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KPMG South Pacific

Business Services Manager

KPMG South PacificSuva

Finance & AccountingFull time

Salary not disclosedPosted 1 day ago

Closes in 11 days

About the company

KPMG South Pacific is a professional services firm providing audit, tax, and advisory services. The Suva office includes a Business & Tax Advisory (BTA) team serving business services clients.

About the role

This role sits within the leadership team of the Business & Tax Advisory (BTA) team in Suva and specialises in compilation work. The manager owns a portfolio of business services clients, with particular emphasis on financial statement compilation engagements. Duties include reviewing work prepared by team members and ensuring high quality financial statements are delivered for partner review. The role also involves working closely with staff to provide guidance, technical support, and coaching, while ensuring assignments are completed accurately and within agreed timeframes.

Key responsibilities

  • Manage a portfolio of business services clients
  • Lead financial statement compilation engagements
  • Review work prepared by team members and ensure delivery of high quality financial statements for partner review
  • Provide guidance, technical support, and coaching to staff
  • Ensure assignments are completed accurately and within agreed timeframes

About the successful candidate

  • Appropriate tertiary qualifications
  • Strong experience in the preparation and review of financial statements, including IFRS for SMEs
  • Strong technical accounting and taxation knowledge, with ability to identify and resolve accounting issues and apply accounting and taxation principles to a range of business scenarios
  • Proven ability to review work prepared by team members, provide constructive feedback, and manage multiple engagements and deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organisational skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal and dynamic leadership skills, with ability to build effective relationships with clients and colleagues and support team development
  • Previous experience in a Chartered Accounting environment, with thorough working knowledge of Fiji taxation, company law, and related regulatory requirements