Senior Sales & Business Development Executive - Cloud Transformation

KPMG’s UK Cloud practice is an award-winning team of over 750 consultants, architects and engineers who help clients transform the way CIOs and their teams deliver technology services to their business stakeholders, using IaaS and PaaS cloud technologies.
Our team help the UK’s largest and most complex organisations develop cloud strategies, build the operating models, architectures and capabilities to deliver value from cloud, and to build and operate their cloud or hybrid estates effectively and cost-efficiently.
We use KPMG’s deep industry insights, C-suite relationships, cloud architecture capabilities, alliances and cloud adoption accelerators ranging from our cloud value labs and KPMG Cloud Cost Management models to our controls frameworks and landing zones. Our engineering squads work with several FTSE25 companies, the largest government departments as well as building the technologies which underpin KPMG’s products and managed services. As we implement these strategies and solutions we sit at the heart of major transformations across the UK, helping technology executives convert business strategy into compelling technology outcomes.

We are growing our Sales and Business Development team to focus on selling our cloud services to meet an ever-increasing demand for our market leading offerings and are seeking your relevant expertise and experience to join us.
 

The Role:
 

As an experienced professional in sales and business development, you’ll be quick to adapt to new situations and bring your knowledge and experience to join our highly talented and passionate cloud transformation team. You’ll be at the forefront of some of the most exciting, complex and leading-edge sales opportunities.
 

At KPMG, your role is key in delivering our growth strategy and responsible for selling the full portfolio of Cloud solutions to clients across markets. The BDM role involves:

• Secure and foster relationships with CIO-level clients to uncover cloud transformation opportunities
• Build relationships and be a trusted advisor to our clients with respect to KPMG’s Cloud Transformation propositions.
• Driving collaboration with consulting teams to help qualify opportunities and lead and manage pursuits, especially around our implementation services
• Work with our consulting teams to define market-leading, client-focused Cloud propositions
• Maintain a regular communication with the wider business development team and ensure targets are delivered
• Working with pre-sales technologist to help clients shape compelling technology solutions with cloud

The Person:

• Collaborative and client-focussed, you enjoy helping clients shape their technology needs and work constructively with peers and colleagues in multi-disciplinary sales pursuits
• You care about the teams around you and help them increase their skills around sales processes, especially where they may come from deep technology backgrounds
• Possess a minimum of 5 years’ experience managing large and complex clients
• Successful

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MS Dynamics CE Solution Architect

About us

KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions a growing Microsoft Dynamics Practice delivering world class solutions in ERP, CRM, and e-Commerce. Our solutions are focused on advisory and implementation services that relate to the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 products including (CRM & ERP). Such systems are strategic IT solutions which integrate all the management information across an entire organisation into one single intuitive software application. They embrace all departments of a company from finance to manufacturing to customer relationship management, HR, and sales, in one single system.

About the Role:

The Dynamics CE Solution Architect is a core team member of KPMG customer delivery of Microsoft Dynamics 365 cantered solutions. The CE Solution Architect should have extensive experience across all phases of enterprise Dynamics CE projects. A demonstrable history of consultancy experience is a must as this role will entail continuous interaction with clients, managing onshore consultants, working alongside both onshore and offshore development teams. This role will also require a level of presales activities focused on Dynamics CE functionality, Power Platform, and the wider Microsoft platform. You will also contribute to proposal development and provide input in business development whilst leading and mentoring more junior staff.

This role is an important element of KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions’ delivery of Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE projects. It is a dynamic and exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing business area within an established and market-leading global Big 4 firm.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the delivery of high-quality business and software solutions to our clients using your knowledge of Dynamics 365 CE functional capabilities working closely with client teams and business stakeholders
• Lead, organise, manage, and document workshops, meetings and requirements sessions with the client representatives, project stakeholders and delivery team(s)
• Ownership for the delivery of high-quality business and software solutions to our clients using their deep understanding of Dynamics 365 CE functional capabilities
• Ownership of gathering and documentation of functional requirements and complete gap/fit analysis for workstream
• Be responsible for ensuring our pre-sales engagements are delivered with the same rigour and attention to detail as our client engagements
• Interface effectively with other members of the delivery team and the solution Architect to ensure that the Power Platforms solution meets client’s requirements
• Strong contribution to the wider CE practice by defining training needs within the team and coaching or mentoring other team members
• Identify business/project risk and mitigate or communicate as necessary
• Deliver high quality business and software solutions and services to clients ensuring the implementation of best practices based on Microsoft Dynamics standards and supported configuration/customisations 
• The creation of high quality and sustainable client solutions and project documentation including support for testing activities
• Deliver all consultancy and configuration work according to KPMG project methodology, ensuring that all software applications are implemented successfully according to the project plan: on time and on budget
• Contribute to Pre-Sales activities as required including building demo and proof of concept solutions for various client presentations
• Delivery of end-user training to clients and colleagues where applicable
• Meet and exceed customer expectations of business knowledge, skills, and behaviour
• Identify business/project risks and mitiga

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