Manager to Director

**Job no**: 520103

**Work type**: Casual, Permanent Full Time, Permanent Part Time, Fixed Term Full Time, Fixed Term Part Time

**Location**: Melbourne, Geelong, Perth, Karratha, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Townsville, Hobart, Launceston, Darwin, Canberra, Parramatta, Sydney, Wollongong, Penrith, Rhodes, Newcastle/Hunter, Adelaide

**Division**: Enterprise

**Manager to Director - KPMG Law**
- **Meet incredible people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds**:

- **Join an innovative and fast-growing national practice**:

- **Fantastic opportunity to progress your career with a leading organisation**

**_Who are we?_**

KPMG Australia is part of a global network providing extensive services across a wide range of industries and sectors. Our people collaborate, share their expertise and innovate as we partner with clients to solve complex challenges, empower change, drive disruption and enable growth. We are looking for talented people who share our purpose of inspiring confidence and empowering change for our clients, our people and our communities.

**_ Why now and why us?_**

**At KPMG Australia, **we work with some of the most exciting, innovative and important businesses in Australia. We have entered an exciting period of growth and we are looking for incredible and diverse individuals to join our supportive team in Australia. We’re committed to providing an environment which enables everyone to succeed - where inclusion is at the heart of our values.

**_ Your Opportunity _**

Come and be part of this evolution and a dynamic, fast growing, market leading organisation who are passionately committed to helping our clients succeed in rising to this challenge.

We currently have exciting opportunities across our KPMG Law team

**_ How are you Extraordinary?_**

At KPMG, we believe diversity of thought, background and unique experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities. We are seeking individuals at the Manager to Director levels to join our KPMG Law team, with the below skillsets:

- Commercial Law/Technology Law _
- an Australian law qualification with between at least 5 years of post
- qualification experience;
- previous experience working in or for government;
- being adaptable and personable, keen to work outside the ‘traditional’ law firm model and collaborate with KPMG’s broader advisory teams; and
- being intellectually curious, open-minded and analytical, with an eye for detail and pride in your work.
- Legal Operations_
- Proven ability to elicit and document business and customer needs, translating these to clear requirements, with experience in implementing the requirements within core and enabling processes
- Experience in evaluation, design and the implementation of technology to solve operational problems is highly desirable
- Staying informed about the latest technological innovations; as part of this you will have the opportunity to develop your “hands-on” process mapping skills, a key function in this rapidly changing market
- Be comfortable assuming ownership of various projects and initiatives as assigned by the Manager. Developing project plans and ensuring these are delivered on time.
- Fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team and other parts of the business.
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Tax Controversy _
- A Law degree. Applicants should be admitted to practice
- Previous experience in tax dispute resolution and controversy in either a Big 4 professional services firm, a law firm or the Australian Taxation Office will be viewed favourably
- Strong interpersonal, influencing and project management skills, as well as an ability to motivate and work as part of a high-performing team to achieve outcomes
- An honest and ethical approach to business, which will provide a natural fit with KPMG Law's values.
- Australian and/or other Commonwealth country legal experience

We have offices in the following locations:

- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Brisbane
- Perth
- Canberra
- Gold Coast
- Parramatta
- Penrith
- Wollongong
- Darwin
- Newcastle/Hunter Region
- Hobart

**The KPMG Difference**

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

KPMG has a decade-long, proud commitment to Indigenous Australia, as demonstrated by the achievement of an Elevate level Reconciliation Action Plan. KPMG is a foundation member and Principal Partner of Pride in Diversity started in Australia by ACON and the Diversity Council of Australia, and is recognised in the Australian Workplace Equality Index(AWEI) which evaluates LGBTIQ+ inclusiveness in the workplace. KPMG Australia has been consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice in the Australian Government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency(WGEA) annual index.
- Flexibility empowers wellbeing_
- Flexibility ena