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At KPMG, you can become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the worlds top tax firms. Enjoy a collaborative, future-forward culture that empowers your success. Work with KPMGs extensive network of specialists; enjoy access to our Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. Join a diverse team helping high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges. Develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring. At KPMG, we believe nothing is more important than investing in our culture because it is an investment in our people, our future, and what we stand for as a firm.

• Accountable for supporting and overseeing large outsourcing engagements/projects, as it relates to various cross-border employment-based processes including HR policies, benefits, retirement plans, taxes, and the relocation process
• Support the management of day-to-day services provided within our global HRS practice, including coordination with third-party providers, leveraging technology; mentor and oversee our Japanese bilingual staff
• Maintain a service focus centered on supporting Japanese and Korean headquartered organizations
• Develop, enhance, and monitor service models to support a consistent high level customer experience, and ensure pre-established client service level agreements are satisfied
• Serve as a central point of contact and primary client interface related to supporting Japanese and non-Japanese executives and their families relocating to the U.S. for three-to-four-year international assignments; services include working directly with various client business leaders to help ensure the employee transfers are successful and the related HR support services are provided in a comprehensive and holistic manner

• Minimum one year of recent hands-on HR support and/or administrative work experience
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
• Working knowledge of employment-based compensation arrangements and compliance processes, including assisting with gathering the information to support international transfers, supporting, and working with various third-party providers to assist in gathering all the necessary documents to support the transfer and providing translation services as needed
• Familiarity with payroll, Workday and various HR systems for our large Japanese headquartered companies; proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint) is required; proven experience with PeopleSoft, SharePoint, and Taleo is desired
• Self-motivated and driven with the ability to successfully work independently, as well as part of a team
• Fluent in English and Japanese 

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Los Angeles County applicants: Material job duties for this position are listed above. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, and safeguard business operations and company reputation. Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.