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KPMG is currently seeking a Tax Intern to join our Ignition Tax team.

Responsibilities:

• Work with Tax business teams and KPMG clients to identify business problems across a variety of industries and develop innovative, technology-driven approaches to solve these problems
• Develop specialization in Robotic Process Automation, Machine Learnings, Data Analytics and Data Visualization to help KPMG Tax Ignition develop competency in these areas and leverage these technologies to implement solutions to business problems
• Help collect and extract complex datasets from various source systems and file types, load datasets into various data analysis software platforms and tools and perform cleaning, normalization, aggregating and combining of data sets into usable forms; test for accuracy and completeness, analyze data, visualize, report and communicate results
• Help prepare process/technical documentation and reports that effectively capture procedures, assumptions, conclusions and limitations
• Assist team with proof of concepts, hackathons and vendor product evaluations
• Work with clients and Tax business team members to gather requirements and deliverables, document project objectives and resolve project issues

Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing the following degrees/majors: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting Information Systems, Business or Data Analytics, Information Science, Computer Information Systems, Mathematics, Finance, Statistics, Accounting, Actuarial or a related field
• Must have a current/most recent GPA of 3.00 or above
• Upon completion of this internship candidates must have additional academic credits to complete before obtaining their degree and/or CPA eligibility requirements
• Basic knowledge of one or more digital technologies such as Excel, VBA, Excel PowerQuery/PowerPivot, Alteryx, Tableau, Qlik, PowerBI, R and Python
• Coursework or other experience working with relational databases such as SQL Server or Oracle, supporting large data sets, including extraction from source systems, data cleansing and transformations and providing preliminary descriptive and advanced analytics findings to business challenges preferred
• Demonstrated quality service mindset; strong technical aptitude, critical thinking and problem solving skills and ability to navigate MS Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook
• Excellent communication, time management, quantitative and leadership skills; flexible and adaptable team player; and resourceful in delivering high quality work
• 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

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KPMG is one of the world’s leading professional services firms, providing innovative business solutions and audit, tax, and advisory services to many of the world’s largest and most prestigious organizations. KPMG is widely recognized for being a great place to work and build a career and is consistently named one of the nation’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” by Fortune magazine. Grow into the professional you are meant to be with a career at KPMG. Our diverse and inclusive culture empowers our professionals to take their careers into their own hands. Cultivate your talents and thrive with us, where the work you do impacts markets around the world.