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.

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

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The KPMG Actuarial Consulting function is a cornerstone of our business. Operating from our major UK offices we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies. We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

By encompassing a wide range of disciplines across a breadth of areas such as Customer Experience & Digital, Strategy, Forensic, Risk & Regulatory, People and Talent, and Operational & Financial Transformation, through to Cyber and Technology. We do that by immersing ourselves in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes.

As a Qualified Actuarial Consultant at KPMG you take a lead delivery role, managing small teams of advisors and auditors to a wide range of general insurance companies, in the Retail and Commercial sectors, including within Lloyd’s and the London Market. The entities that KPMG work with range from FTSE100 and global (re)insurers to smaller specialist insurers. You get the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects from Solvency II support (eg IMV and Capital modelling support) to Financial Transformation projects to supporting our Deals team in large fast moving transactions. For our audit work we review clients’ reserving and capital assessments and forming their own independent assessments – this is the process we use widely when we provide specialist support on audits. Our practitioners have benefited by improving the breadth of their knowledge of reserving and getting exposure to and engagement with senior leadership within the insurance industry.

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Job Title: Product Owner – Microsoft Power Platform – 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Base Location: Watford, Leeds, Birmingham or Manchester:

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The KPMG Group Digital function is a cornerstone of our business. We do work that matters to our local business and communities – supporting technical innovation and adoption of cutting-edge solutions across the United Kingdom. Working on complex engagements to supply best in class technology solutions across KPMG UK, this team is responsible for the delivery of cutting-edge technical solutions and trusted to get it right first time.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses, we've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

Why Join KPMG Group Digital within our Digital Workplace team:
KPMG’s award-winning Digital Workplace team are responsible for all end user tools which provide the ability to connect, collaborate and communicate.  Microsoft is at the heart of our enterprise stack with M365, Teams and a Windows Desktop providing a large portion of the estate.  

There are several key transformation programmes ongoing within Digital Workplace, including enhancements to the network, desktops, facilities technology and our AI capability. We also have a BAU roadmap of enhancements to our live products, aligned to our evolving business technology requirements. All deliveries are underpinned by security, risk, and compliance and supported by our Service Operations team.

Senior Technical Architect

As a platform / lead Microsoft architect you will have been responsible for the architecture design and implementation of multiple transformation projects for your clients using the Microsoft Eco-System. You will be an experienced Microsoft architect with deep knowledge of the Dynamics Business Applications and how to exploit the wider Microsoft Cloud offerings to delivery technology transformations.

Responsabilities: 

• Own the overall architecture design end-to-end by ensuring its cohesion and correctness. 
• Comfortable debating and deliberating architectural approaches with solution and lead architects, need to be able to discuss and debate the pros and cons of the Microsoft Platform/Cloud strategy.
• You will be seen by the client as an experienced and pragmatic architect instilling confidence in design and delivery 
• Works within the client’s governance framework and with the client’s architecture leads to design and deliver technology outcomes that realise the business outcomes defined by the client
• Creates strategy for technology that meets business needs. Able to create, refine and evaluate patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps and vision statements. 
• Expected to lead a team of technical and solution architects - creating a cohesive team, identifying strengths and growth-potential – applying various approaches to close any gaps and enable the growth of individuals, whilst meeting the client’s needs
• Supports and leads the functional and technical lead consultants or product owners with requirements gathering and provides design guidance and mentoring
• Must be able to work through ambiguity and change to define target architectures that deliver business outcomes 
• Provides best practices and solution alternatives as part of functional or technical design.
• Works with business and technology stakeholders to translate business problems into technical designs. Creates an optimal design through an iterative process, aligning the user need with the system requirements and organisational objectives.
• Able to look beyond the immediate challenges and identify the wider implications. ‘Zooming out’ in multiple dimensions - understanding how current work fits in broader contexts and strategies, and looking for deeper underlying problems and opportunities.
• Drives the implementation of technical governance and is part of the assurance delivery group. 
• Works with internal and client delivery leads to create delivery roadmaps 
• Works with delivery leads on release and resource planning    

Practice Development: 

• Support with the growth and engagement of employees through on-the-job mentoring, coaching and performance management. 
• Identifying gaps and improvements in our method, assets and tools and works with peers to improve
   

The Person

Experience 

• Degree level of Education in IT or equivalent
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in a senior position within programming / architecture, coupled with people leadership role
• Proven experience in Microsoft Technology Stack and non-Microsoft technologies

Expertise and Technical Knowledge

• Enterprise Design Patterns and framework (TOGAF, Zachman) 
• Strong knowledge and understanding of algorithms and data structures
• Strong knowledge and understanding of all aspects of the delivery lifecycle  
• Experience with DevSecOps strategy and supporting tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Chef, Puppet, Ansible
• In-depth experience with Azure Platform, Power Platform, Dynamics 365 Business Applications , Integration Patterns, Microservices and APIs,   Object Oriented Design, Test Driven Development and DevSecOps.   
• Knowledge of Web and Mobile application development frameworks
• Solid experience leading client engagement and leading technical teams

Skills

• Experience of Digital Experience Platforms.
• Knowledge and experience of multiple integration and API enablement technologies.
• Knowledge of Customer Data Platforms and their deployment within enterprises.
• Experience of Architecting Web and Mobile Apps.
• Experience in Microservices and Miniservices.
• Experience on Cloud Data solutions in the context of Digital Service.
• Experience of Digital Contact Centre solutions
• Experience in designing and deploying solutions in cloud-native enterprise
• Fluency in both written and verbal English
• Outstanding consulting skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to negotiate and resolve conflicting priorities and able to work effectively at all levels
• Self-directed, proactive, works on own initiative with a best practice approach.
• Excellent facilitation skills, high energy and resilience with a focus on relationship management and driving successful outcomes
• Demonstrates a high degree commercial acumen when delivering a transformation program
• Demonstrates managerial presence and courage

Competencies

• Accountability & Ownership
• Integrity, Honesty & Transparency
• Quality & Excellence
• Skilled Problem Solving
• Communication & Teamwork
• Customer Centricity