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Assistant Manager - National Security

Location: Multiple locations

Service Line: IGH Consulting

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Associate Director - Operations and Supply Centre of Excellence

Location: Multiple locations

Service Line: DA TSG

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Programme Manager

Location: Multiple locations

Service Line: CT Hub

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FO Solution Architect

Location: Multiple locations

Service Line: CT Hub

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Pension Assurance Assistant Manager

Location: Multiple locations

Service Line: Central Audit

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SAP S/4 HANA Finance Enterprise Architect

Location: Multiple locations

Service Line: EWT (excl. PE & Ops)

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Assistant Manager - National Security

Location: Aberdeen, Birmingham & Other locations

Capability: Consulting

Service line: IGH Consulting

Experience level: Associate/Assistant Manager

Employment type: Full Time

Contract type: Permanent


Base Location: London/Bristol plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

 

The KPMG Defence Consulting and National Security function is a cornerstone of our business.  Operating from London and Bristol 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.

 

We advise government and industry clients on their largest, most complex, and highest profile strategic issues. Our team combines deep sector insight, expert consulting capabilities and trusted client relationships to design and implement solutions that span all aspects of our clients’ operations. 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 Assistant Manager within our National Security function?

Defence and National Security is a KPMG priority sector. That means we are a fast-growing team which presents exciting opportunities for a manager to lead impactful projects, drive our ambitious growth agenda and seek career progression.


Associate Director - Operations and Supply Centre of Excellence

Location: Birmingham, London & Other locations

Capability: Deal Advisory

Service line: DA TSG

Experience level: Senior Manager

Employment type: Full Time

Contract type: Permanent


The Ops and Supply COE within our Global Deal Advisory business. We specialise in supporting manufacturing, supply chain and procurement across the end-to-end deal cycle from operational due diligence, value creation, integration and separation. Over the last few years, we have established a reputation as the leading provider of operations deal advice on global transactions, particularly within the Life Sciences sector. Our team brings a depth of both industry and functional expertise, combined with an agile and value led approach to deliver at deal speed. We have large growth ambitions and a strong pipeline to enable further penetration into other sectors including Consumer and Retail, Industrial Manufacturing and ENR. We are looking for someone to bring extensive procurement experience in a deals environment to lead and drive our procurement proposition forward with an ambition to become a future leader in our Deal Advisory business. This is a fantastic time to join our team.


Programme Manager

Location: Aberdeen, Birmingham & Other locations

Capability: Consulting

Service line: CT Hub

Experience level: Senior Manager

Employment type: Full Time or Part Time

Contract type: Permanent


Programme Manager

 

The Programme Manager one or projects at any one time in an efficient and effective manner, and is responsible for their delivery within agreed timescales, budgets and conformance to agreed requirements. This person is also responsible for leading more junior PM’s and the efficient utilization of assigned staff and any associated third parties. They are accountable for ensuring that all project activities conform to the company’s quality management standards and processes.

 

Responsibilties

  • Plans and manages one or more projects assigned, keeping the customer and senior management informed about project progress;
  • Compiles and agrees the project plan with the client.
  • Compiles and agrees with the client any Statements of Work in line with contractual arrangements with the client.
  • Monitors progress against project plan and budget, correcting and / or escalating abnormal situations when necessary;
  • Maintains the Project Plan, in particular with forecast completion dates and impact analysis;
  • Tracks actual costs vs plan (using Microsoft project and our internal Dynamics AX time recording system);
  • Maintains awareness of all ongoing non-trivial problems towards their solution. Ensures that project objectives are met;
  • Monitors and controls all individuals allocated to the project ensuring that all project activities are carried out in accordance with the appropriate standards. This includes ensuring that activities are planned and executed in line with the KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions project delivery methodology;
  • Manages any third parties that may be involved as sub-contractors within the project, as relevant, and ensures that any deliverables are produced on time, to required quality standards, and in line with agreed commercials;
  • Ensures Risks and Issues are being correctly assessed and reported. Pro-actively predicts and mitigates risk;
  • Participates in client reporting sessions, including as relevant, weekly progress review meetings and (typically) monthly Steering Committee meetings
  • Tracks actual vs. budgeted costs and effort on a weekly basis;
  • Plans and monitors any validation activities with the customer to ensure that all requirements are met;
  • Plans and monitors any internal verification activities, including any reviews, walkthroughs and testing, and oversees the correction of non-conformities to ensure quality of all project deliverables;
  • Plans and monitors release and implementation activities (e.g. release and/or implementation plans, hand over/support documentation, etc.);
  • Works very closely with the Solution Architect on an ongoing basis in ensuring the overall quality of deliverables prior to release to the client;
  • Receives, analyses and co-ordinates the implementation of project/system live changes requested by the customer when applicable;
  • Addresses all project customer satisfaction issues, escalating feedback as necessary for further action;
  • Participates in KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions resource management, utilisation and capacity planning processes.
  • Minimises non-billable resource utilisation on projects, and escalates as required with the Senior Programme Manager and Resourcing to optimise billable use of resources. Escalates any forecasted requirements for non-billable effort with the Senior Programme Manager in order to maintain awareness and if possible mitigate. Tracks non-billable effort against the project budget;
  • Contributes towards continuous refinement and improvement of our best practice project delivery methodology. Offers advice and mentors more junior Project Manages and members of staff. Liaises with peers to provide assistance and convey lessons learnt as required, in order to promote and improve t

FO Solution Architect

Location: Aberdeen, Birmingham & Other locations

Capability: Consulting

Service line: CT Hub

Experience level: Senior Manager

Employment type: Full Time or Part Time

Contract type: Permanent


KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Pensions, 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.

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 vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.


Pension Assurance Assistant Manager

Location: Birmingham, Manchester & Other locations

Capability: Audit

Service line: Central Audit

Experience level: Associate/Assistant Manager

Employment type: Full Time

Contract type: Permanent


KPMG’s Pensions Centre of Excellence (PCoE) is an exciting new initiative with rapid growth and new opportunities which has been established to standardise the audits of defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes, driving consistency and ensuring the delivery of high-quality audits.

We are now looking for talented and experienced Assistant Managers to join our Pensions Assurance team. You will be expected to coordinate the pensions audit delivery from planning through execution, review and to conclusion, across a broad portfolio of entities.

You will be responsible for interfacing with audited entities, audit teams and internal specialists across all of KPMG's UK offices along with our offshore team who assist with delivery of work. You will also be working with external experts and audit entity pension teams. The role will include executive level engagement interaction and exposure to a wide range of pension scheme audits, varying in size and complexity. You will also have responsibility for supervising junior team members (based in the UK and offshore locations), providing coaching and developmental support to assist them in the delivery of engagements.

 


SAP S/4 HANA Finance Enterprise Architect

Location: Birmingham, London & Other locations

Capability: Technology & Engineering

Service line: EWT (excl. PE & Ops)

Experience level: Senior Manager

Employment type: Full Time

Contract type: Permanent


SAP S/4 HANA Finance Enterprise Architect

 

The role of the SAP S/4 HANA Finance Enterprise Architect is to develop the UK Firm’s technology strategy for Finance and Engagement Management domain and translate this into a roadmap that determines our investment priorities and transformation portfolio. The technology strategy needs to promote a seamless, end-to-end customer and employee experience by enabling the efficient creation and modification of effective and reusable technology components. In particular, the strategy should promote the use of modern, Cloud-based technologies; support typical Finance use cases; challenge the business strategy based on emerging and future technology trends; and establish a catalogue that supports the reuse of new technology components, whilst targeting legacy applications and technology for decommissioning. The role should also help to execute and govern the strategy, by helping solution architects and projects to design solutions that are fit for purpose and conform to our standards and patterns.


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