Audit Manager (Insurance) - Gibraltar

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax, Pensions & Legal, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients’ most critical challenges.

As a firm we help our clients navigate their biggest issues and opportunities. We aim to be universally recognised as a great place for great people to do their best work – a firm known for our collaborative and inclusive culture. And we will take pride in driving lasting, positive change in society.

With offices in Gibraltar, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.

KPMG is one of the leading audit practices in the UK and Gibraltar whose success and reputation depends upon the quality and integrity of our services – and our people. If you join our audit team, you could benefit from increased amounts of training and education to keep you up to speed with current changes in audit regulation and accounting and auditing standards.

As an Audit Manager, you will be involved in all aspects of leading and delivering audit engagements, from planning through to completion on a broad spectrum of  clients. The role will include executive level client interaction and exposure to multiple clients on an annual basis, as well as daily tasks such as:

Tone & Culture

• Promoting a commitment to quality, including recognising the importance of legal and regulatory requirements, professional ethics, KPMG Core Values and code of conduct in my team(s)
• Responding to and implementing changes recommended by a regulator as directed by senior team members on engagement teams
• Promoting a collaborative culture encouraging constructive working relationships within the audit team, with specialists and across different team(s).

Quality

• Planning and execution of audit fieldwork and statutory reporting across a portfolio of engagements
• Project management of all aspects of audit including agreeing audit timelines, team briefings, and supervision and delivery of audit work
• Identifying, researching and helping to resolve complex audit issues
• Preparing engagement deliverables, building relationships with the audited entity staff and acting as an ambassador for the firm

Portfolio and Finance

• Budgeting and monitoring the financial performance of projects, focusing on optimising profitability
• Working on audit tenders and working as part of the relevant independence team on these tenders. Tasks may include reviewing global engagement records in Sentinel; analysing and categorising the records; contacting partners globally for engagement information; preparing data and drafting Independence reports; and liaising with the UK Ethics and Independence team
• You may also have the opportunity to work on specific audit related projects across the audit function     
• Actively participating with the audit partner/ director in the optimisation and rationalisation of our portfolio of audited entities e.g. through achieving exits or pricing / profitability targets

People

• Leading a field work team including supervising and coaching more junior members of staff to help them reach their full potential
• Keeping up to date with technical developments in audit quality, audit and accounting standards, and comply with latest quality directives
• Keeping up to date with KPMG's pro

Power & Utilities (P&U) is one of the largest business areas of the IAG and encompasses work for major clients in the sector, including all energy and water utilities as well as some of the largest companies in Europe and beyond. We provide in-depth strategic and technical advice on corporate finance and corporate financial management, regulatory finance, regulatory policy, business and financial planning, cost assessment and benchmarking as well as in other areas directly affecting value. Our work combines elements of policy, finance, strategy and economics to assist our clients in structuring investments, securing financing, supporting regulatory regimes and maximising shareholder value. We are widely recognised by many industry stakeholders as market leaders influencing the future of the utilities sector.

The Cost & Value Management team are looking for a Senior Manager to expand our delivery capacity to serve a growing pipeline of opportunities.

The KPMG Finance Transformation capability within our FS Consulting business specialises in delivering large scale Finance function transformation initiatives and supporting CFOs on a wide range of issues. Over the last few years, we have established a reputation as the leading provider of top-quality consulting and technology delivery services in the Banking sector. Our teams are recognised by our clients for the depth of industry and functional expertise they bring combined with our practical and innovative technology capabilities. As a result of our strategy and strong pipeline of exciting projects, we are looking to grow our Cost & Value Management capability. We are looking for candidates who bring a combination of technology skills and business acumen, possesses the ambition and potential to become future leaders of our Insurance Finance Transformation consulting business. This is an exciting time to be part of growing business.

Our Cost & Value Management practice is a priority area for significant and strategic growth and the team works with leading Investment and Retail Financial Services Institutions, focusing on understanding the core issues and opportunities, in order to deliver value-adding change across their functions. The key drivers of change for our clients are value creation and cost reduction, leveraging analytics capabilities to deliver these outcomes. Our service offerings reflect this demand.

Technology is one of the KPMG’s priority investment areas – Solutions & Digital services the whole of the KPMG client side business portfolio through delivery of core technology and managed services capabilities, collaboration and innovation development services and building of our Alliances network. Our integrated capability teams design, build and operate flexible technology enabled solutions for clients to help them solve the most complex business problems and transform their operations. 

The Team:

Powered Enterprise is KPMG’s world-class accelerated Enterprise Business Transformation approach for cloud-based solutions that uses pre-designed back-office leading practices and KPMG’s six layer Target Operating Model. It enables clients to make better, faster decisions, resulting in a quicker implementation and a faster path to Return on Investment. This solution combines the breadth and scale of KPMG’s leading practice, capabilities and insight into a complete solution for an effective back-office.

The Powered Apps teams are communities of technology focussed professionals who work together to deliver KPMG Powered Enterprise though a standardised delivery model, which drives professional delivery to clients. The teams use their functional knowledge and experience (e.g. Finance, HR, Procurement), coupled with their expertise in the cloud applications (e.g. Oracle, Workday, Coupa) to lead and deliver client programmes, support pre-sales activities and develop improvement and extensions to Powered Enterprise. KPMG are growing their S&D - Powered Apps team to meet an ever increasing demand for our market leading services and are seeking IT management consultants with relevant expertise and experience.

The Role:

As the growth of our Powered HCM practise continues we are looking for Process Leads who have experience of configuring Oracle to join our team 

•    Developing lasting client relationships and actively building a network and range of experience to help address client needs

•    Provide compelling and well thought out solutions to problems of moderate complexity

•    Experience of implementing at least one module of the relevant cloud platform with Oracle, so you can bring your learnings to the client about what did (or didn’t!) work

•    Leading client facing meetings and facilitation of workshops with larger groups of client teams

•    Lead an offshore team to design, configure and test a module or process area to successful deployment for a client

•    Developing end to end solutions using the best of good industry practise combined with understanding the optionality available within the product.

The Person:

Our candidates should have strong commercial acumen, hunger to learn and develop and be able to thrive in a really fast paced working environment.

•    Strong documentation, reporting and presentation skills

•    Well-developed analytical skills and the ability to provide clarity to complex issues, and synthesize large amounts of information

•    Experience in a functional and/or technical role in a business or systems delivery environment preferably in more than one sector

•    Experience producing project deliverables (business requirements, functional specs, configuration document, process flows, use cases, requirements traceability matrices etc.)

•    Strong Microsoft Office skills particularly Excel and PowerPoint

•    Strong interpersonal, team building, organisational and motivational skills

•    An awareness of key delivery methodologies, approaches and market trends in the industry

•    Fast learner with an ability to get up-to-speed in a short space of time

•    Experience of working effectively w

Corporate Services Transformation Assistant Manager – KPMG – Consulting

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The KPMG Consulting function is a cornerstone of our business.  Operating from London 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 Strategy, Forensic, Risk and Regulatory, People and Talent, and Operational and Financial Transformation, we become immersed in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes and get it right first time.

Why Join KPMG as an Corporate Services Assistant Transformation Manager?

KPMG is acknowledged as a leading advisor and professional services provider and our FT Team is an integral part of KPMG’s Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare (IGH) Consulting practice.  Joining our industry leading practice will expose you to work on a range of high profile assignments helping clients address their most challenging issues and achieve their biggest opportunities. You will benefit from working with and alongside specialists from a number of disciplines and experts from our Global Centres of Excellence.