Forensic Senior Manager - Investigations and Compliance

Job description

KPMG Overview:

KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Legal, Tax and Advisory services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues we bring our creativity, insight and experience to solve our clients’ and communities’ biggest problems. We’ve been doing this for more than 150 years.

We aim to be universally recognised as a place for great people to do their best work. A firm known for our collaborative and inclusive culture, using technology to empower and equip our people to deliver outstanding work with real flexibility – through inspiring workspaces, innovative ways to collaborate and hybrid ways of working.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our mission is simple: To support the UK in a connected world. It guides everything we do, underpinned by our values: Courage, Integrity, Excellence, Together and For Better.

As a Senior Manager within Investigations & Compliance (“I&C), you will take a lead role on a portfolio of engagements of varying size and complexity.   

You will take a lead role in a wide range of challenging engagements ranging from financial, fraud or misconduct investigations, through to proactive risk management and regulatory driven compliance work, and ‘Forensic in the Audit’ (FITA).

Description of the role:

• Leading a portfolio of Forensic Investigation engagements, ranging from financial, fraud or misconduct investigations, through to proactive risk management and regulatory driven compliance work, and ‘Forensic in the Audit’ (FITA)
• Building relationships with relevant internal and external contacts through quality delivery on engagements and proactive involvement in other networking activity
• Taking a lead role on proposals/ bids for future work
• Acting independently in delivering engagements, under overall engagement leader supervision
• Preparation of reports and sections thereof for Partner/ Director review
• Managing the risks and financials associated with client engagements
• Engaging credibly with senior stakeholders at clients (e.g. board level individuals at corporate clients and/or law firm partners) on behalf of KPMG
• Developing and overseeing more junior members of the team on project assignments
• Recognising the importance of continuous self and team development and actively striving to achieve this

Role dimensions:

Leadership & Management:

As an I&C Senior Manager you will be expected to lead engagement teams of varying size, which may include both onshore and offshore colleagues, contractors and/or colleagues from other member firms. You will be expected to oversee and train colleagues and take responsibility for the quality of work produced on engagements.

Stakeholder Interaction & challenges:

As an I&C Senior Manager you will be expected to liaise directly with clients, client’s external counsel, senior members of the KPMG team and other third parties as required. You may be managing multiple senior level stakeholders across multiple projects at any one time.

Impact, Risk, Accountability & Governance:

Senior Managers will typically have Engagement Manager responsibilities on large and complex engagements. They will be accountable to the Engagement Leaders on their engagements

You will be expected to effectively manage the risks and financials associated with client engagements.

The Person:

Essential experience:

• Chartered Professional Accountant or Chartered Accountant or equivalent and/or relevant experience as set out below.
• Substantial PQE experience which includes a forensic consulting focus, or substantial as a forensic specialist during which accounting qualification obtained.
• A broad range of experience in managing Forensic engagements, covering at least two of the following: investigations, fraud risk management, dispute advisory or regulatory compliance
• Adept at deploying or overseeing forensic accountancy, data analytics, interviews, corporate intelligence and electronic media reviews as part of investigations
• Experience in statutory audit, financial accounting, financial misstatements and/or forensic support to audits beneficial
• Demonstrable experience of managing projects, including financial and risk management
• Experience in scoping and defining Forensic projects
• Commercial awareness and proven track record of managing the risks and financials associated with client engagements
• Proven ability to lead and manage teams
• Ability to articulate complex and technical findings in both written and oral presentations for a variety of audiences
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, self-motivation and an enquiring mind
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure
• Confidence and ability to quickly establish credibility with clients and senior colleagues
• Confidence in challenging existing ways of working and ways of thinking
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Strong people skills, including an ability to inspire and develop junior colleagues
• A developed network of relevant internal and external contacts
• Experience in business development activities and an enthusiasm to get involved in marketing activity and in developing the I&C practice

The Job Description:

Our Investigations & Compliance team helps clients to establish the facts in relation to an incident, loss or misconduct and then to remediate and recover value. We are experienced in managing diverse issues including fraud and misconduct, regulatory compliance, risk frameworks and modelling and much more.

As a Senior Manager, we expect you to take a lead role on challenging and complex engagements.  You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, manage stakeholders and deliver quality solutions to our clients. You will be expected to originate opportunities through both internal and external relationships and take the lead on business development activities, including marketing, knowledge sharing and practice development.

Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about helping to grow our Forensic practice and helping our clients with their most complex challenges. In return, we are committed to helping you to enjoy the role and develop your skills and career within the KPMG.

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