KPMG’s Pensions Advisory business continues to build out its new pensions team, and requires individuals that can bring different skill sets to the team.

We are now looking for talented and experienced Assistant Manager to join our pensions actuarial team. You will be responsible for delivering high quality actuarial pensions advice in relation to defined benefit pension schemes with a focus on the public sector but also schemes in the private sector.

Assistant Manager – Commercial Advisory and Assurance – Major Projects Advisory

Base Location: London, Manchester and Birmingham, plus a network of 20 offices nationally

KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory (MPA) team works closely with some of the most influential and innovative industry-leading organisations, across both the public and private sectors, helping them navigate and successfully resolve some of the most complex and significant challenges inherent in large-scale infrastructure and construction projects. As a true market leader, our reputation is built upon a proven track record of deep expertise, innovative solutions, and commitment to client success.

The MPA team in the UK are based in London, Birmingham and Manchester. This role will be based in one of these locations but could require some travel to client locations throughout the UK and occasionally overseas.

Why join KPMG in Major Projects Advisory?

We provide clarity to Boards, Executives, and Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) within major public and private sector organisations regarding the delivery of their projects and programmes.  We work on some of the UK’s most strategically important projects and programmes, across all sectors including power and utilities, transport, corporates, oil and gas, defence, health, natural resources, housing and education.

Our team comprises specialists with deep construction industry experience, with experience working for project owners, contractors, cost and engineering consultants and others in the UK and overseas.

Construction Solicitor

KPMG Law has a vision to become one of the world's largest legal practices, integrated as part of a broader multi-capability professional services firm and #1 of the Big Four. In an ever more complex and fast-moving business environment, clients are demanding connected business solutions delivered at scale, harnessing the power of technology and leveraging deep commercial acumen.  Developing market leading legal capabilities in key disciplines is core to achieving this vision and represents a unique and exciting opportunity for ambitious and talented legal professionals.    

At a global level, KPMG Law already employs over 3,750 lawyers in 81 different countries across the world and is continuing to grow rapidly year on year.   

The Opportunity

• KPMG Law wishes to hire a manager - with at least 4 years post qualified experience in the construction sector ideally working within a real estate department acting for real estate investment and/or development clients and owners with repeat activity. 
• The KPMG Law UK real estate team started in December 2013 and is now 11 strong including 5 Partners with further growth plans during 2026 already acting on repeat investment, development and asset management mandates for private equity funds, sovereign wealth and listed property company clients. The team currently includes x1 Construction Partner and x1 Construction Senior Manager, hence the need to recruitment additional Construction capability at Manager level.
• The successful candidate will have experience working on real estate (and infrastructure if possible but not essential) building contracts, professional appointments, collateral warranties and other ancillary documents, including bonds and parent company guarantees. Experience working on development funding and/or development management agreements would also be advantageous.
• As this sector is known to lack diversity, KPMG is dedicated to considering diverse profiles for this role.
• The ideal candidates are likely to come from law firms but candidates from competitor firms or in-house

As a People Practice Consultant within KPMG Advisory, you will be an integral part of a growing team dedicated to transforming organisations through a people-centric lens. This role focuses on delivering the people agenda within large-scale transformation programs and modernizing HR functions.

You will leverage expertise across our four key capability areas:

• People Centric Transformation
• Workforce Transformation
• Learning Solutions
• HR Transformation

People Consulting is an integral part of KPMG’s Management Consultancy practice and a growing part of our business.  This team help to transform the performance of organisations by changing the way people are led, managed and developed.  We do this by focusing on two key areas – delivering the people agenda on large scale, complex, change programmes and transforming the HR function