Consultant-People Services - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - KPMG UAE

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    JOB DESCRIPTION

    Role and responsibilities:

    Operations

    Quality and client engagement
  • Co-ordinate incoming correspondence from the clients and other international KPMG offices, work with large data sets and quantities of information.
  • Prepare written correspondence to clients, Government authorities and KPMG international offices.
  • Conduct research on client queries and prepare drafts of findings to senior team members for review.
  • Take ownership of the preparation of client advisory deliverables and reports.
  • Conduct arrival/departure briefings.
  • Work on multiple projectssimultaneously and prioritise tasks.
  • Take note at meetings and distribute meeting notes with team.
  • Keep senior team members informed on status of tasks, significant developments and progress on engagements to ensure timely delivery of services to clients.
  • Identify problems, promptly escalate and suggest an initial approach to resolve matters.
  • Demonstrate ability to work on own initiative and communicate proactively with parties involved.
  • Communicate with Government officials.
  • Assist with the training of junior team members. Demonstrate an awareness of KPMG's risk management policies and procedures and support engagement administration.
  • Risk management and billing
  • Assist senior team members with risk management and billing/invoicing procedures.
  • Ability to recognise and raise potential matters of risk for the firm.
  • Ensure all time recordings are accurate and timely and achieve chargeable hours target.
  • Technology
  • Work with multiple systems - MS Office, MS Excel and various internal and KPMG global systems.
  • Participate in trainings and keep up to date with advancements in the systems.
  • Actively contributes ideas on introducing technologies to improve team and client efficiency.
  • Key skills
  • High standard of written and verbal communication skills.
  • High standard of organisation, prioritisation and multi-tasking skills.
  • Demonstrates attention to detail on deliverables (effectively error-checks own work).
  • Good project management skills.
  • Good presentation skills.
  • Good client and commercial awareness.
  • Good IT skills.
  • Technical Knowledge
  • Demonstrate a good awareness of immigration and global mobility processes.
  • Draft/share immigration and global mobility updates with team and clients (based on Flash Alerts).
  • Willing to continuously learn and keep up to date with changes to tax and immigration regulations.
  • Business development
  • Stay informed and up to date on market activity for client engagements.
  • Identify cross- selling business opportunities and support client.
  • Contribute towards engagement planning.
  • Role requirements
  • University degree or relevant technical qualification.
  • Previous 2-3 years of global mobility and/or immigration services experience.
  • Has a keen interest in progressing career within global mobility and immigration services.
  • Fluent English.