Engagement Coordinator

Overview Overview You’ve got big plans. We have opportunities to match, and we’re committed to empowering you to become a better you, no matter what you do. When you join KPMG, you’ll be one of over 227,000 professionals providing audit, tax, advisory and business enablement services across 146 countries. With the support to do things differently, grow personally and professionally and bring your whole self to work, there’s no limit to the impact you can make. Position Summary The Engagement Coordinator will support client engagement teams with proactive and timely review of engagement requirements and to provide oversight of the engagement lifecycle from start to finish to ensure engagement codes are available at the start of an engagement, risk requirements are current, RCS’s are submitted accurately and billing follows in a timely manner. What you will do Key Accountabilities: Proactively monitor status of engagements – Ensuring engagement codes are open in advance of work start date – ideally 1 month in advance. Engagement Coordinator to look at engagement two months ahead of start date using various reporting methods. Knowledge of risk process/requirements – Identifying/ensuring that all the risk documents are current/valid for the upcoming/recurring engagements – valid EL, SAN and CEAC. Liaise with Partner Administrative Assistants – To gain access to current tracking details (i.e. deadline controls, scheduling templates, etc.). Understanding of various processes within each regional office with respect to logging of enterprise clients/engagements – To learn what triggers start of engagements Advance knowledge of Retain – To monitor upcoming audit engagements Knowledge of HANA reports – To review engagements opened in prior year and those currently open RCS support with final submissions – Driven by instruction from engagement team, with understanding of what is required to make a perfect submission and soliciting any missing detail from the engagement team. Corporate Tax Returns – Ensure tax return has been completed when submitting request to finalize financial statements, when T2 is not included. Liaise with billing team – Once final RCS has been submitted, initiate final billing for partners consideration. Obtain required information, such as last year’s invoice and current engagement number to send to billing mailbox for final bill draft. Initiate engagement requests through ServiceNow Initiate risk forms on behalf of partners through ServiceNow – partners to approve Review open engagements to ensure firm compliance on ensuring that last year’s engagement is closed and final billed before opening a new one What you bring to the role College diploma or an equivalent combination of education/experience in administration Minimum 5 years administration experience Must have experience in working in a team and client service environment Ability to prioritize and multi-task is essential Excellent grammar, vocabulary and communication skills Proven ability to deal with sensitive materials with a high degree of tact and discretion Intermediate/Advanced skills with MS Office Products. In particular, Outlook, Word, and Excel. Our Values, The KPMG Way Integrity, we do what is right | Excellence, we never stop learning and improving | Courage, we think and act boldly | Together, we respect each other and draw strength from our differences | For Better, we do what matters KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice. For more information about Inclusion, Diversity & Equity in Recruitment, please click here. For general recruitment-related inquiries, please contact the HR Delivery Centre at [email protected]. If you have a question about accessible employment at KPMG, or to begin a confidential conversation about your individual accessibility or accommodation needs through the recruitment process, we encourage you to contact us at [email protected] or phone: 416-777-8002 or toll free 1-888-466-4778.