KPMG US · 10 hours ago
Associate, Ignition - Tax Consulting | Multiple Locations Summer/Fall 2026
Denver, CO
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelKPMG is one of the world's top professional services firms, and they are seeking an Associate to join their Ignition practice. The role involves collaborating with clients to identify business challenges and develop technology-driven solutions, while also specializing in various ERP and tax systems.
Financial Services
No H1B
Responsibilities
Work with internal stakeholders and external clients to:
Identify business challenges
Understand operational, data, and information requirements for tax processes while understanding technology environment and interfaces
Develop recommendations and innovative, technology-driven approaches for improvement including optimizing resources, processes and controls, and technology
Work toward specialization of various ERP, low code / no code technologies, generative AI, tax systems, and tax applications to help KPMG Tax Ignition develop competency in these areas and leverage these technologies to implement solutions to business problems
Collect and extract complex datasets from various source systems and file types, load datasets into various software platforms and tools and perform cleaning, normalization, aggregating and combining of data sets into usable forms; test for accuracy and completeness, reconcile and analyze data, visualize, report and communicate results
Actively participate in proof of concepts, workshops, hackathons and vendor product evaluations as well as help prepare documentation and analytical reports that effectively summarize and present procedures, assumptions and conclusions using Word, Visio, PowerPoint and other applications
Develop and manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables within a collaborative environment with clients, member firms and other team members
Qualification
Required
Must be pursuing and have obtained by the start date or have completed the following degrees/majors in the past 12 months: Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Accounting, Tax, Business Analytics, Data & Analytics, Economics, Finance, Management Information Systems, Statistics, or a related field from an accredited college or university
Preferred GPA of 3.0 or above
Demonstrated quality service mindset; strong technical aptitude, critical thinking and problem-solving skills and ability to navigate MS Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook
Basic knowledge of one or more technologies such as Excel, VBA, Power Query/Power Pivot, Alteryx, Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, generative AI, SharePoint, R, Python, SQL Server, SAP, Oracle, ONESOURCE tax applications, Corptax, Longview
Excellent communication, time management, quantitative and leadership skills; flexible and adaptable team player; and resourceful in delivering high quality work
Must reside within a reasonably commutable distance to the office for this position and be able to travel to reasonably commutable work locations using own means of transportation, such as a personal vehicle or public transportation
Ability to travel and/or work on-site at client premises as needed, at times with relatively short notice
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)
Preferred
Coursework or other experience working with relational databases such as SQL Server or Oracle, supporting large data sets, including extraction from source systems, data cleansing and transformations and providing preliminary descriptive and advanced analytics findings to business challenges preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive compensation and benefits package
Company
KPMG US
KPMG is one of the world’s leading professional services firms and the fastest growing Big Four accounting firm in the United States.
Founded in 1987
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Lynne Doughtie
Former Chairman and CEO
Paul Knopp
Chair and CEO
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