Manager - People in M&A - Deal Execution

Base Location: Manchester, London or Birmingham 

Why Join KPMG as a Manager - People in M&A (Deal Execution)?

The Deal Execution team is part of KPMG’s rapidly expanding Strategy Group, which delivers value for clients by challenging conventional thinking, bringing deep industry and functional insights and executing with investor-grade rigour. We are a diverse team of over 105 practitioners, working collaboratively with and orchestrating KPMG’s broad set of capabilities within our Advisory business, and are focused on continually enhancing value for clients across the deal and economic cycle. Our teams comprise of specialists capable of helping clients right through from conceptual thinking of buying a business to turning their business around in times of difficulty.

The People in M&A Centre of Excellence deals with all aspects of the employee journey in M&A, as well as leveraging our experience to enact transformational change outside of a deal context. From early-stage strategy development and organisational design for carve-outs, to synergy cases and cost benefits, employee experience and corporate culture, employee transfer, through to the conception, development and management of effective transformational solutions to help an organisation achieve its ambitions and objectives. We work together to develop solutions to the issues our clients may face and understand the financial benefits or risks that may be present from a people perspective. Above all, we are driven by a passion to help our clients execute transactions and transformational change efficiently, maximising value through people and ensuring a smooth people transition.

What will you be doing?

In this role, you will work on and lead projects by working closely alongside senior members of the team, who will provide guidance and insight into the deal environment, enabling you to build your deals knowledge and further develop your people, OD, strategy and HR skills. You will also leverage your change and consulting skillset to deliver top-tier transformational change for clients outside of a deal context.

KPMG’s Pensions Advisory business continues to build out its new pensions team, and requires individuals that can bring different skill sets to the team.

We are now looking for talented and experienced Assistant Manager to join our pensions actuarial team. You will be responsible for delivering high quality actuarial pensions advice in relation to defined benefit pension schemes with a focus on the public sector but also schemes in the private sector.

ServiceNow HRSD Consultant - Manager (109159)

Base Location: London or Manchester

KPMG UK offices | KPMG UK

The KPMG Powered Enterprise function is a cornerstone of our business. We do work that matters to our local business and communities – supporting technical innovation and adoption of cutting edge solutions across the United Kingdom. Working on complex engagements for 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. These clients trust us to get it right first time.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses, 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.

Why Join KPMG Powered Enterprise function as ServiceNow HRSD Consultant – Manager?

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. 

As our Powered HR practice continues to grow, we are looking for a ServiceNow HRSD Manager / / HR Process Lead with experience configuring ServiceNow HRSD to join our team.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of Global Procurement’s transformation. The role is critical in enabling consistent, compliant, and scalable GP operations by strengthening governance, audit readiness, and sustainable change adoption across Global Procurement, business stakeholders, member firms, and suppliers.

The Process Manager owns the end to end lifecycle of Global Procurement processes, ensuring processes and Standard Operating Procedures are clearly defined, consistently applied, and aligned with policy, systems, and operational requirements. A core focus of the role is leading GP’s audit and compliance activities, including coordination with internal audit teams, governance of the Non Budgeted Items Policy, and ensuring robust controls, timely submissions, and sustained policy adherence.

Reporting to the Change Management & Process Senior Manager, the Process Manager works closely with cross functional stakeholders to support change, content, and engagement activities. This includes translating process and governance requirements into clear communications, practical guidance, and targeted training to drive adoption and ongoing compliance. The role also leverages AI enabled tools and digital ways of working to drive efficient, scalable, and audit ready Global Procurement operations.

KPMG’s national Incentives, Reliefs & Innovations team is made up of tax, engineering, science, and technology specialists delivering expert advice to a broad range of clients across almost every industry sector. As one of the largest teams in the industry, our continued investment in innovation advisory means that we seek engineers and scientist to join us on the next exciting phase of our growth.

Our team works with clients from owner managed business, to large multinational organisation, and we are looking for a Manager with a strong scientific/ engineering background to assist clients across a suite of innovation advisory services including R&D tax credits, Patent Box, R&D Allowances, Grants and Innovation Advisory services.