Associate, BTS Tax Project Manager

At KPMG, you can become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the worlds top tax firms. Enjoy a collaborative, future-forward culture that empowers your success. Work with KPMGs 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 a wide array of business opportunities and challenges. Develop your career through multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring. At KPMG, we believe nothing is more important than investing in our culture because it is an investment in our people, our future, and what we stand for as a firm.

• Support client engagement teams and other stakeholders in the initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of complex engagements including but is not limited to monitoring project progress, managing changes to project scope, schedule, budget, tracking key performance indicators and creating reports and presentations to be delivered to relevant clients and/or stakeholders
• Utilize and ensure project adherence to our practices standard project management processes and tools to manage project teams across the entire project life cycle; comply with all engagement reporting requirements; serve as an advocate of project management principles and standards
• Collaborate with project team to create a project charter, build and maintain project execution plan and some or all of the following: scope, schedule, budget, approach, assumptions, deliverable definitions and communication plan
• Identify and manage project risk factors and identify and resolve project issues; escalate issues as appropriate
• Facilitate internal and client-facing meetings by creating agendas with clear objectives/roles/time allocations, facilitating the call/meeting, taking notes of decisions and action items
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

• Minimum one year of recent experience in project management in a professional services environment; experience with business modeling, management consulting, organizational development, process improvement, Tax, strategy and operations are a plus
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; CAPM or PMP certification strongly preferred or will be required to be attained within a reasonable timeframe; advanced degree from an accredited college or university or related license is a plus
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook required; experience with Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Project highly desired
• Demonstrated ability to execute and successfully achieve objectives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with aggressive timelines
• Excellent organizational, presentation, communication, meeting facilitation skills, analytical ability, strong judgment skills, supervisory skills and the ability to work effectively with project team members, project sponsors, functional leads, senior management and clients