Job Specifications
At KPMG, you can become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the worlds top professional services 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 solutions. Join a diverse team helping high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges. Develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring. At KPMG, we believe nothing is more important than investing in our culture because It has an investment in our people, our future, and what we stand for as a firm.
KPMG is currently seeking an Intern to join our Ignition practice.
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
Assist the team in providing 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
Assist team with collection and extraction of complex datasets from various source systems and file types, loading datasets into various software platforms and tools, and normalizing, aggregating, and combining data sets into usable forms; test for accuracy and completeness
Assist team with 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
Support project priorities, deadlines and deliverables within a collaborative environment with clients, member firms and other team members
Qualifications:
Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing the following degrees/majors: Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Accounting, Tax, Business Analytics, Data & Analytics, Economics, Finance, Management Information Systems, Statistics, or equivalent program
Upon completion of this internship, candidates must have additional academic credits to complete before obtaining their degree and/or CPA eligibility requirements
Preferred GPA of 3.0 or above
Demonstrated quality service mindset; strong technical aptitude, critical thinking, quantitative skills 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 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)
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