KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, has welcomed back Jonathan Walls as a Business Tax Services partner based in Pittsburgh.

In his new role, Walls will serve as the Business Tax Lead partner on certain key and strategic clients.

Walls brings to KPMG more than 25 years of private industry and public accounting, tax and leadership experience. He joins from Grant Thornton, LLP, where he most recently served as the office managing partner of the Baltimore office. Previously, he was the chief financial officer at a management consulting firm. Earlier in his career, Walls spent 13 years in KPMG's Baltimore office, most recently as a Tax partner, working with clients in the manufacturing, healthcare and professional services industries.

"Jonathan's vast experience in the profession is a valued addition in serving our clients' needs in the Pittsburgh office and our Pennsylvania business unit," said KPMG Pittsburgh Office Managing Partner Bob Krizner.

Walls holds a B.S. degree in accounting from Bob Jones University and an M.S. degree in tax from the University of Baltimore.

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