Students & Graduates

We offer an ideal career start to graduates and those who are still studying. What can you expect? Numerous opportunities and the chance to develop to your full potential.

Not for everyone. But for you?

Are you ready to get started? At KPMG, you will be working on exciting projects, making important contacts and enjoying diverse opportunities of advancement. Sounds tempting?

Part-time work (40 - 80%)

Are you still studying but wanting to gain valuable professional experience at the same time? We can offer you part-time work by the hour or on a regular basis.

Internship

Our popular internships will give you the ideal opportunity to get a taste of our corporate world. You will gain important work experience and start building your own professional network. Dare to gain for life!

Graduate Position

Do you know exactly what you want from your career? Perfect! Whatever your background, we look forward to welcoming you on to one of our teams. Dare to join!

Interested in the training to become a Swiss Certified Public Accountant or Tax Expert? Click to find out more!

Graduate Programs

Our Graduate Program can offer you the perfect start to your career. Before you choose a specialization, you will have the chance to work with various teams and in a variety of areas.

Graduate Program Audit & Advisory
Graduate Program Global Mobility Services
Graduate Program Digital Business Technology Cyber Career Booster Program

Meet our teams

  • People & Culture

Audit

Audit Corporates

In auditing at KPMG, we assist firms by providing services that go well beyond the actual job of auditing.

Our experts within Audit Corporates have sound expertise in auditing the group and annual financial statements of all sizes of company in all sectors under Swiss as well as international accounting standards.

Are you interested in a career in Audit? Find all information regarding your training to become a Certified Public Accountant here. Or click here if you are interested in our Graduate Program Audit & Advisory.

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Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance Services

Our Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance Services team supports companies in diverse sectors by devising and applying internal audit procedures as well as designing and introducing risk management, compliance and internal control systems.

KPMG’s Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance Services (IARCS) supports, implements and operates internal audit, risk and/or compliance functions such that they meet the stakeholders needs. We independently review the organizations key risks while ensuring the long-term efficiency and effectiveness of its control frameworks. 

The IARCS team relies on its extensive experience in successfully providing support to both national and international companies, the application of proven methodologies and approaches, a global network of specialists as well as comparisons between industry-specific benchmarks and best practices.

Assurance Technology Group

In today’s fast-paced business environment, organizations leverage technology to grow, provide better products and solutions to their customers and optimize their business operations.

Our Assurance Technology Group focuses in particular on assurance and advisory services in the fields of business processes and information technology. We combine our expertise in modern technology and auditing with our profound understanding of the risks, controls and opportunities that technology can bring to deliver innovative solutions to our national and international clients. We advise our clients in various areas ranging from optimizing their business processes by using automated controls and/or data and analytics techniques to creating a stronger, more efficient control environment through leveraging technologies. Providing advice on well-governed artificial intelligence solutions is also becoming more prominent.

As a Digital Auditor, we use modern technology such as data analytics, robotics and artificial intelligence to deliver high-quality, valuable and insightful audits and advisory projects to our clients. People working in this field are part of our Assurance Technology Group. They are passionate about innovation and how it impacts companies, processes and controls – in essence, how technology is changing the way we work. They dare to apply their data-driven mindsets to continuously deliver the most relevant audits to our clients and keep educating themselves in this field. This means identifying and implementing new technologies, harnessing large data sets, interpreting the results of these and assessing the implications to the audit, as well as the resulting optimization potential for our clients.

You do not need to be a tech expert to work as a Digital Auditor within the Assurance Technology Group, but you should bring along a genuine interest in modern technologies and an innovative mindset. We will provide you with the relevant training to set you up for success.

Are you interested in a career in Audit and Advisory? KPMG offers a four-year Graduate Program with excellent prospects and opportunities to develop your career in both disciplines. Click here if you are interested in our Graduate Program Audit & Advisory.

Finance & Treasury Management

We offer our clients expertise in three main areas: audit of financial instruments and treasury processes, commodity trading advisory and treasury advisory.

Our Finance & Treasury Management team supports companies to optimize their treasury departments. We follow the latest developments in the legal, regulatory and IT fields and use the advantage of knowledge gained on similar projects.

Are you interested in a career in Audit and Advisory? KPMG offers a 4 year Graduate Program with excellent perspectives and possibilities to develop your career. Click here if you are interested in our Graduate Program Audit & Advisory.

Accounting Advisory Services

Accounting Advisory Services for corporate clients consists of a committed team of subject specialists.

We offer help based on our practical experience of transactions in the implementation and application of national and international accounting standards and in optimizing communications with various stakeholders in the context of their reporting.

Are you interested in a career in Audit and Advisory? KPMG offers a 4 year Graduate Program with excellent perspectives and possibilities to develop your career. Click here if you are interested in our Graduate Program Audit & Advisory.

Government & Healthcare

Our team offers holistic advisory solutions for healthcare organizations and other stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem, from hospitals to regulators.

Our Government & Healthcare team consists of Certified Public Accountants, on the one hand, who are specialized in the review of clients in the health and public sectors. The team also includes experts who provide financial and strategic advice to healthcare institutions, public institutions and non-profit firms.

Environment, Social, Governance

Our team of specialists draws on our expertise in the area of sustainability as well as our experience in investor relations and corporate reporting to provide you with all-round support.

Sustainability reporting
We help our clients identify the relevant performance indicators for their stakeholder groups and prepare a trustworthy report in accordance with one of the applicable standards (GRI, SASB, IIRC, etc.). That also includes developing corresponding measurement processes and governance structures.

Assurance/audit services
Independent audits are increasingly becoming a basic requirement. Our audit establishes confidence among the various recipients and shows our clients ways of optimizing their processes and control mechanisms in the long term.

Green bonds
Green bonds are being used to finance specific projects and initiatives with growing frequency. We show our clients which aspects need to be taken into consideration in order to secure green or socially responsible financing.

Human rights and corporate responsibility
Companies are under growing pressure to identify human rights violations that have occurred in connection with their business activities and to take appropriate measures. We help our clients identify risks, develop strategies and policies and prepare a report detailing these efforts and their results.

Audit Banking & Asset Management

Our Audit Banking & Asset Management team comprises experts who advise financial enterprises with regard to Swiss and international accounting standards. We also review business procedures and controlling systems and check group and annual financial statements.

Diverse career opportunities and challenging tasks await you in Audit Banking & Asset Management. Together, we create added value in the area of auditing nationally and internationally active banks and investment management companies.

Are you interested in a career in Audit? Find all information regarding your training to become a Certified Public Accountant here

Audit Insurance

Our Audit Insurance team consists of accounting, regulatory and internal controls experts. We audit financial data from small, medium and large-sized insurance companies.

The experts from the Audit Insurance team carry out reviews of group and annual financial statements and support insurance companies in the practice-related implementation of supervisory law and accounting requirements.

Are you interested in a career in Audit? Find all the information about your training to become a Certified Public Accountant here

Financial Services

Banking Strategy & Transformation

From regulation to digitalization, companies are facing ever more challenges. Our experts are able to help companies identify and apply new strategies and options for transformation in order to adapt their business models and operations and to seize appropriate initiatives to increase growth or reduce costs.

Our Banking Strategy & Transformation team advises clients on strategic initiatives and has a strong track record with regards to the transformation of the bank's platform, business and operating models. The team is helping both, large and mid-size banks on their challenging journey covering business, operational, technical, finance and regulatory aspects.

Risk Consulting

Our Risk Consulting team provides audit and advisory services to insurance companies and banks.

Our Risk Consulting team advises clients on a broad range of topics on their CRO’s agenda, focusing on modelling and management of financial risks such as market, credit or liquidity risk, as well as non-financial risks such as operational risk, thus supporting their risk function transformation journey. In addition, the team performs audit engagements analyzing regulatory requirements (Basel/FINMA, etc.) and assessing compliance in the areas of risk measurement, risk management and reporting, as well as capital adequacy.

Technology Risk

Our Technology Risk team provides technology risk assurance in financial statement and regulatory audits, IT attestations engagements (e.g., ISAE 3402/3000) and emerging technology risk services. In addition, the team supports financial organizations with the design and implementation of the internal technology control framework. Our team helps to manage technology risks to optimize operating performance and achieve greater governance and IT assurance over our clients’ controls and infrastructure.

In a technology-driven environment, the Financial Services industry is forced to develop towards a digital business operating model. Organizations need to capitalize on their technological capabilities to fulfill increasing client expectations, respond to cost pressure and initiate sustainable growth. Technological advancements and regulatory pressure also require organizations to continuously re-evaluate how technological capabilities can drive business strategy while operating within the boundaries of (global) regulatory requirements.

We are a team of experienced IT Risk Management professionals who collaborate with global and local organizations to navigate the challenges that technology poses.

Deal Advisory

Deal Advisory looks after M&A projects for entire groups of companies, individual departments or portfolios. We act as advisors on matters ranging from the design of investment or sales strategies, to valuations, due diligence checks and the conduct of negotiations as well as integration or separation.

The KPMG Deal Advisory teams support clients in all phases of M&A transactions or restructuring – from the development of a strategy to its successful implementation. Our multi-disciplinary teams advise clients with a holistic approach based on industry know-how and professional expertise in areas such as M&A, strategy and post-merger integration, real estate, tax or IT.

Digital Innovation

When thinking of the biggest drivers of business transformation, it can be tempting to focus on technology, or digitalization. Disruptive technologies force financial institutions to reinvent themselves.

Our Digital Innovation team consists of experienced developers, engineers and solutions architects, who support our clients in the financial services sector with digital transformation using innovative approaches. We thus cover the full life cycle: we start ideation following design thinking principles, we help the client plan and realize digitization initiatives, and we use co-creation and agile methods to implement new solutions jointly with our clients.

Audit Banking & Asset Management

Our Audit Banking & Asset Management team comprises experts who advise financial enterprises with regard to Swiss and international accounting standards. We also review business procedures and controlling systems and check group and annual financial statements.

Diverse career opportunities and challenging tasks await you in Audit Banking & Asset Management. Together, we create added value in the area of auditing nationally and internationally active banks and investment management companies.

Are you interested in a career in Audit? Find all information regarding your training to become a Certified Public Accountant here

Regulations

In Assurance & Regulation we combine assurance, audit and regulatory capabilities for financial service clients. We focus on financial and regulatory audit quality and efficiency by placing the emphasis on leveraging technology.

Our Regulations team consists of a diverse mix of experts (lawyers, economists, auditors) who assist financial services providers to adhere to the compliance guidelines and to embed them lastingly within the culture of the particular company.

Audit Insurance

Our Audit Insurance team consists of accounting, regulatory and internal controls experts. We audit financial data from small, medium and large-sized insurance companies.

The experts from the Audit Insurance team carry out reviews of group and annual financial statements and support insurance companies in the practice-related implementation of supervisory law and accounting requirements.

Are you interested in a career in Audit? Find all the information about your training to become a Certified Public Accountant here

Actuarial & Financial Transformation

Our Actuarial Insurance practice works with other KPMG technical and sector specialists to help insurance clients prepare for the future with a focus on automation and data science tools and techniques.

Our Actuarial & Financial Transformation team shows insurance companies how they can optimize their business models so that they remain competitive in a complex market. In addition to support from the KPMG Audit team, we advise clients on the implementation of enterprise risk management (ERM) systems, new accounting procedures, provisioning policy and solvency requirements.

Financial Services Tax

Financial services institutions are ever more exposed to the challenges of today’s complex tax environment. Successfully navigating the challenges in this environment requires custom-made tax advisory solutions.

Our interdisciplinary team possesses the required knowledge of national and international taxes and a profound understanding of today’s business and regulatory environment. We assist our clients with a wide range of topics and have extensive experience in advising financial services institutions, including banks, dealers/brokers, asset managers, fund administrators, insurance companies, trust companies, pension funds, financing/leasing companies, and trading companies.

Are you interested in a career in Tax? Find all information regarding your training to become a Certified Tax Expert here.

Accounting Advisory Services

KPMG’s Financial Services Accounting Advisory team is perfectly positioned to provide our clients with tailor-made solutions.

Our Accounting Advisory experts are specialized in providing our clients with optimal support in the areas of IFRS, accounting for banks and insurance companies, and Swiss Code of Obligations. In doing so, the team combines in-depth accounting knowledge and practical experience to help our clients meet the industry specific accounting challenges.

Advisory

Management Consulting

In Management Consulting, we help our clients to increase efficiency, transforming them into strong market participants. When important strategic decisions need to be made, our consultants assist in resolving challenges in order to increase growth, reduce costs and turn risks into advantages. Our Management Consulting division is made up of the Enterprise Applications, Digital Transformation, SCM & Operations, Finance Strategy & Transformation, and Advanced Analytics & Data Management teams.

Enterprise Applications
The EA team focuses on business issues driving technology transformation, enabling clients to realize optimal and sustainable return on their ERP investment. In most implementations, companies focus on the system implementation and overlook the business transformation required for success – KPMG does both. We take a business-first approach to implementations, applying the cross-functional approach of the KPMG Powered Enterprise methodology. Our specialized SAP and Microsoft teams help our clients throughout the ERP life cycle to evaluate, implement and improve ERP solutions in line with their business strategy and vision.

Digital Transformation
Our KPMG Digital Transformation team supports clients throughout the entire IT life cycle, from strategy creation to technology and supplier selection, contracting, designing target organizations, and technology implementation. The key objectives of our services are to improve the strategic value of IT investments in today’s dynamic technology environment, to leverage the opportunities of digital transformation and to enable existing or new business models.

SCM & Operations
Supply chains nowadays are best described as global, fast-moving and increasingly complex. This makes it challenging for businesses to remain agile and resilient, as well as meet stakeholder expectations. Our team of experts helps businesses tackle these problems by leveraging technology and using specialized solutions catered to the needs of the company. The team is specialized in Supply Chain and Network Optimization, Sustainable Supply Chains, Supply Chain Resilience, Supply Chain Visibility & Transparency, Procurement Excellence, Logistics (inbound, outbound, and reverse), S&OP, Process Mining and Master Data Management.

Finance Strategy & Transformation
We support Finance and HR leaders evolving their functions. Providing a structured methodology, we cooperate with companies on designing an efficient and service-oriented operating model in order to position Finance and HR as market-oriented partners to the business. We accompany our clients from the strategy study through the conception to the implementation of the optimization measures.

Advanced Analytics & Data Management

KPMG’s Advanced Analytics & Data Management team sees data as the source of business success and is passionate about unlocking the potential of data within our client’s organizations. We take a holistic approach in helping you shape data strategy, execute innovation processes, build data literacy and capabilities, develop and scale Data & Analytics (D&A) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and therefore, to monetize data. Drawing on its expertise in Intelligent Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC), our team fosters reliable risk management decisions. We apply D&A and AI techniques to make your Enterprise Risks and Internal Controls smart, efficient and high quality. Furthermore, we provide support with implementing data governance, designing data management models, turning unstructured data in structured data, as well as cleansing and keeping your data clean.

Cyber & Digital Risk

The increasing dependence on technology for core business processes (IT enabled transformation) renders information confidentiality, integrity and availability essential. It puts forth the need for effective and risk-based information security planning. KPMG's technology consultants assist clients in conducting risk assessments by identifying technology threats and vulnerabilities, evaluating business impact (BIA) as well as compliance exceptions.

Strategy & Governance

Our Cyber & Digital Risk team supports national and international clients in the performance of risk assessments by identifying and evaluating digital threats and identifying the potential impact on a client’s business. The expertise possessed by Strategy & Governance ranges from security transformation and cyber defense to cyber response. We also provide support on issues such as data protection, data management and cloud compliance & onboarding.

Information Management & Compliance

We advise and implement in the areas of building data and digital governance. We identify and classify data and ensure that you can control this data so that it is compliant at all times. We clarify challenges in the area of data protection, IP, tax, financial and export controlled data and ensure that they can compliantly onboard the cloud. Finally, we make compliance practical in tools like Microsoft 0365 and Azure by implementing their DLP, AIP and forensic tools.

Forensic

White-collar crimes can significantly affect any company. KPMG Forensic helps clients prevent, discover and handle cases of misconduct with the aim to mitigate clients' risk and minimize any damages. Our specialists work closely with clients, act with integrity, keep to the facts and comply with legal provisions.

As part of the prevention, identification and handling of malpractice, particularly in the case of economic crimes such as fraud, money laundering, corruption or commercial espionage, our broad-based KPMG Forensic team helps to minimize risk and limit the damage. Companies that are affected need to be able to find, secure and analyze the relevant data quickly. KPMG Forensic meets these challenges using the latest forensic technology.

The Forensic team consists of lawyers, auditors, economists, accountants and IT specialists and boasts a wealth of experience in the fields of manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, banking, insurance, governmental and supranational organizations and energy.

Diligence Services

The successful purchase and sale of a company, a business division or a portfolio of assets requires extensive transparency with regard to the opportunities and risks in all phases of the transaction.

Our Diligence Services team supports clients in diverse sectors through the analysis of corporate information in any area of company acquisition and sale. KPMG experts are able to provide assistance right from the pre-sale evaluation, via analysis and structured preparation of the existing information, holding investor meetings and making management presentations up to applying the results of due diligence to the contract documents.

Are you interested in a career in Advisory and Audit? KPMG offers a 4 year Graduate Program with excellent perspectives and possibilities to develop your career. Click here if you are interested in our Graduate Program Audit & Advisory.

Global Strategy Group

Our economic environment and its respective players are exposed to constant change. The „new normal“ is characterized by fast changing market conditions, disruptive new market entries and the accelerate development of new technology. A sustainable strategy needs to incorporate the constantly developing understanding of how value creation, value preservation and innovation power play together.

In the Global Strategy Group (GSG), we see strategy as an integral association of initiatives which seamlessly blends challenging financial targets with the elements of a sustainable business model and requirements for operational excellence. As part of the KPMG Global Strategy Group, we benefit from an international top network and provide advice to numerous diversified industrials and life science firms, from biotech start-ups to multinationals.

Mergers & Acquisitions

The pace of today’s M&A activity demands decision-makers to make the right moves confidently and swiftly to avoid missing opportunities. This requires clarity and an in-depth understanding of the deal – both of which can be difficult to achieve as the deal-making environment becomes more complex.

Our Mergers & Acquisitions team takes clients through the entire transaction process. We start by checking the portfolio strategy, defining and then working towards targets derived on this basis, whether through company acquisitions, sales, mergers or partnerships.

Valuation & Financial Modeling

As technological disruption, geopolitical uncertainties and sector convergence result in enormous volatilities and are crucial topics for the global economy, it should come as no surprise that now, more than ever, valuation matters.

Our independent Valuation & Financial Modeling team supports our clients throughout the deal cycle to generate, protect or understand values and to adopt a holistic perspective. Our experts use state-of-the-art technology in data analyses, simulations and visualizations with the aim of mastering the challenges of complex modelings and valuations.

Real Estate

Real Estate has become an important asset class. Bricks and mortar are not a static investment; they’re dynamic productive assets that need to be managed professionally in order to grow sustainable.

We are Real Estate experts who provide assistance with economic, taxation and legal questions and offer taylor-made solutions for real estate transactions, valuations and industry-specific advisory mandates – as stand-alone projects (asset deals) and as part of M&A transactions (share deals).

Ulrich Prien

Partner Real Estate

"I believe in an open-minded and strong team culture that is based on your values. We do what is right and we never stop learning and improving. Together, we strive for excellence in all our doings.”

Deal Technology

Our DealTech solution portfolio supports our Deal Advisory clients along the entire deal lifecycle, starting from market entry & positioning strategy, deal sourcing, portfolio management, due diligence, synergies and value capture, dynamic reporting, all the way to a PMO Cockpit.

From data to expertise in value creation: By the use of our Self-Service Business Intelligence solutions, we enable our clients and ourselves to analyze data to a depth and breadth so far unparalleled, and thus to gain insights with just a few clicks. We use Big Data analysis tools such as Alteryx, Tableau and PowerBi for optimizing complex data streams.

Restructuring

The Restructuring team supports our clients in all phases of a corporate crisis from concept design to implementation. They offer a multidisciplinary team with the right combination of experienced advisors from corporate restructuring, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), legal, tax and business consulting.

Our approach is always tailored to our client's individual circumstances and requirements. We help them review and realign their business strategy, improve their performance and deal with all involved stakeholders and distress situations.

Environment, Social, Governance

Our team of specialists draws on our expertise in the area of sustainability as well as our experience in investor relations and corporate reporting to provide you with all-round support.

Sustainability reporting
We help our clients identify the relevant performance indicators for their stakeholder groups and prepare a trustworthy report in accordance with one of the applicable standards (GRI, SASB, IIRC, etc.). That also includes developing corresponding measurement processes and governance structures.

Assurance/audit services
Independent audits are increasingly becoming a basic requirement. Our audit establishes confidence among the various recipients and shows our clients ways of optimizing their processes and control mechanisms in the long term.

Green bonds
Green bonds are being used to finance specific projects and initiatives with growing frequency. We show our clients which aspects need to be taken into consideration in order to secure green or socially responsible financing.

Human rights and corporate responsibility
Companies are under growing pressure to identify human rights violations that have occurred in connection with their business activities and to take appropriate measures. We help our clients identify risks, develop strategies and policies and prepare a report detailing these efforts and their results.

Tax & Legal

Financial Services Tax

Financial services institutions are ever more exposed to the challenges of today’s complex tax environment. Successfully navigating the challenges in this environment requires custom-made tax advisory solutions.

Our interdisciplinary team possesses the required knowledge of national and international taxes and a profound understanding of today’s business and regulatory environment. We assist our clients with a wide range of topics and have extensive experience in advising financial services institutions, including banks, dealers/brokers, asset managers, fund administrators, insurance companies, trust companies, pension funds, financing/leasing companies, and trading companies.

Are you interested in a career in Tax? Find all information regarding your training to become a Certified Tax Expert here.

Corporate Tax

KPMG’s tax advisors are familiar with Swiss and international tax law and always keep abreast of the latest research.

The experts at Corporate Tax advise companies on all questions concerning taxation – from tax compliance and tax accounting via technology to risk management services. Our team is the central point of contact for all questions concerning business strategies, supply chains, mergers and takeovers, as well as real estate transactions, and offers legal and taxation support.

Are you interested in a career in Corporate Tax? Find all information regarding your training to become a Certified Tax Expert here

Global Mobility Services

KPMG's global network provides comprehensive global mobility services. Aided by the latest technology, our clients are given the ability to efficiently perform all the personnel management tasks required for their employees based all over the world.

Global Mobility Services ensures that companies are able to perform on the global market. We also offer support on all questions relating to cross-border staff secondment. We ensure that the provisions of local tax and social insurance systems are complied with. We accompany expats on site and, for example, help them with their tax return.

Accounting & Payroll Services

Our experts are familiar with complex business environments that require local and international know-how.

Our Accounting & Payroll Services (APS) supports our clients with expert knowledge in all matters of finance and accountancy, as well as payroll accounting. The client structure is very broad and ranges from small and mid-sized enterprises to internationally operating quoted firms.

Global Transfer Pricing Services

Transfer Pricing inherently is a multinational topic – seamlessly working across borders to solve issues is therefore paramount to successful projects.

Global Transfer Pricing Services advises multinational companies from all sectors on transactions between group companies. Our team has specialized on the design, documentation and application of transfer pricing strategies in compliance with international tax law. We offer support in the development of business models in line with the particular value chain.

KPMG Law

KPMG Law focuses on selected fields of law, pragmatic collaboration, innovative approaches and client-centric solutions, which are backed by strong credentials across sectors: Corporate & Business Law, Legal Deal Advisory, HR Legal Services and Private Clients Legal Services.

KPMG Law provides expertise on a broad range of Swiss and international legal jurisdictions, including company law, M&A as well as compliance, competition law, employment law and immigration services, affluent private clients, succession planning, foundations and trusts. Our team delivers innovative solutions in the trendsetting Legal Tech area and works with other KPMG teams to provide comprehensive, cross-border legal advice.

Indirect Tax and Trade & Customs

Our Indirect Tax and Trade & Customs teams assist our clients with the customization of existing technology and managing interfaces.

Processes, Technology
What is the indirect tax function’s contribution to the business? Effective processes can be benchmarked against best practice. Our team assists with the customization of existing technology and managing interfaces.

Data Analytics
Transactional Indirect Tax data provides valuable insight. Data analytics can produce cash value, improve working capital and disclose risks.

Consulting & Controversy
Industry sector specifics require specialized expertise for Indirect Tax departments, the Executive Committee (CFO, COO, CIO, CEO) and the Board of Directors. We help our clients to plan ahead and to defend their case before courts and authorities.

Global real-time visibility and control, return filing, compliance
Different stakeholders require visibility and control over tax return filing and the compliance of processes and content.

Trade & Customs
Our Trade & Customs team provides the leadership and practical guidance our clients need to identify and remedy compliance gaps, anticipate the impact of regulatory changes, make processes more efficient and achieve cost savings.

We’re a team of experienced international trade and customs experts coming from both the private and public sectors. Our experience in various jurisdictions is backed by KPMG’s international network, ensuring that you benefit from our reliable and comprehensive approach to our trade and customs consulting work.

Michaël Vincke

Senior Manager Indirect Tax

“Companies need to consider indirect tax regulations everywhere they operate. With the rise of international trade and e-commerce, companies more than ever operate in foreign jurisdictions where they are not familiar with the local tax regulations. Governments are also increasingly using technology to improve compliance and require companies to follow this trend. We help our clients to navigate this complex puzzle of new and continually changing rules and regulations.”

Private Clients

Our private clients benefit from KPMG’s multidisciplinary expertise across tax, legal, cyber and advisory.

With the support of the international KPMG network, we provide our private clients with tailormade solutions regarding their tax and legal issues in Switzerland and internationally. As we take a holistic approach, this concerns not only the clients personal matters but also includes business related, corporate or other financial aspects. Our team consists of around 40 tax advisors, lawyers and financial experts.

Are you interested in a career in Tax? Find all information regarding your training to become a Certified Tax Expert here

Rinaldo Neff

Director Tax Zentralschweiz

«Our team is a great mix of talented young people and very experienced experts. It’s inspiring to be part of this diverse team and I enjoy helping our clients with their complex tax and legal matters. All in all, working in the fast-changing and international Private Client environment, surrounded by a great team, is the perfect place for me to grow personally and professionally.”

Tax Technology

Tax Technology solutions help streamline processes, strengthen controls and provide a transparent way to effectively manage complex tax requirements.

Our experienced and international team in Zurich produces high-quality tax reports with MTR (Multishore Tax Reporting). The tax reports are used by clients for their tax returns in their country of residence. We serve some of the largest global private banks, cantonal banks as well as online banks by constantly offering new, efficient ways to support their clients’ need.

Besides the MTR team, we also offer careers for candidates with a tech background in our Indirect Tax, Global Transfer Pricing Services, Global Mobility Servies and Tax Transformation teams.

Technology

Deal Technology - Advisory

Our DealTech solution portfolio supports our Deal Advisory clients along the entire deal lifecycle, starting from market entry & positioning strategy, deal sourcing, portfolio management, due diligence, synergies and value capture, dynamic reporting, all the way to a PMO Cockpit.

From data to expertise in value creation: By the use of our Self-Service Business Intelligence solutions, we enable our clients and ourselves to analyze data to a depth and breadth so far unparalleled, and thus to gain insights with just a few clicks. We use Big Data analysis tools such as Alteryx, Tableau and PowerBi for optimizing complex data streams.

Cyber & Digital Risk - Advisory

The increasing dependence on technology for core business processes (IT enabled transformation) renders information confidentiality, integrity and availability essential. It puts forth the need for effective and risk-based information security planning. KPMG's technology consultants assist clients in conducting risk assessments by identifying technology threats and vulnerabilities, evaluating business impact (BIA) as well as compliance exceptions.

Strategy & Governance

Our Cyber & Digital Risk team supports national and international clients in the performance of risk assessments by identifying and evaluating digital threats and identifying the potential impact on a client’s business. The expertise possessed by Strategy & Governance ranges from security transformation and cyber defense to cyber response. We also provide support on issues such as data protection, data management and cloud compliance & onboarding.

Information Management & Compliance

We advise and implement in the areas of building data and digital governance. We identify and classify data and ensure that you can control this data so that it is compliant at all times. We clarify challenges in the area of data protection, IP, tax, financial and export controlled data and ensure that they can compliantly onboard the cloud. Finally, we make compliance practical in tools like Microsoft 0365 and Azure by implementing their DLP, AIP and forensic tools.

Management Consulting - Advisory

In Management Consulting, we help our clients to increase efficiency, transforming them into strong market participants. When important strategic decisions need to be made, our consultants assist in resolving challenges in order to increase growth, reduce costs and turn risks into advantages. Our Management Consulting division is made up of the Enterprise Applications, Digital Transformation, SCM & Operations, and Finance Strategy & Transformation teams.

Enterprise Applications
The EA team focuses on business issues driving technology transformation, enabling clients to realize optimal and sustainable return on their ERP investment. In most implementations, companies focus on the system implementation and overlook the business transformation required for success – KPMG does both. We take a business-first approach to implementations, applying the cross-functional approach of the KPMG Powered Enterprise methodology. Our specialized SAP and Microsoft teams help our clients throughout the ERP life cycle to evaluate, implement and improve ERP solutions in line with their business strategy and vision.

Digital Transformation
Our KPMG Digital Transformation team supports clients throughout the entire IT life cycle, from strategy creation to technology and supplier selection, contracting, designing target organizations, and technology implementation. The key objectives of our services are to improve the strategic value of IT investments in today’s dynamic technology environment, to leverage the opportunities of digital transformation and to enable existing or new business models.

SCM & Operations
Supply chains nowadays are best described as global, fast-moving and increasingly complex. This makes it challenging for businesses to remain agile and resilient, as well as meet stakeholder expectations. Our team of experts helps businesses tackle these problems by leveraging technology and using specialized solutions catered to the needs of the company. The team is specialized in Supply Chain and Network Optimization, Sustainable Supply Chains, Supply Chain Resilience, Supply Chain Visibility & Transparency, Procurement Excellence, Logistics (inbound, outbound, and reverse), S&OP, Process Mining and Master Data Management.

Finance Strategy & Transformation
We support Finance and HR leaders evolving their functions. Providing a structured methodology, we cooperate with companies on designing an efficient and service-oriented operating model in order to position Finance and HR as market-oriented partners to the business. We accompany our clients from the strategy study through the conception to the implementation of the optimization measures.

Assurance Technology Group - Audit

In today’s fast-paced business environment, organizations leverage technology to grow, provide better products and solutions to their customers and optimize their business operations.

Our Assurance Technology Group focuses in particular on assurance and advisory services in the fields of business processes and information technology. We combine our expertise in modern technology and auditing with our profound understanding of the risks, controls and opportunities that technology can bring to deliver innovative solutions to our national and international clients. We advise our clients in various areas ranging from optimizing their business processes by using automated controls and/or data and analytics techniques to creating a stronger, more efficient control environment through leveraging technologies. Providing advice on well-governed artificial intelligence solutions is also becoming more prominent.

As a Digital Auditor, we use modern technology such as data analytics, robotics and artificial intelligence to deliver high-quality, valuable and insightful audits and advisory projects to our clients. People working in this field are part of our Assurance Technology Group. They are passionate about innovation and how it impacts companies, processes and controls – in essence, how technology is changing the way we work. They dare to apply their data-driven mindsets to continuously deliver the most relevant audits to our clients and keep educating themselves in this field. This means identifying and implementing new technologies, harnessing large data sets, interpreting the results of these and assessing the implications to the audit, as well as the resulting optimization potential for our clients.

You do not need to be a tech expert to work as a Digital Auditor within the Assurance Technology Group, but you should bring along a genuine interest in modern technologies and an innovative mindset. We will provide you with the relevant training to set you up for success.

Are you interested in a career in Audit and Advisory? KPMG offers a four-year Graduate Program with excellent prospects and opportunities to develop your career in both disciplines. Click here if you are interested in our Graduate Program Audit & Advisory.

Digital Innovation - Financial Services

When thinking of the biggest drivers of business transformation, it can be tempting to focus on technology, or digitalization. Disruptive technologies force financial institutions to reinvent themselves.

Our Digital Innovation team consists of experienced developers, engineers and solutions architects, who support our clients in the financial services sector with digital transformation using innovative approaches. We thus cover the full life cycle: we start ideation following design thinking principles, we help the client plan and realize digitization initiatives, and we use co-creation and agile methods to implement new solutions jointly with our clients.

Technology Risk - Financial Services

Our Technology Risk team provides technology risk assurance in financial statement and regulatory audits, IT attestations engagements (e.g., ISAE 3402/3000) and emerging technology risk services. In addition, the team supports financial organizations with the design and implementation of the internal technology control framework. Our team helps to manage technology risks to optimize operating performance and achieve greater governance and IT assurance over our clients’ controls and infrastructure.

In a technology-driven environment, the Financial Services industry is forced to develop towards a digital business operating model. Organizations need to capitalize on their technological capabilities to fulfill increasing client expectations, respond to cost pressure and initiate sustainable growth. Technological advancements and regulatory pressure also require organizations to continuously re-evaluate how technological capabilities can drive business strategy while operating within the boundaries of (global) regulatory requirements.

We are a team of experienced IT Risk Management professionals who collaborate with global and local organizations to navigate the challenges that technology poses.

Digital Business Technology (DBT) - Corporate Center

Our role is to support our different functions with the use of digital business technology (DBT).

As an internal DBT partner and advisor, we support KPMG people in all technological matters. With our passion for pioneering solutions and innovations, we are promoting digital change on a daily basis. With this in mind, we advise our colleagues within our product management framework and in line with their digital agendas.

Tax Technology - Tax & Legal

Tax Technology solutions help streamline processes, strengthen controls and provide a transparent way to effectively manage complex tax requirements.

Our experienced and international team in Zurich produces high-quality tax reports with MTR (Multishore Tax Reporting). The tax reports are used by clients for their tax returns in their country of residence. We serve some of the largest global private banks, cantonal banks as well as online banks by constantly offering new, efficient ways to support their clients’ need.

Besides the MTR team, we also offer careers for candidates with a tech background in our Indirect Tax, Global Transfer Pricing Services, Global Mobility Servies and Tax Transformation teams.

KPMG Lighthouse

Kickstart your tech career by joining our Data Science tribe.

KPMG Lighthouse Switzerland is our Center of Excellence for data-driven and emerging technologies. We help our clients create radical new solutions to solve some of their toughest industry challenges. Whether they want to harness groundbreaking insights from data, capitalize on innovative technologies like blockchain or quantum computing, or launch new products onto the market, we address their unique requirements, empowering them to energize their business.

If you have the drive, we have the opportunity. KPMG Lighthouse Switzerland is where great minds meet fresh ideas to create real, lasting, and impactful change. We offer you a motivated team of out-of-the-box thinkers and a great place to build your career, where you can create real value for clients.

Tristan Meynier

Data Science Consultant

“Lighthouse gives me a unique opportunity to be exposed to the greatest machine-learning problems in industry and to make a real business impact – it’s a chance to continuously gain new practical skills and knowledge. Therefore, our team is continuously looking for self-starters with the courage to break new ground and demand more than the status quo.”

Ignition, Innovation & Insights Center

KPMG Ignition is here to challenge the status quo and push the boundaries of what is possible with innovation. We provide frameworks, resources and tools needed to discover relevant trends, build unique knowledge, inspire constructive creativity and design solutions for a constantly changing digital world.

We bring the right people to work together in the most suitable technologically enabled environments, using our insights generating methods to accelerate innovation and prepare businesses for the future.

Our offering supports internal teams and clients with three main pillars,  the Insights Center, the Innovation Lab and the Academy. They are aimed at helping companies solve challenges in a people-centered, creative and experimentation-driven way, namely:

The Ignition Academy offers master classes which expand our clients’ and internal teams’ knowledge about emerging tech and industry “signals of change”.  This allows them to kick-start their innovation journey from a solid base.

At the Innovation Lab we inspire teams to envision the future, build their strategy, as well as conceptualize and design solutions through collaboration.

Additionally we operate the Insights Center- KPMG’s immersive experience center designed specifically for enabling better collaboration, it is equipped with the latest interactive technology for effective physical or hybrid meetings. There we deliver experience sessions and immersive showcases to help with KPMG’s business development and client engagement efforts.

Our team consists of trained facilitators with experience in Business Strategy, Design Thinking, Futures Thinking, SCRUM and additional KPMG proprietary frameworks which allow us to design collaborative workshops with the most suitable methodology for achieving the client team’s objectives.

Ralitsa Dimitrova

Senior Manager - Ignition

We are a young dynamic team whose main task is to stay at the forefront of innovation. We are usually the first to be exposed to the latest new technologies and our daily tasks are varied and combine creativity with business acumen. As part of Ignition, we have the privilege of playing a role in shaping the future of companies and society at large. This for me is extremely motivating and one of the many reasons I love my job.

Corporate Center

Human Resources

We are a people business and being able to connect the dots and bring the right people – together with the right technology – to the table is our greatest asset. In a rapidly changing environment, strong relationships and connectivity are needed now more than ever.

At KPMG, we’re committed to creating a caring, inclusive and purpose-led, values-driven culture, and providing our people with opportunities to grow – while tapping into their passion to do work that matters.

Our remit includes Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, HR Analytics, HR Operations & Transformation, HR Projects, Alumni, and HR Business Partner. KPMG Switzerland’s HR department is located in Zurich and Geneva.

Christian Kehler

Head Human Resources

“Our people define who we are as an organization, and uplifting and empowering the remarkable people who choose to work here is the key to our success.”

Markets

The purpose of Markets is to promote growth and ensure effective client experience.

We practice an issues-driven approach and promote measurable market-relevant campaigns which capture the attention of our clients.​​ As One KPMG, we focus on operational excellence and value for the client, ultimately creating and winning more business opportunities. The Markets department consist of the Marketing, Communications and Marketing Technology & Insights team.

Facility Management & Procurement

Facility Management & Procurement are two interesting and multifaceted areas of focus where we contribute to KPMG each and every day. We are proud of this.

In recent years, numerous locations have been transformed into modern work environments by implementing new office and interior design concepts that aim to make KPMG even more attractive. Today, employees enjoy ultra-modern, multifunctional and welcoming spaces that meet their changing needs – and the journey does not end there. We look forward to seeing what the future holds.

In Procurement, we assist the various departments in acquiring a wide range of products and services. This spans the tender itself, the evaluation of dependencies and the final executive decision. This is also a sophisticated and exciting area of work.

Matthias Eiberle

Director Facility Management & Procurement

"People often think that Facility Management is rather rigid, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. The spectrum of daily tasks is broad and multifaceted, ranging from the evaluation and development of new domiciles all the way to daily operations. And the work done by Procurement and Travel Management by no means plays a lesser role than that of Facility Management. We are pleased that we have successfully managed the changing overall situation and are quite confident that we can also respond to future challenges with attractive, practical solutions."

Finance

As an internal service provider, guardian, and communicator of key financial information, our mission is to collect, interpret, and maintain financial information based on a single source of truth concept to successfully partner management and the business.

Within KPMG Switzerland, Finance maintains all financial operational and reporting aspects relating to our core processes Order to Cash (cash collection and engagement support), Purchase to Pay (accounts payable), as well as Time and Expense and the other core finance disciplines, including financial planning and reporting, in order to enable key decision-makers.

Our teams work on an interdisciplinary basis and are closely networked both nationally and internationally.

Florin Hiestand

Director Finance

"Having the right skill sets and background is important. However, I believe that even more fundamental to success is having a Finance team culture that is diligent, service-oriented, embraces change, and is focused on innovation."

Digital Business Technology (DBT)

Our role is to support our different functions with the use of digital business technology (DBT).

As an internal DBT partner and advisor, we support KPMG people in all technological matters. With our passion for pioneering solutions and innovations, we are promoting digital change on a daily basis. With this in mind, we advise our colleagues within our product management framework and in line with their digital agendas.

National Quality & Risk Management

Our unwavering commitment to quality, integrity, and compliance with the relevant laws and regulations is fundamental to meeting our responsibilities to our people, clients, and communities.

By joining our team, you will gain an attractive business environment and a stimulating working atmosphere. You will be able to expand your knowledge of our firm and its complex regulatory environment, and to foster your career and personal development by dealing with a wide range of risk management and compliance issues. Surrounded by highly motivated professionals who will help and support you, you will have the opportunity to realize your full potential.

Philipp Hallauer

Partner National Quality & Risk Management

"Quality and trust form the basis for our sustainable success. Our ambition at NQRM is to enable the firm to grow in full compliance with the applicable laws and regulations and in line with the risk tolerance defined by the Executive Committee and the Board. We want to provide efficient and effective support to our business in the evaluation of client relationships and the acceptance and delivery of engagements.”

Recruiting Process & Onboarding

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Meet our Student Ambassadors

Have you ever wondered what the KPMG culture is like? Who could tell you more about our work at KPMG than someone who already works here or did an internship at KPMG? Dare to connect with our Student Ambassadors.

Theresa Tiersch

Senior Manager Sustainability Services

"The growing demands in the area of ESG are creating some exciting career opportunities."

Valentin Ess

Intern Audit KPMG US

"This internship was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I saw it as a chance to gain invaluable international experience and solidify and enhance my audit skills."

Falk Heger

Manager Cyber & Digital Risk

"KPMG offers numerous benefits, in particular the steep learning curve, the inspiring people and the entrepreneurial freedom."

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Anouk Bachmann

Head of Campus Recruiting