Senior Tax Associate

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KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate, Tax CC&T - Transformation to join our Business Tax Services practice.

Responsibilities:

• Support tax transformation projects by mapping current-state processes from ERP/G/L through tax return preparation, identifying pain points, risks, and opportunities for improvement
• Assist in designing future-state tax processes, operating models, workflows, and documentation in collaboration with senior team members and technology specialists
• Help integrate finance and tax processes across record-to-report activities, including documenting transaction flows, system touchpoints, and tax reporting requirements
• Support tax workstreams in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) integrations by gathering process and systems information and helping standardize tax operations post-transaction
• Assist with tax controls, risk assessments, RCMs, control testing, monitoring dashboards, and compliance documentation for SOX, ITGC, and global governance requirements
• Use AI, data, ERP/tax systems, and automation tools to support analysis, reconciliations, system testing, documentation, auditor requests, and tax process improvement initiatives
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

• Minimum two years of recent tax experience; experience in tax compliance including corporate income tax and/or indirect tax, with an understanding of core tax principles and compliance processes preferred
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; degree in accounting, taxation, finance or business is preferred
• Exposure to tax process, workflow, template, ERP, tax tool, or systems improvement initiatives, including implementations, enhancements, or upgrades
• Exposure to supporting tax controls, reconciliations, reviews, audits, risk assessments, or risk and control documentation
• Interest in working with ERP or tax systems, basic G/L data, and tax data captured in financial systems; curiosity and willingness to build technical fluency are important
• Experience using AI tools such as Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, or similar platforms for summaries, analysis, content creation, automation, or productivity use cases

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