Assistant Manager, Further Education Funding

The Team

KPMG has one of the leading Education Skills and Productivity practices in the UK working across all key service lines. Our teams work extensively in the Further and Higher Education sectors on a range of significant projects for Government, Regulators and education providers.

We have exciting plans to further grow our Education Skills and Productivity business, but our success and reputation depends upon the quality and integrity of our services - and our people.  We are now seeking an Assistant Manager to join our Enterprise Risk team, specialising in the assurance and review of Further Education funding.

The Role

The role will work almost exclusively on the review, audit and investigation of further education funding and data. We work with the Department for Education (previously the Education and Skills Funding Agency) and a range of College, University and independent training providers to assess their compliance with the DfE funding rules and requirements. You will therefore demonstrate extensive experience of the DfE/ESFA funding rules and requirements and the related IT tools and systems.

We currently have an opportunity for an Assistant Manager to join our midlands business working with a wide variety of clients both within the midlands region and nationally.

The Responsibilities

• Undertaking work at clients’ premises and liaising with clients at the highest level
• Supervising and coaching junior members of staff to help them realise their full potential
• Keeping managers and partners up to date with the progress of your team
• Acting as a first choice point of contact throughout the year for your clients and managing project costs, raising fees and agreeing dates for cash collection
• Drafting key documents and presenting to clients
• Keeping up to date with KPMG's product and service offerings and identifying the sales opportunities that will help us grow our advisory work.
• To work as part of a team or run funding audits, reporting directly to the senior manager or partner.

Role summary
This role within the Strategic Communications Team and leads the development and execution of our global social media strategy, as well as oversight of a team of social media managers and coordinators, currently at three. 

Key responsibilities include:

• To lead and execute the KPMG global social media strategy including oversight and governance for all KPMGI social media channels.
• To lead and promote internal community collaboration and engagement.
• To maintain strong external landscape awareness and monitoring.

Overall, the Strategic Communications team develops and drives our external communications activities including proactive media relations and our social media across our global channels. These channels are an integral part of our programs to enhance and protect KPMG’s reputation and to positively impact our brand and improve trust. The team also provide strategic advice and counsel to KPMG’s senior leaders and other priority business units on media outreach programs and social media engagement activities.

The role will drive communication approaches to protect and enhance the firm’s reputation and support its overall Trust and Growth ambition. This is a challenging role that will involve day-to-day liaison with KPMG leadership, national firms and third parties. All outputs and outcomes must be to the highest standard and the successful candidate will need to display exceptional communication and influencing skills, agility, as well as a keen sense of business acumen and professional judgement.

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