Senior Manager — Managed Services

KPMG UK | Tax & Law | Tax Managed Services | Permanent | Full Time

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Location

This opportunity is available across a wide range of KPMG UK offices, including:

• Aberdeen

• Birmingham

• Bristol

• Cambridge

• Cardiff

• Edinburgh

• Gatwick

• Gibraltar

• Glasgow

• Leeds

• Liverpool

• London

• Manchester

• Milton Keynes

• Newcastle upon Tyne

• Nottingham

• Reading

• Southampton (South Coast)

• Watford

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The Opportunity

KPMG’s Global Compliance & Transformation (GCT) team is looking for experienced Senior Managers to help multinational organisations and financial services clients navigate complex global tax, reporting, and statutory accounting requirements.

In this role, you will support clients through a combination of outsourcing, co-sourcing, transformation, and technology-led solutions, helping them build more efficient, controlled, and future-ready compliance operating models.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior professional who enjoys leading large-scale engagements, shaping innovative service delivery models, and building strong client relationships in a fast-evolving environment.

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What You’ll Bring

We are particularly interested in candidates with deep expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Tax and/or accounting compliance and reporting

• VAT compliance and VAT process management

• Transfer pricing compliance and/or advisory

We are also seeking professionals with experience in:

• Engagement management

• Tax governance and controls

• Transformation, transition, and project management

• Client relationship management

• Developing standardised methodologies

• Tax compliance process improvement and redesign

• Advising on technology solutions to support compliance and reporting

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Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Manager within Managed Services, you will play a leading role in both delivery and growth. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and project managing the delivery of global and large UK tax and accounting compliance and reporting managed service projects

• Driving implementation of managed service and transformation solutions across client business units

• Overseeing technology deployment that supports efficient, scalable managed service delivery

• Establishing strong governance frameworks and resolving issues effectively across international engagements

• Acting as the central point of contact for international clients and KPMG overseas teams

• Supporting business development, from progressing leads through to contract negotiation and agreement

• Identifying and developing transformation opportunities, including:

• Process redesign

• Centres of Excellence

• Upskilling initiatives

• Technology-enabled improvement

• Contributing to the development of service offerings and delivery models

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with both new and existing clients

• Line managing managers and assistant managers, while overseeing offshore delivery teams

• Spotting opportunities for additional client services and collaborating with specialists where needed

• Providing coaching, leadership, and technical support to wider team members

• Ensuring all work is delivered in line with KPMG best practice and policy

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What Success Looks Like

To thrive in this role, you will bring a combination of technical knowledge, leadership capability, and commercial awareness. We are looking for individuals who demonstrate:

• Strong project management and coordination experience

  For example, experience across global compliance outsourcing engagements, tax/accounting transformation programmes, or similar complex projects.

• Experience in process, risk, and controls design

• Proven capability in transition, change management, and stakeholder management

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  You will be confident communicating with impact in a way that is clear, open, consistent, and professional.

• Good awareness of technology and automation to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and create value

• A strong sense of ownership and accountability

  You take responsibility for outcomes, maintain high standards, and lead with energy and positivity under pressure.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

  You can identify root causes, evaluate information, and turn insight into action.

• A commitment to enhancing the reputation of KPMG through the quality of your work and expertise

• Experience in tax and accounting compliance processes, such as:

• Direct tax returns

• Indirect tax returns

• Statutory accounting

• Transfer pricing

• Tax reporting

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About Global Compliance & Transformation (GCT)

At KPMG, careers in Global Compliance & Transformation have been reimagined. Our clients rely on us to combine compliance expertise, transformation capability, and advanced technology to create stronger visibility, greater efficiency, and improved risk management across their tax and finance functions.

Our aim is to help organisations prepare for the future of digital compliance by building a sustainable, technology-enabled, and holistic operating model.

We are growing rapidly, driven by continued investment, market success, and increasing demand from clients. As part of KPMG’s established global network of specialists and delivery centres, you will have the opportunity to work on truly international engagements supported by our innovative KPMG Digital Gateway platform.

This is an exciting time to join the team, particularly as reimagining tax remains a strategic priority for both our UK and global business.

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Our Client Base

You will work with a highly diverse portfolio of clients, including:

• Mid-market businesses

• FTSE-listed groups

• Public sector organisations

• Real estate clients

• Financial services institutions

The work spans organisations of all sizes and a broad range of sectors, offering variety, challenge, and strong career development opportunities.

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Flexible Working

KPMG offers full-time roles with flexible working arrangements. This can include options such as:

• Early starts

• Late starts

• Shorter working days

• Working patterns designed around other commitments

KPMG is open to discussing individual requirements and flexible working preferences in more detail during the recruitment process.

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Career Development & Team Culture

You will be joining a dynamic part of the business where personal growth, inclusion, and continuous learning are actively encouraged.

The GCT team values:

• Diversity of thought and background

• Professional development

• Collaboration across specialisms

• Curiosity and innovation

• Leadership at every level

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Wider Opportunities Across GCT

In addition to Managed Services, GCT is actively recruiting experienced professionals across several specialist areas:

BEPs

Support clients in transforming their operating models, processes, systems, and data in preparation for Pillar 2.

Managed Services

Deliver compliance services to global clients across tax, accounting, and transfer pricing obligations within a managed service model.

Technology

Help clients select and implement the right tools, platforms, and technologies to modernise their tax function.

Tax Operating Model

Work with clients to design and operate leading tax functions, managing tax risk, compliance, reputation, and opportunity.

Data Management

Enable tax teams to make better use of organisational data to improve performance, insight, and control within the tax function.

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Qualifications, Skills & Experience

At Senior Manager level, KPMG is looking for professionals who are:

• Proactive

• Curious

• Committed to self-development

• Resilient and adaptable

• Accountable

• Experienced in leading people and large engagements

• Confident in managing client relationships

• Focused on delivery and risk management

KPMG welcomes applications from candidates who are qualified by experience, as well as those holding qualifications such as:

• ATT

• CTA

• ACA

• Equivalent professional qualifications

Additional qualifications such as Project Management certifications or transformation credentials such as Lean Six Sigma are also welcomed.

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Specific Experience Valued in Managed Services

Within Managed Services, we are particularly interested in individuals who have experience leading the delivery of:

• Global or large UK tax compliance projects

• Accounting compliance and reporting engagements

• Multi-jurisdictional projects

• Transition and transformation programmes

We welcome applicants with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Tax reporting

• Transfer pricing

• Direct tax

• Indirect tax

• Statutory accounting

• Project management

• Cross-border delivery models

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Why Join Tax & Law at KPMG?

The world of tax and legal services is constantly changing — both in the UK and globally. At KPMG, that means you will be part of work that is not only professionally rewarding, but also intellectually stimulating.

You will benefit from the scale, breadth, and depth of KPMG’s Tax & Law practice, which spans a broad range of specialisms, including:

• Corporate Tax

• Indirect Tax

• Expatriate Tax

• Private Client Personal Tax compliance and advisory

• KPMG Law

If you are looking for a senior leadership role where you can shape client solutions, drive transformation, and help define the future of compliance delivery, this is a compelling opportunity to do so within one of the market’s leading professional services firms.