empowers everyone at KPMG to bring their whole selves to work.
Reward and Benefits
By joining us, you can look forward to a competitive salary and a broad range of employee benefits, which can be found through the following link: Reward and recognition (kpmgcareers.co.uk)
Culture
We’re an ambitious, values-led global firm, full of fantastic people. We want to make a lasting impact on the world – transforming businesses, developing trust and confidence in markets, and building stronger, fairer communities. Please meet our aspiring employees who will give you further insight into the culture at KPMG People profiles (kpmgcareers.co.uk).
Why KPMG Business Services at KPMG?
Every day our firm performs better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. The difference we make shines through to our people and our clients. We’re KPMG Business Services (KBS). We’re a cross-functional team, bringing together experts across a wide range of critical activities which help to grow, run and protect our business. From HR and Learning, Finance, Procurement, Facilities and Operations, through to Risk and Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Market Development, our approach is focused on driving the improved performance of the firm. We work shoulder to shoulder with our client-facing teams and we focus on delivering our services in ways which help to drive efficiency, improve quality and enhance our firm’s brand and reputation.
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