Associate Director - US Indirect Tax - Big4

Indirect Tax Leadership Team:

- As a key member of the Indirect Tax leadership team the individual will be expected to participate in building the Vision and execution of the vision for the KGS Indirect Tax service line.

- Participate in business development activities and initiatives with the US Indirect Tax engagement teams, and manage a pipeline for KGS Indirect Tax professionals

- Strong People leadership skills and leading by example.

- Develop & implement strategies for Talent Acquisition, Development & Retention

Technical Leadership and Client Engagement:

- Personal accountability in leading large client engagements for KPMG

- Managing engagement workflow, engagement team resources, and engagement billing.

- Performing a quality level technical review of state and local indirect tax returns on select engagements.

- Managing the inventory of indirect tax notices from state and local jurisdictions on select engagements

- Manage preparation of client billings and account reconciliations.

- Managing the transition of new Clients, including developing and monitoring work plans timelines, defining data requirements, etc.

- Lead and participate in the Tax Technical and Domain knowledge enhancement projects for the professionals

- Develop and Enhance personal technical knowledge and understanding of US Tax

Collaboration & Teaming:

- Drive best practices to ensure the continued trajectory in integration with global member firms

- Actively collaborate with other service lines to deliver client excellence through a 'One Firm' mindset

- Serve as the KGS Technical Anchor and represent KGS on Key KPMG Indirect Tax knowledge initiatives

Operational Excellence:

- Manage Service Delivery for Indirect Tax US and lead the evolution and transformation of operations and processes through implementation of best in class practices from across the domain.

- Lead and implement Quality initiatives for the Business Units and clients managed by the individual

- Lead and participate in the Continuous improvement activities for the operations managed by the individual

- Minimum of 5 years of experience in working with US engagement teams

- Experience of working in a cross-cultural environment

- Secondment / onshore experience in US will be an added advantage.

Behavioural / team skills

- Improvement Mindset

- Commercial Mindset

- Exceptional communication skills.

- Strong Analytical ability.

- Target driven and customer focus.

- People management skills with demonstrated ability to build a transparent and cohesive team.

- Change management skills that would enable to dynamically deploy resources & processes to suit the current business needs.

Preferred Skills

- Personal drive and positive work ethic to deliver results in demanding situations

- Attention to detail

- Prioritization and time management skills

- Effective team player