Tax Associate, Global Mobility Services | McLean Winter 2028

About the role

Join KPMG’s Global Mobility Services practice as a Tax Associate and become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the top tax firms in the world. Work in a collaborative, future-forward culture that empowers your success, leveraging KPMG’s extensive network of specialists and access to Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. Help high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges while developing your career through multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Leverage a diverse array of skill sets to provide international companies and their mobile workforce with individual income tax compliance, payroll, process, policy, and advisory services.
• Serve as a direct contact for client tax and human resources professionals as well as their mobile employees; analyze data received and directly participate in the payroll and individual income tax return preparation processes for mobile employees; advise mobile employees regarding the tax implications of their cross-border travel.
• Work with KPMG offices across the globe to provide guidance and worldwide coordination for mobility tax support; collaborate with tax and human resource professionals within multinational companies to manage the tax implications of their global workforce.
• Prepare client correspondence and calculations on various international assignment matters, including policy issues, cost projections, tax settlements, and tax reconciliations, as well as assist with tax authority inquiries/audits.
• Prepare, analyze, and track expatriate payroll, compensation, benefits, global mobility policy, and other assignment-related issues.
• Build capabilities in key technologies that enable tax professionals for client service delivery, such as artificial intelligence (AI), Alteryx, Power BI, and more.

Qualifications

• Must be pursuing or have obtained within the past 12 months a Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Preferred GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Coursework or concentration in Tax, Accounting, International Business, Economics, Human Resources, Finance, or Business Administration is preferred.
• Coursework or minor in information systems, software engineering, computer science, or data and analytics preferred.
• Knowledge of expatriate services, global mobility, and tax is a plus.
• Foreign language skills preferred.
• Strong technical, business acumen, critical thinking, and agility skills; demonstrated ability to excel and drive strategic outcomes in a dynamic environment.
• Professional demeanor and collaborative leadership approach.
• Demonstrated quality service mindset and strong technical aptitude; ability to learn and navigate technologies such as AI, Alteryx, Power BI, and MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).
• Excellent communication, time management, and leadership skills; feedback-oriented and resourceful in delivering high-quality work.
• Must reside within a reasonably commutable distance to the office and be able to travel to commutable work locations using a personal vehicle or public transportation.
• Ability to travel and/or work on-site at client premises as needed, sometimes with short notice.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future (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).

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) plans.
• Robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support mental health.
• Personal Time Off per fiscal year, based on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service.
• Two annual breaks where employees are not required to use Personal Time Off: one at year-end and one around the July 4th holiday.
• Paid holidays as published in the annual holiday calendar.