Jobs at KPMG New Zealand

Entry-level consulting role supporting projects that address social, economic, strategic, and Māori development outcomes across New Zealand. Responsibilities include research, analysis, workshops, stakeholder engagement, report and business-case development, proposal support, project tracking, and client relationship building. The role requires fluent te reo Māori and cultural capability, with opportunities to work across strategy, transformation, economics, public sector, risk, and Māori advisory engagements.

Supports M&A advisory mandates involving acquisitions, divestments, capital raisings, and growth initiatives. Responsibilities include industry and business analysis, financial modelling, valuation, preparation of transaction materials, commercial recommendations, deal process management, stakeholder engagement, and coaching junior team members. The role requires at least three years of relevant experience in M&A, investment banking, corporate development, or strategy.

Leads end-to-end Workday Finance transformations, directing module leads and integrated financial management designs. Translates business objectives into scalable solutions, facilitates executive workshops, and manages dependencies across data, integration, security, testing, change, deployment, quality, risk, scope, and reporting. Builds consulting capability through team leadership, coaching, recruitment, market development, and reusable assets.

Lead the design and delivery of Workday Financial Management modules and finance transformation workstreams. Translate business requirements into scalable configurations, facilitate client workshops, manage testing and deployment, oversee integrations and controls, coach consultants, assure delivery quality, and support proposals and practice growth.

Leads KPMG New Zealand’s enterprise applications portfolio, strategy, modernisation, governance, service delivery, operational resilience, and lifecycle management. The role partners with senior business leaders, technology teams, and vendors to align application investments with business priorities, improve service quality, manage risk, and drive transformation. It also develops high-performing technology teams and oversees initiatives involving cloud adoption, application rationalisation, security, compliance, and business continuity.

Lead technology consulting workstreams and project teams for large ERP and digital transformation implementations. Advise clients on IT operating models, technology strategies, requirements, project delivery, change management, supplier selection, procurement, and contracting. Contribute to proposals, business development, service development, and methodology design while managing multiple projects, building client relationships, and coaching junior consultants.

Support privately owned businesses and individuals with tax returns, GST and FBT returns, ledger reconciliations, financial statements, management accounting, income projections, and investment research. Respond to client and IRD queries, maintain client relationships, assist senior staff with assignments involving trusts and partnerships, contribute to proposals and business development, and develop accounting software and advisory skills through KPMG’s graduate program.

Entry-level Risk Consulting Graduate supporting client workshops, meetings, engagement reviews, risk management, governance processes, project planning, decision-making, proposals, and networking. The role develops consulting capabilities through KPMG’s graduate programme and requires strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, academic performance, and relationship-building skills.

KPMG’s Private Enterprise Graduate supports privately owned businesses with tax returns, GST and FBT returns, ledger reconciliations, financial statements, management accounting, investment research, client management, and business development. The role offers exposure to trusts, partnerships, compliance, operational efficiency, and strategic planning while developing accounting software, advisory, communication, and client relationship skills. Applicants should be pursuing an Accounting or Finance degree, or another degree meeting Chartered Accountancy prerequisites.

Supports organizations and startups with government innovation funding, including assessing eligibility, interpreting legislation, preparing and lodging R&D tax incentive claims, calculating funding amounts, and responding to client queries. The role involves client communication, financial statement review, continuous learning, process improvement, and collaboration within KPMG’s Innovation & Growth Advisory team.

Supports privately owned businesses with tax returns, GST and FBT returns, ledger reconciliations, financial statements, management accounting, investment research, client queries, and relationship management. The role also assists senior staff with assignments involving trusts and partnerships, contributes to business development and proposals, and develops accounting software and advisory skills through KPMG’s graduate program.

Provides corporate reception and front-of-house support for KPMG and Dentons. Responsibilities include welcoming visitors, managing sign-in, meeting room bookings, phone lines, mail, courier deliveries, parking, temporary access tags, taxis, refreshments, and general client services. Coordinates with catering and facilities teams to maintain professional meeting spaces and delivers friendly, efficient assistance to clients, staff, contractors, and visitors.

Lead actuarial and insurance risk consulting engagements across life, general, and health insurance, risk management, and government sectors. Responsibilities include actuarial modeling and valuation, climate risk modeling and reporting, reinsurance and capital optimization, process transformation, client relationship development, business winning, and project and people management.

Manage transfer pricing engagements for multinational and high-growth clients, including transfer pricing studies, analyses, client relationships, tax authority disputes, and APA applications. The role also involves managing engagement profitability, developing junior staff, project-managing engagements, and contributing to internal systems improvement. Candidates need at least five years of transfer pricing experience, relevant accounting, finance, economics, or law qualifications, strong analytical and communication skills, and people-management experience.

Manage M&A tax advisory engagements, including tax structuring, buy-side and sell-side due diligence, tax research, opinions, and client advice. Lead and mentor junior specialists, maintain relationships with clients and external stakeholders, monitor New Zealand tax legislation and case law, collaborate across teams, and improve internal processes and best practices.

Coordinates incoming design requests, workflows, priorities, deadlines, meetings, project documentation, and supplier relationships for the Brand Team. Maintains accurate project information in Monday.com, supports access to research and insights resources, assists with team administration, and identifies process improvements using automation and digital tools. The role requires strong organisation, communication, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and the ability to manage competing priorities.

Lead and grow infrastructure economics capability, delivering high-quality economic analysis for large infrastructure projects. Client-facing role that includes modelling, quality assurance, presenting advice, mentoring team members, supporting policy, investment decision-making, funding design, and developing training and business development activities.

Lead business analysis across large transformation and technology programmes: map and model processes, elicit and document requirements, support solution design, testing, training and adoption, facilitate stakeholder workshops, perform gap and impact analysis, and translate business needs into technical solutions.

Manage and deliver cyber security advisory and assurance engagements, assess and manage client cyber risks, engage stakeholders, contribute to proposals, and mentor junior staff. Work spans security architecture, governance, incident and vulnerability management, and cyber strategy for public and private sector clients.

Lead and manage transaction due diligence engagements, advise clients on strategic and commercial decisions, build senior stakeholder relationships, identify new business, mentor and manage staff, and deliver technically sound commercial solutions across M&A and deal advisory work.