Associate, Ignition - Data & Analytics | Chicago Summer/Fall 2028

At KPMG, we are reimagining tax with you in mind. Become an integral part of a dynamic team within a collaborative, future forward environment at one of the top tax firms in the world. Be surrounded by deep tax knowledge and equipped with the latest in cutting-edge tax technologies. Join an extensive network of functional, industry, legislative and technical specialists with access to our Ignition Centers, where technology accelerates innovation. We welcome people with a passion for tax, a spirit for new thinking, and a commitment to providing outstanding client service today and tomorrow.

KPMG is currently seeking an Associate to join our Ignition practice.

• Work with internal stakeholders and external clients to:• Identify business challenges

• Understand operational, data, and information requirements for tax processes while understanding technology environment and interfaces

• Develop recommendations and innovative, technology-driven approaches for improvement including optimizing resources, processes and controls, and technology

• Work toward specialization of various ERP, low code / no code technologies, generative AI, tax systems, and tax applications to help KPMG Tax Ignition develop competency in these areas and leverage these technologies to implement solutions to business problems

• Collect and extract complex datasets from various source systems and file types, load datasets into various software platforms and tools and perform cleaning, normalization, aggregating and combining of data sets into usable forms; test for accuracy and completeness, reconcile and analyze data, visualize, report and communicate results

• Actively participate in proof of concepts, workshops, hackathons and vendor product evaluations as well as help prepare documentation and analytical reports that effectively summarize and present procedures, assumptions and conclusions using Word, Visio, PowerPoint and other applications

• Develop and manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables within a collaborative environment with clients, member firms and other team members

• Must be pursuing and have obtained by the start date or have completed the following degrees/majors in the past 12 months: Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Accounting, Tax, Business Analytics, Data & Analytics, Economics, Finance, Management Information Systems, Statistics, or a related field from an accredited college or university

• Preferred GPA of 3.0 or above

• Coursework or minor in information systems, software engineering, computer science or data and analytics preferred

• Basic knowledge of one or more technologies such as Excel, VBA, Power Query/Power Pivot, Alteryx, Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, generative AI, SharePoint, R, Python, SQL Server, SAP, Oracle, ONESOURCE tax applications, Corptax, Longview

• 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

• Strong in technical, business acumen, critical thinking and agility skills. Demonstrated ability to excel and drive strategic outcomes, coupled with a professional demeanor and a collaborative leadership approach, in a dynamic, evolving environment

• Demonstrated quality service mindset, strong technical aptitude, ability to learn and navigate technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Alteryx and Power BI, MS Office Applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook and apply emerging technologies to enhance tax processes and insights

• Excellent communication,