Jennifer Sponzilli

Jennifer Sponzilli leads KPMG International's Tax practice globally for Banking & Capital Markets in addition being the lead tax partner on several global priority clients. Other roles she has recently held include leading the KPMG global Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) network of more than 500 professionals and building and managing the U.S. Tax Practice in London for five years.

Jennifer has 25 years of experience, and over her long career, she has advised numerous multinationals regarding tax efficient financing structures tailored to each client’s home jurisdiction and business footprint in third countries.

Currently, Jennifer assists her clients in developing and actioning their tax department strategies, including talent, operating models, integration of technology, and appropriately managing tax risk.

Jennifer has also assisted U.S. based and non-U.S. based multinationals in translating tax information reporting rules into business requirements, process and systems changes, including gap analysis on business requirements documents, vendor selection assistance, development of test scripts, testing and validation. The scope of this work included cost basis reporting, merchant reporting, Foreign Account Tax Act (FATCA), and Common Reporting Standard (CRS). In response to client needs, Jennifer created and maintained a global AEOI regulatory comparison technology covering FATCA and CRS for five of the firm’s largest financial institution clients.

Jennifer is a member of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD's Working Working Party No. 10 on Exchange of Information and Tax Compliance.

Jennifer holds a BA degree in economics from Rutgers University, a JD degree from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, and an LLM degree from New York University.