Manager – Contract Performance & Insight (CP&I)

Location: Canary Wharf, London (Hybrid working – approx. 2 days/week office-based)
Flexible and part-time options available

About the Team

Our Contract Performance & Insight (CP&I) team sits within KPMG’s Customer and Operations Advisory practice. We’re a dynamic mix of qualified accountants and commercially minded professionals who help clients unlock value from their third-party contracts.

Using a blend of audit techniques, technology, and strategic thinking, we analyse financial performance and contract compliance to identify cost recovery opportunities and drive operational improvements. Our work spans a wide range of agreement types—from royalties and software to supplier contracts—across both public and private sectors.

This role will focus primarily on supporting public sector clients, especially within the NHS and Local Government, to ensure supplier contracts deliver value beyond the procurement phase.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Manager (C-grade) who’s ready to take ownership of client engagements and bring a commercial lens to contract performance. This is ideal for someone from an external audit background who’s led engagements and is now seeking a broader, more strategic Advisory role.

You’ll manage multiple projects concurrently, lead diverse teams, and work closely with clients to deliver tangible outcomes—like cost savings and improved contract management. You’ll also collaborate with our automation colleagues to enhance delivery through technology.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means:

• Delivering measurable impact for clients—such as identifying cost recovery opportunities, improving contract compliance, and driving operational efficiencies.
• Building trusted relationships with public sector clients by being a proactive, reliable point of contact who understands their challenges and delivers practical solutions.
• Leading with agility—managing multiple engagements effectively, adapting to changing priorities, and guiding teams through ambiguity with confidence.
• Driving innovation—using technology and data-driven approaches to enhance delivery and uncover new insights.
• Growing the practice—contributing to business development, mentoring junior colleagues, and helping shape the future of CP&I through thought leadership and continuous improvement.
• Championing inclusion and collaboration—creating a positive team culture where diverse perspectives are valued and everyone feels empowered to contribute.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead 2–4 concurrent engagements, typically with teams of 1–4 FTEs (UK and offshore), reporting to Senior Managers, Directors, or Partners.
• Manage project timelines, resources, and deliverables, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
• Design and oversee testing plans to assess commercial risks and contract compliance.
• Build strong client relationships and act as the primary day-to-day contact.
• Present findings and updates to senior stakeholders, distilling complex data into actionable insights.
• Prepare clear, fac

Tax Assistant Manager - AARTS

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Pensions, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients’ most critical challenges.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.

The role

• Acting as the day-to-day contact on audit and tax reporting engagements, liaising with audit teams, the client and AARTS/tax managers
• Reviewing, testing and documenting technical tax disclosures prepared by clients and their independent advisers
• Delegating delivery of work to junior colleagues whilst maintaining control of quality and timetables.
  Developing and maintaining client relationships across a portfolio of clients.
• Developing and maintaining internal relationships with the audit teams, and other departments.
• Mentoring and developing of junior members of staff.
• Keep up to date and share technical insights with rest of AARTS team.

The candidate will have some of the following skills, qualifications and experience:

• ACA, ACCA or CTA qualified.
• Sound knowledge of UK corporate taxation and preferably awareness of international tax issues
• Sound knowledge of accountancy principles, in particular accounting for tax (including deferred taxation and accounts disclosures)
• Ability to build good relationships with clients 
• Communicates with impact in a way that is open, honest, consistent, and clear
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work.
• Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work.
• Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information.
• Builds the reputation of KPMG through the quality of work, knowledge and experience.
• Strong time and task management skills.  Able to remain calm when under pressure and meet deadlines