KPMG US · 5 days ago
Senior Associate, Tax - Project Management
Portland, OR
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expKPMG is one of the world's top tax firms, offering a collaborative culture that empowers success. The Senior Associate will support client engagement teams in managing complex projects, ensuring adherence to project management processes, and facilitating communication among stakeholders.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
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 practice?s 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
Manage 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
Manage the project change control process
Qualification
Required
Minimum three years of recent experience in project management in a professional services environment with skills such as business modeling, management consulting, organizational development, process improvement, Tax, strategy and operations are a plus
Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university
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
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook, required, experience with Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Project highly desired
Willing and able to travel; highly likely that travel requirements will be under 10% of time - individual should be comfortable with travel as needed
Preferred
CAPM or PMP certification strongly preferred or will be required to be attained within a reasonable timeframe; Advanced degree or related license is a plus
Benefits
A variety of medical and dental plans
Vision coverage
Disability and life insurance
401(k) plans
A robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support your mental health
Personal Time Off per fiscal year
A calendar of holidays to be observed during the year
Two breaks each year where employees will not be required to use Personal Time Off
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.
10001+ employees
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Chair and CEO
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