Senior Manager, Global Risk Management - Audit

Job description

About KPMG International

Together with more than 276,000 colleagues in 138 countries throughout our member firms, people at KPMG imagine big ideas and bring solutions to life for clients both big and small. A role with KPMG International will open a world of opportunity in your career.

KPMG International helps set the strategy and protects the reputation of this global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We deliver value to our member firms and drive positive change in the communities we serve. By joining us you will gain a unique understanding of how a global organization operates and work on projects that impact the whole organization. From setting standards and best practices to developing innovative tech- enabled solutions for clients, you'll be part of a global team changing the way our business operates. We look forward to welcoming you to our team.

About this Global Group

Global Quality & Risk Management (GQ&RM) helps protect the KPMG brand and reputation by dealing with live issues and learning quickly from challenges across the network. GQ&RM develops globally consistent quality and risk management policies to enable the business to make smart, agile decisions, and we monitor compliance and the quality of delivery across all three functions.

GQ&RM is comprised of a number of high-performing teams, including: Advisory Risk, Audit Risk, Tax & Legal Risk, Digital Risk, Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Reporting, Policy, Independence, Ethics, Business Operations, Transformation and Operations. Working together, our global team is delivering value to our member firms and functions, and driving our ambition to become the most trusted and trustworthy professional services firm. 

About this team
The Global Quality & Risk Management - Audit (GQ&RM Audit) team is responsible for the development of an effective risk management framework for global audit in order to support the KPMG Trust and Growth strategy and ambition to be the most trusted and the most trustworthy firm. This includes identification of significant risks; improving processes and controls to protect against those risks; ensuring we have a strong and effective monitoring program designed to detect risks (including QPR); leading an effective response to emerging risk matters; and maintaining a process in place to recover from such matters, including learnings from root cause analysis. In addition, the team has formal reporting responsibilities to key stakeholders, including Global Board sub-committees and regulators.

Example stakeholders include:

•              The Global Quality and Risk Management Steering Group (GQ&RMSG), and in particular the Regional Risk Management Partners

•              The Global Audit Leadership Team (GALT) and the Global Audit Steering Group (GASG)

•              GASG Member firms Head of Audit Risk

•              The Global Audit Quality Council

•              IOGC

Role summary

The role is responsible for driving strategic risk initiatives aligned to the global audit strategy and managing global risk processes. The role comprises a combination of leading and supporting on significant ad-hoc project work as well as developing and oversight of operational risk management processes and reporting. The nature of the work is high profile and will provide opportunities to interact with senior levels of leadership in the global firm. The role reports to the Head of GQ&RM Audit.

Highlights of key responsibilities:

• Drive global risk and quality initiatives by representing GQ&RM Audit in strategic forums, including policy development working groups and emerging areas such as AI.
• Lead global monitoring programs, such as the annual Audit Risk & Quality Review, ensuring compliance with SoQM controls and global data standards.
• Coordinate reporting and governance, delivering timely updates and actionable insights to steering groups and leadership on key initiatives.
• Support global consultation processes, including ISQM1 and transparency reporting, enabling consistent implementation across firms and regions.
• Advise senior stakeholders across global, regional, and member firm levels, providing insights on risk management and audit quality.

Key Accountabilities

• Drive global risk and quality initiatives
• Lead global monitoring programs, such as the annual Audit Risk & Quality Review
• Coordinate reporting and governance
• Support global consultation processes
• Advise senior stakeholders across global, regional, and member firm levels

Experience / Knowledge / Qualifications:

• Significant experience of Audit, Audit Quality or Risk Management
• Degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent work experience

Other skills

• Communicates effectively, demonstrating the ability to manage and influence key stakeholder relationships,
• Strong leadership and team development skills,
• Balances independent decision-making with appropriate consultation,
• Able to lead and drive multiple projects and influence outcomes in challenging situations,
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills,
• Proficiency in digital tools and emerging technologies.

Other Attributes

• A global mindset,
• Drive and resilience,
• Confidence, positivity and passion,
• Ability to see the big picture as well as detail,
• Willingness to listen to the views of others and confidence in proposing solutions,
• Comfortable operating in a virtual working environment.

Agile/Flexible Working

At KPMG International, we are supportive of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands. We are happy to discuss individual requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements could be of interest. Please ask to find out more.

KPMG International's commitment to inclusion & diversity

At KPMG International, we recognise that we need inclusion and diversity to be successful. We want to attract, retain and develop diverse talent at all levels. This means recruiting from the widest pool of talent across our network and beyond, removing barriers that can prevent our people from reaching their full potential, and fostering a fully inclusive environment which empowers everyone to bring their whole selves to work.

Applying with a disability

KPMG International is proud to be an inclusive place to work and we are committed to ensuring that you are treated fairly throughout our recruitment process. Should you be successful after the initial application stage, please discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require with your recruitment contact.