AMA Manager - Rail

Job description

The Team

We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Rail Asset Management Advisory (AMA) team, part of the KPMG Infrastructure Advisory Group (IAG). Our team advises infrastructure owners in both the public and private sector, including government, with their most complex challenges. IAG is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading independent financial and business advisers in infrastructure consisting of over 380 professionals.

Our team leads exciting projects across the rail sector principally focused on major capital and infrastructure portfolios. This is a fast-growing area offering many opportunities building upon a global capability in Asset Management where we provide:

• Asset Strategy and Transformation, including operating model design and transformation of asset management functions.
• Asset Performance including investment planning, efficiency improvements in capital and operating expenditure, as well as asset health and resilience.
• Digital asset management including digital twins, financial modelling and smart technology.

The work is varied, fast-paced, often high-profile and rewarding. We are working with leaders in the public sector and industry partners on issues including Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), resilience of the UK’s utilities sector in the face of climate change and the future structure of the rail sector. We are looking for people with a passion for identifying, creating and delivering transformative solutions which help our rail sector clients to deliver some of the largest and most complex infrastructure programmes in the UK, while maintaining delivery of key business and customer outcomes.

The Role

We are seeking Managers to perform a critical role leading client workstreams, supporting business development and helping our team to grow and develop. Key areas you will contribute to the team include:

• Leading the delivery of key work streams within a large engagement or leading less complex engagements operating at all levels of the business.
• Managing the KPMG team and day to day programme for engagements and deliver key outputs at pace and to the highest quality.

• Liaise effectively and collaboratively with clients whilst working on engagements and act as an ‘ambassador’ for KPMG.
• Support off-project development of asset management capability and development of the asset management tools and methodologies across the team and within projects.

• Financial management, ensuring timely raising of fee notes and assisting in recovery of fees, and keeping clients informed of costs and time incurred on an appropriately regular basis.
• Ensuring KPMG's quality and risk management procedures are completed to the appropriate standard.
• Pro-actively keeping up to date with Asset Management thinking on a global level.
• Supporting the development of thought leadership and speaking engagements.

 Team Contribution:

• Contribute to the development of the team and foster a collaborative, inclusive and supportive team culture.
• Delivering high quality outcomes for clients on project and securing additional work for the current engagement or for related opportunities.
• Supporting and coordinating bid and proposal development for specific pursuits.

• Supporting the development of a continuous learning environment and keeping up to date with technical best practice and developments.

The Person

We are seeking professionals who have experience applying their knowledge of asset management to solve business and engineering challenges. The individual much be proactive, able to work at pace and provide practical solutions that deliver value to our clients. The individual must have the ability to deal with ambiguity and to put in place frameworks to structure their thinking and communicate effectively to stakeholders. A track record of delivering high quality outputs is essential.

Essential Requirements

• Experience in the management of UK rail sector infrastructure
• Demonstrate high levels of drive, ambition and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Be good team players who work with colleagues and has experience leading teams in a collaborative and inclusive way.
• Be comfortable handling ambiguity and responding to changing client demands.
• A good understanding of asset management principles and how to apply them to address business challenges.
• Assessing and understanding risks at both a business and an asset portfolio level.
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills.