KPMG is a professional service company, being one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and PwC. Seated in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, KPMG employs 174,000 people and has three lines of services: audit, tax, and advisory.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Leading regulatory and tax corporate restructuring assignments and being responsible for quality output.
• Training clients and staff on emerging tax and regulatory matters.
• Drafting and sending quality regulatory and tax dispute resolution proposals to clients and winning new work.
• Implementing the regulatory services strategy.
• Drafting and reviewing thought leadership materials including articles and alerts.
• Play an oversight role for the junior staff.
• Developing key client relationships and maintaining the same.
• Billing clients and ensuring payment is done in a timely manner.
• Maintaining key relationships with regulators and other stakeholders.
• Review of internal risk processes before onboarding clients.
• Maintaining proper client files for internal and external reviews.
• Liaising with internal KPMG Business units and related tax offices in the region.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements

Academic/Professional qualifications and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s law degree from an accredited university.
• Must have a minimum of five years working experience in a busy commercial firm with a strong bias in commercial law, corporate law and tax dispute resolution.
• Must have been admitted to the bar as an advocate of the High Court.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• CPA/ACCA/CPS qualification is an added advantage.
• Excellent advisory and compliance skills.

Personal attributes

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Good Interpersonal skills.
• Mentorship and coaching skills.
• Good project management/coordination skills, with an ability to generate and plan work efforts and effectively manage project schedules.
• Ability to build positive relationships with team members and clients.
• Ability to handle simultaneously multiple engagements and client service teams.
• Flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks. Strong organizational skills,
• Excellent negotiation skills.

We Offer

• An exciting opportunity to work with a Big 4 firm on cutting edge clients across Africa.
• Continuous learning and development.
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams.
• Unrivalled space to grow and be innovative.
• Opportunity for international travel.