Job Title: UX Designer II

Location: Montvale, NJ

Duration: 12 Months

only W2, No C2C

Note: Hybrid Role, will need to be located near Montvale, expected to come into the office twice a week. Please note this role is contract to hire, so candidates should be eligible to convert.

Summary:

KPMG is looking for a UI/UX Designer to join Ignition Tax Product, KPMG’s software engineering group responsible for building tools that enable teams of global accountants to perform complex tax and financial services for some of the world’s largest companies.

As a member of the UI/UX Design team, the UI/UX Designer works within a product team to translate business requirements into a prototype that becomes the blueprint for development teams. In this role, the UI/UX Designer is focused on understanding the business problem, interfacing with stakeholders, conducting a variety of UX activities that drive informed design decisions, which result in mockups that depict the desired experience in the form of a clickable prototype.

Our ideal UI/UX Designer is a cross-functional designer who can dig deep into analysis and transpose findings into carefully crafted interface mockups and prototypes. They must possess the ability to drive requirements across many user types and create an experience that caters to user needs. The UI/UX Designer pays close attention to UI design best practices, interaction, accessibility, and adherence to the Tax Design System. We look for highly communicative team players who will advocate for the user within project teams to build meaningful user experiences.

What you’ll be doing:

Champion User Experience Design and User Interface Design for designated projects, ensuring a seamless user journey

Advocate for User Experience/User Interface design, effectively communicating the vision to project teams

Lead stakeholder/user interviews to delve into business issues and requirements, facilitating whiteboarding sessions to stimulate creative brainstorming

Execute user interviews, craft personas, journey maps, site maps and information architecture diagrams to provide a comprehensive understanding of user behavior

Develop user flows, task analysis matrices, wireframes, high-resolution mockups, and prototypes to vividly illustrate product vision

Manage design feedback sessions and user testing to ensure the product meets user expectations and needs

Strictly adhere to Tax Design System standards, applying them appropriately to mockups for consistency and coherence

Collaborate closely with UI Developer to ensure the product build is accurate, user-friendly, accessible, and aligns with the initial vision

Seek to integrate AI into the UX/UI workflow

Required SKills:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in crafting intuitive, engaging, and visually captivating websites or applications that prioritize user ease

Possesses robust interpersonal skills with a knack for articulating design direction and vision effectively

Exhibits a profound understanding of accessibility best practices, ensuring inclusivity in design

Highly adept at using Figma, FigJam, Mural, Miro, and Office 365, showcasing technical proficiency

High-level understanding of backend development languages, bridging the gap between design and development

Required to present an online portfolio that showcases a selection of representative work samples, reflecting design prowess and creativity

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information science or management information systems

Skills:

C

.NET

Typescript

SQL server

Additional Skills:

MS ASP

Unit Testing

SQL

Application Development

Visio

JavaScript

Stored Procedures

MS .NET

Microsoft PowerPoint

Database

Agile

MS SQL Server

HTML