Business Title: Manager/Senior Manager, Asset Management International Tax

Requisition Number: 112416 - 20

Function: Tax Services

Area of Interest:

State: CT

City: Stamford

Description:

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 Manager/Senior Manager to join our International Tax (https://tax.kpmg.us/services/international-tax.html) practice.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as an international tax advisor to financial services clients with a focus on asset managers, hedge funds, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and investors, and fund sponsors

• Assist with business development for the expansion of services at new and existing clients and work collaboratively with other practice groups within tax, the firm, and non-U.S. KPMG member firms to bring the right services and experience to address and resolve client issues

• Manage, direct, monitor, and deliver multiple client engagements while maintaining active communication with clients to manage expectations and satisfaction

• Research, write and review client tax advice relating to domestic and international tax matters

• Oversee and direct international aspects of outsourced or co-sourced compliance and other quantitative oriented international tax engagements as appropriate for asset managers and funds

• Monitor and convey to clients, information regarding relevant global technical tax and industry developments

Additional Responsibilities for Senior Manager:

• 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, mentor, or performance manager to other tax professionals

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of recent broad experience in international taxation in the financial services sector

• Bachelor's degree 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; should you like to see the complete list of currently approved designations/credentials for the hiring practice/service line, your recruiter can provide you with that list

• Experience in several of the following areas: the international tax consequences of in-bound and out-bound investments, the application of income tax treaties to funds and fund investors, the tax implications of cross-border financial products, U.S. trade or business and permanent establishment issues, trading safe harbors, FIRPTA, CFC and Subpart F rules, PFIC issues, and withholding tax and information reporting matters

• Candidates with financial services experience seeking to move into international taxation should have in-depth experience in domestic planning for funds, asset managers and/or financial instruments

• Strong research, writing, and communication skills

Additional Qualifications for Senior Manager:

• Minimum eight years of recent, broad experience in international taxation with previous experience in the financial services sector

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