Trainee, Legal Services - Immigration - London

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AutoReq ID

135027BR

Job Title

Trainee, Legal Services - Immigration - London

Country

United Kingdom

Location

London

Function

Tax

Service Line

Legal Services

Service Line Information

The Legal Services Team sits within KPMG Tax. Its establishment flows naturally from KPMG’s long history of successfully delivering multidisciplinary services to clients. Its vision is to be the legal adviser of choice for KPMG’s clients when it comes to their people, corporate structures, internal arrangements, regulatory requirements and disputes with HMRC. Core corporate, commercial and employment law teams, and a market leading tax litigation team, are already in place. Over the next few years, these teams will grow and Legal Services will expand into other areas of law that fit within its vision and the needs of KPMG’s clients.

KPMG Overview

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Pensions, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients’ most critical challenges.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.

Job Description

Job Description

At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

The KPMG Legal Services Team sits within the tax department in our office in Canary Wharf, London. Its establishment flows naturally from KPMG’s long history of successfully delivering multidisciplinary services to its clients. Its vision is to be the legal adviser of choice for KPMG’s clients when it comes to their people, corporate structures, internal arrangements, regulatory requirements and disputes with HMRC. KPMG is regulated by the SRA as a multi-disciplinary practice.

The Legal Services immigration team currently comprises 20 solicitors and non-solicitors with experience from across the sector including work for the Home Office, corporate immigration services and human rights and appeals.

We are now looking for a trainee to support the immigration team. The role is based in Canary Wharf and is very varied, you will be required to manage your time well and be able to balance several pieces of work simultaneously, prioritising appropriately to ensure tight deadlines are met.

Role and Responsibilities

- UK Inbound Immigration – Working with a variety of external clients to secure UK immigration permissions for their employees and families, as well as working with internal stakeholders on UK immigration permissions required for KPMG employees.
- Global Immigration Management – Working with a variety of external clients to secure the relevant immigration permission of the relevant country for their employees and families, including co-ordination of other KPMG offices and third party providers around the world.
- Private Client Immigration – Providing bespoke immigration advice to High Net Worth Individuals and their families.
- Immigration Audits – auditing the compliance of corporate and educational institutions through onsite review and reporting.
- Knowledge Management: Keeping up to date with changes to the global immigration landscape and maintaining internal systems up to date in real time. Actively seeking opportunities to share knowledge and best practice and participating in team and firm events, giving internal and external presentations and producing articles for publication.

Qualification and Experience Required

The successful applicant must:

- Have a Legal Practice Certificate as a minimum criteria;
- Have at least 12 months previous experience in immigration matters dealing with corporate clients and individuals at an immigration practice with SRA/OISC accreditation;
- Have the ability to get up to speed quickly on technical matters and be keen to continue developing his/her legal skills and engage in new areas of work.;
- Have experience of handling day-to-day immigration queries such as assessing eligibility to work, eligibility to obtain Tier 1, 2 or 5 immigration permissions and assisting with Home Office audits;
- Have excellent skills in drafting supporting documents, policies and procedures;
- Be able to demonstrate an ability to build relationships across KPMG or with clients;
- Have experience of advising alongside other professionals such as tax or employment advisers;

- Ideally, the successful applicant will have advised on the immigration law aspects of:
o Hiring non-European nationals in the UK
o EEA applications such as permanent residence
o Intra group transfers of employees including international assignments
o UK employers compliance with sponsorship obligations
o Foreign company set up in the UK
o Prevention of illegal working

Qualities required:

- Excellent written and verbal communications skills;
- Client service skills;
- Highly organised with excellent time management skills;
- Results-driven with an entrepreneurial mind-set;
- Team player
- Ability to handle a large work load;
- Multi-tasking;
- Flexible and able to deal with a changing work environment
- Financial management

Our Deal

If the chance to work with interesting clients and innovative technology wasn’t rewarding enough, we’ll motivate you in other ways too. At KPMG you can expect real responsibilities and opportunities to grow professionally.

‘Our Deal’ sets out all the different ways you’ll be rewarded at KPMG. Among other things you can benefit from honest conversations about your career as well as a range of other rewards. In all these ways and more, we have created an environment that can bring out the best in you.

Flexible Working

While some of our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, we are supportive where possible of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands.

We are happy to discuss individual requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements could be of interest. Furthermore, as part of the recruitment process, we can put you in touch with people who work flexibly so you can understand from them what our culture is like.

Applying with a Disability

KPMG are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and we seek to attract and retain the best people from the widest possible talent pool. As a member of the Business Disability Forum we're committed to ensuring that you are treated fairly throughout our Recruitment Process. Should you be successful after the initial application stage, please discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require, with your recruitment contact.

KPMG's commitment to diversity

KPMG consistently features in the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for, which has been recognised with a special achievement award to mark our 10 years in the Top 25. We are proud of the value we place on individuality; we want you to bring your full self to work and truly maximise your potential. We believe that your individuality helps us to deliver the best results for our clients. Diversity of background, diversity of experience, diversity of perspective - that's the KPMG difference. But, don't take our word for it, find out more about diversity at KPMG.

Returning to work after a break

At KPMG, we appreciate that returning to work after an extended career break can be daunting. We understand that those with experience who have taken a career break have a wealth of experience and knowledge to offer our organisation, which helps us to achieve our business goals. We will support you to refresh your skills, develop your confidence and provide a supportive network across the firm to help you best integrate into the working environment. This role welcomes applications for individuals who have been out of work for 18 months or more and who have previous relevant experience.

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