The Opportunity

KPMG’s Deal Execution practice is looking for exceptional candidates for a Manager role with a People-focused specialism in deals & transformations to join the People in M&A Centre of Excellence.

The Ops and Supply COE within our Global Deal Advisory business. We specialise in supporting manufacturing, supply chain and procurement across the end-to-end deal cycle from operational due diligence, value creation, integration and separation. Over the last few years, we have established a reputation as the leading provider of operations deal advice on global transactions, particularly within the Life Sciences sector. Our team brings a depth of both industry and functional expertise, combined with an agile and value led approach to deliver at deal speed. We have large growth ambitions and a strong pipeline to enable further penetration into other sectors including Consumer and Retail, Industrial Manufacturing and ENR. We are looking for someone to bring extensive procurement experience in a deals environment to lead and drive our procurement proposition forward with an ambition to become a future leader in our Deal Advisory business. This is a fantastic time to join our team.

The KPMG Audit Technology team is dedicated to building cutting-edge solutions in close collaboration with the Audit function. We blend audit expertise with the latest technology skills, enabling us to understand the challenges auditors face daily and develop strategically important products that simplify their lives whilst enhancing Audit Quality.

As a crucial member of the team, you will collaborate with a talented mix of Architects, Data Scientists, Engineers, Experience Designers, Business Analysts, Testing specialists, and Product Owners. Together, we build, deliver, and manage a portfolio of truly exciting products.

In recent years, our products' size and scale have rapidly expanded, leading to significant growth in our technology capability. There's never been a better time to join us.

With our ambitious growth plans, your future here is something to get excited about. As a valued team member and leader, you’ll stay current within the latest trends in technology and audit delivery.

The Role

We’re looking for an experienced Head of AI to join the Audit technology team.

The individual in this role will be instrumental in transforming the audit function by leveraging AI technologies to streamline processes, enhance audit quality and provide valuable insights.

The individual will report to the Head of Analytics & AI.

We are looking to recruit a senior individual to improve our technology resilience and recovery capabilities across the UK firm, including those supporting Cloud and on-prem infrastructure, applications and data. You will build and lead our Resilience & Recovery team, creating risk-based resilience and recovery strategies, plans and roadmaps for our technology; create and maintain failure scenarios to guide invocation and recovery across multiple teams; and periodically test recovery plans, ensuring that recovery targets, including Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), can be met. This is a vital role that will help KPMG to identify, mitigate and manage significant risks in our technology estate.

As an Assistant Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day highquality delivery of audit engagements from planning through to completion.  Alongside audit delivery work, you will also supervise junior team members, 
and provide coaching and development to help them reach their full potential. This will include planning and reviewing their work to ensure the 
work quality is to a high standard. You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of stakeholder relationships at audited entities and can expect to work with senior level staff.