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Grade: C
Job Title: Manager – Data & Analytics
Region: London
Service Line: Digital Lighthouse – FS-Consulting
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In KPMG's Digital Lighthouse Data & Analytics Consulting practice, we don't limit ourselves to either strategy or implementation. Instead, we deliver both - equally well. Indeed, it's this broad capability that's seen us accelerate to become a 1000-strong team. Since our creation, we've developed in-depth knowledge of an incredibly broad spread of sectors.
Joining KPMG means joining a talented team of exceptional colleagues who bring innovative thoughts and a natural curiosity to the work they do each day. No one type of person succeeds at KPMG; a diverse business requires diverse personalities, characters and perspectives. There really is a place for you here.

The Team
Our Digital Lighthouse Data & Analytics team is a specific area of focus and growth for KPMG. Structurally, we sit in the Technology practice of our Digital Lighthouse Consulting division and are aligned to the Financial Services coverage group.

As a Manager, you will be joining a collaborative and energetic team that covers a broad range of data capabilities including data visualisation, data management, data migration, data architecture, data integration and data modelling.

We are looking for a proactive individual who is passionate about solving client’s problems with data, is curious and has a thirst to learn as well as being excited to pursue a career in consulting and supporting us in growing our team.

The Role
The successful candidate will:
• Manage projects and workstreams on complex capital market and deals programmes from strategy to execution focusing on Financial Market Intermediaries or use or Market Data
• Support senior client stakeholders (CFO, CDO, CIO) to cultivate relationships as a trusted partner, through articulating and realising the value of data
• Identify, scope and develop business case or value creation opportunities with clients, and support the creation of RFP responses
• Develop client solutions across the creation to consumption data lifecycle (data sourcing, synergy creation and management, quality assurance, reporting, analytics and progress update against those milestones)
• Manage and monitor engagement financials, profitability metrics and ensure invoices are billed to the client appropriately
• Leverage their understanding of key market data and technology vendors in the marketplace to deliver engagements
• Contribute to business development including Requests for Proposals
• Develop our people through coaching, mentoring, formal performance management and creating an inclusive working environment
• Use their people management experience to lead combined project teams of client and KPMG data analytics professionals, and develop knowledge in the KPMG team
• Adhere to internal risk/engagement management processes

Skills and experience required
• Experience of capital markets with a data vendor, professional services firm, an internal strategy/analytics group, or similar environment
• Market Data Vendor experience to help with merger integration. Technical, Product, Operational and Strategy background in Benchmark, Market Data for Buy- and Sell-side, Analytics and Sustainable Investment across all asset classes
• Understanding of key use cases of market data vendors or datasets across capital markets
• Knowledge of key market data offerings such as identifiers (SEDOL, ISIN, BBGID, Refinitiv PermID etc.), industry classifications (ICB, GICS, SIC etc.), fundamental data, corporate actions, news, earnings estimates, market and evaluated pricing etc.
• Demonstrable experience of complex capital market data projects covering the full creation to consumption data lifecycle (data sourcing, management, quality, reporting & analytics)
• An SME in Data & Market Data Vendors, Information Exploitation or Advanced Analytics in the capital market space
• Ideally some experience and/or delivered a transformation of target Operating Model into Operating Design
• Implementation of business cases, consulting or product management experience
• Designing an appropriate target state for client data functions based on their vision and current state issues
• Masters or bachelor’s degree in a business management or economic field with working knowledge of topics such as market data, vendors, data modelling, and information management.
• Analysis of data, identifying insights and providing hypotheses
• Understanding the delivery of data projects through a standard or alternative project lifecycle

The Person
• Recognises the importance of continuous self and team development and actively strives to achieve this.
• Helps others to understand how their work contributes to the overall success of an engagement and the wider firm
• Fosters a sense of self belief and confidence in others
• Seeks to understand others motivations
• Supports others to make brave decisions

The Team:
The capabilities within the Clara Analytics Team are vast as they are unique: from Innovations – spearheading the creation of audit applications such as the Inventory Count Tool, and Confirmations Tool, to the performance of D&A procedures by the ERP, General Ledger and Bespoke capabilities. At the face of the team, the Business Relationship Group bridge the gap between audit teams and D&A specialists – providing one point of contact for D&A interpretation, queries and support.
Whether it involves providing workshops to audit teams, presenting proof of concept solutions to leadership, or engaging in in-depth analysis using our market leading technology capabilities, the Clara Analytics Team leverages a wide variety of skillsets. There are technical specialists performing D&A procedures, and there are those with in-depth audit experience; some of us enjoy giving presentations, for others, their strengths lie in analysing complex datasets. One thing that we all share in common, is a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation – both in our work, and our approach to solving problems.
We’re flexible, too. The Clara Analytics team straddles different KPMG office locations – with large hubs in London, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh – all leveraging technology to communicate remotely where needed. Having now approached a Hybrid working model, we are providing colleagues with additional flexibility in where and how they work.
If you’re looking for a challenging, yet rewarding role putting you at the centre of a rapidly-changing audit practice, the Clara Analytics Team could be the place for you.


The Role:
Analytics projects involve extracting, analysing and visualising data to support audit, and at times advisory engagements.
An assistant manager with a focus on analytics would typically be responsible for ensuring the quality, value and timely delivery of a significant number of engagements. This will include supporting delivery of the high demand for data and analytics for some of our largest and most complex audits. An ideal candidate would be looking to step up to perform technical reviews within the first few months on the job.
There is also an opportunity to get involved in product development and innovation activities, to ensure that KPMG’s analytics capability remains market leading on a global scale, as well as the development of our analytics specialists within the team.
Responsibilities
• Critically assessing structured and semi-structured data, identifying issues and inconsistencies that need to be solved before running the analysis
• Performing D&A audit procedures using appropriate tools – primarily, Alteryx Designer
• Presenting the analysis results using MS PowerBi visualisation technology and MS Excel
• Preparing documentation of D&A work and deliverables for use by audit teams
• An ideal candidate would be looking to become a Reviewer within the first 6 months, including but not limited to:
• reviewing the work performed by analysts in the team to ensure the quality of the output is appropriate;
• overseeing work of junior analysts; and
• monitoring budgets and delivery timelines
• Stakeholder management, including but not limited to:
• regular dialogue with audit teams and management to manage expectations on deliverables;
• interpret D&A output to audit teams to enable them to fully understand the reports; and
• as a Reviewer, act as an escalation point for analysts
• Developing and implementing best practice to ensure that ‘quality’ is embedded within all activities performed by the team
• Acting as a coach & mentor to more junior members in the team
• Building and managing excellent relationships across a range of engagements
• Developing internal networks and maintaining excellent relationships with colleagues across KPMG
• Working closely with audit methodology teams to ensure proposed solutions and delivered outputs are consistent with our regulator’s demands and the firm’s quality standards
• During the quieter season, designing and testing new audit tools for next season’s deployment


The Person:
• Experience of designing, building and delivery of data analytics related capabilities
• Preferably Intermediate to advanced skills in Alteryx Designer
• Supporting skills in one or more related technologies (e.g. Python, PowerBI, SQL, IDEA, ACL).
• Strong IT literacy, including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Experience in delivering data analytics solutions in Financial Services industries (banking, insurance, asset management)
• Understanding of business operations in financial services organisations and how data analytics can provide valuable business insights
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and confidence to promote and present value of solutions
• Excellent organisational and project management skills, ability to work independently
• Ability to function effectively in challenging situations/circumstances
• Ability to work as part of a wider national team spread across the global network
• Experience of working within a fast paced environment with conflicting priorities and deadlines
• Ability and willingness to network both internally and externally with key decision makers
• Experienced in training and developing junior analyst skills, beneficial
• Logical mind set and curiosity for exploring data to understand content and how it can be used within audit
• Beneficial to have experience in working on audit engagements and/or delivering audit analytics
Qualifications
• ACA / ACCA / ICAS qualification (or international equivalent) beneficial, but not essential

Grade: C
Job Title: Manager – Data & Analytics
Region: London
Service Line: Digital Lighthouse – FS-Consulting
Service Line Information:
In KPMG's Digital Lighthouse Data & Analytics Consulting practice, we don't limit ourselves to either strategy or implementation. Instead, we deliver both - equally well. Indeed, it's this broad capability that's seen us accelerate to become a 1000-strong team. Since our creation, we've developed in-depth knowledge of an incredibly broad spread of sectors.
Joining KPMG means joining a talented team of exceptional colleagues who bring innovative thoughts and a natural curiosity to the work they do each day. No one type of person succeeds at KPMG; a diverse business requires diverse personalities, characters and perspectives. There really is a place for you here.

The Team
Our Digital Lighthouse Data & Analytics team is a specific area of focus and growth for KPMG. Structurally, we sit in the Technology practice of our Digital Lighthouse Consulting division and are aligned to the Financial Services coverage group.

As a Manager, you will be joining a collaborative and energetic team that covers a broad range of data capabilities including data visualisation, data management, data migration, data architecture, data integration and data modelling.

We are looking for a proactive individual who is passionate about solving client’s problems with data, is curious and has a thirst to learn as well as being excited to pursue a career in consulting and supporting us in growing our team.

The Role
The successful candidate will:
• Manage projects and workstreams on complex capital market and deals programmes from strategy to execution focusing on Financial Market Intermediaries or use or Market Data
• Support senior client stakeholders (CFO, CDO, CIO) to cultivate relationships as a trusted partner, through articulating and realising the value of data
• Identify, scope and develop business case or value creation opportunities with clients, and support the creation of RFP responses
• Develop client solutions across the creation to consumption data lifecycle (data sourcing, synergy creation and management, quality assurance, reporting, analytics and progress update against those milestones)
• Manage and monitor engagement financials, profitability metrics and ensure invoices are billed to the client appropriately
• Leverage their understanding of key market data and technology vendors in the marketplace to deliver engagements
• Contribute to business development including Requests for Proposals
• Develop our people through coaching, mentoring, formal performance management and creating an inclusive working environment
• Use their people management experience to lead combined project teams of client and KPMG data analytics professionals, and develop knowledge in the KPMG team
• Adhere to internal risk/engagement management processes

Skills and experience required
• Experience of capital markets with a data vendor, professional services firm, an internal strategy/analytics group, or similar environment
• Market Data Vendor experience to help with merger integration. Technical, Product, Operational and Strategy background in Benchmark, Market Data for Buy- and Sell-side, Analytics and Sustainable Investment across all asset classes
• Understanding of key use cases of market data vendors or datasets across capital markets
• Knowledge of key market data offerings such as identifiers (SEDOL, ISIN, BBGID, Refinitiv PermID etc.), industry classifications (ICB, GICS, SIC etc.), fundamental data, corporate actions, news, earnings estimates, market and evaluated pricing etc.
• Demonstrable experience of complex capital market data projects covering the full creation to consumption data lifecycle (data sourcing, management, quality, reporting & analytics)
• An SME in Data & Market Data Vendors, Information Exploitation or Advanced Analytics in the capital market space
• Ideally some experience and/or delivered a transformation of target Operating Model into Operating Design
• Implementation of business cases, consulting or product management experience
• Designing an appropriate target state for client data functions based on their vision and current state issues
• Masters or bachelor’s degree in a business management or economic field with working knowledge of topics such as market data, vendors, data modelling, and information management.
• Analysis of data, identifying insights and providing hypotheses
• Understanding the delivery of data projects through a standard or alternative project lifecycle

The Person
• Recognises the importance of continuous self and team development and actively strives to achieve this.
• Helps others to understand how their work contributes to the overall success of an engagement and the wider firm
• Fosters a sense of self belief and confidence in others
• Seeks to understand others motivations
• Supports others to make brave decisions

Grade: C
Job Title: Manager – Data & Analytics
Region: London
Service Line: Digital Lighthouse – FS-Consulting
Service Line Information:
In KPMG's Digital Lighthouse Data & Analytics Consulting practice, we don't limit ourselves to either strategy or implementation. Instead, we deliver both - equally well. Indeed, it's this broad capability that's seen us accelerate to become a 1000-strong team. Since our creation, we've developed in-depth knowledge of an incredibly broad spread of sectors.
Joining KPMG means joining a talented team of exceptional colleagues who bring innovative thoughts and a natural curiosity to the work they do each day. No one type of person succeeds at KPMG; a diverse business requires diverse personalities, characters and perspectives. There really is a place for you here.

The Team
Our Digital Lighthouse Data & Analytics team is a specific area of focus and growth for KPMG. Structurally, we sit in the Technology practice of our Digital Lighthouse Consulting division and are aligned to the Financial Services coverage group.

As a Manager, you will be joining a collaborative and energetic team that covers a broad range of data capabilities including data visualisation, data management, data migration, data architecture, data integration and data modelling.

We are looking for a proactive individual who is passionate about solving client’s problems with data, is curious and has a thirst to learn as well as being excited to pursue a career in consulting and supporting us in growing our team.

The Role
The successful candidate will:
• Manage projects and workstreams on complex capital market and deals programmes from strategy to execution focusing on Financial Market Intermediaries or use or Market Data
• Support senior client stakeholders (CFO, CDO, CIO) to cultivate relationships as a trusted partner, through articulating and realising the value of data
• Identify, scope and develop business case or value creation opportunities with clients, and support the creation of RFP responses
• Develop client solutions across the creation to consumption data lifecycle (data sourcing, synergy creation and management, quality assurance, reporting, analytics and progress update against those milestones)
• Manage and monitor engagement financials, profitability metrics and ensure invoices are billed to the client appropriately
• Leverage their understanding of key market data and technology vendors in the marketplace to deliver engagements
• Contribute to business development including Requests for Proposals
• Develop our people through coaching, mentoring, formal performance management and creating an inclusive working environment
• Use their people management experience to lead combined project teams of client and KPMG data analytics professionals, and develop knowledge in the KPMG team
• Adhere to internal risk/engagement management processes

Skills and experience required
• Experience of capital markets with a data vendor, professional services firm, an internal strategy/analytics group, or similar environment
• Market Data Vendor experience to help with merger integration. Technical, Product, Operational and Strategy background in Benchmark, Market Data for Buy- and Sell-side, Analytics and Sustainable Investment across all asset classes
• Understanding of key use cases of market data vendors or datasets across capital markets
• Knowledge of key market data offerings such as identifiers (SEDOL, ISIN, BBGID, Refinitiv PermID etc.), industry classifications (ICB, GICS, SIC etc.), fundamental data, corporate actions, news, earnings estimates, market and evaluated pricing etc.
• Demonstrable experience of complex capital market data projects covering the full creation to consumption data lifecycle (data sourcing, management, quality, reporting & analytics)
• An SME in Data & Market Data Vendors, Information Exploitation or Advanced Analytics in the capital market space
• Ideally some experience and/or delivered a transformation of target Operating Model into Operating Design
• Implementation of business cases, consulting or product management experience
• Designing an appropriate target state for client data functions based on their vision and current state issues
• Masters or bachelor’s degree in a business management or economic field with working knowledge of topics such as market data, vendors, data modelling, and information management.
• Analysis of data, identifying insights and providing hypotheses
• Understanding the delivery of data projects through a standard or alternative project lifecycle

The Person
• Recognises the importance of continuous self and team development and actively strives to achieve this.
• Helps others to understand how their work contributes to the overall success of an engagement and the wider firm
• Fosters a sense of self belief and confidence in others
• Seeks to understand others motivations
• Supports others to make brave decisions

The Team:
The capabilities within the Clara Analytics Team are vast as they are unique: from Innovations – spearheading the creation of audit applications such as the Inventory Count Tool, and Confirmations Tool, to the performance of D&A procedures by the ERP, General Ledger and Bespoke capabilities. At the face of the team, the Business Relationship Group bridge the gap between audit teams and D&A specialists – providing one point of contact for D&A interpretation, queries and support.

Whether it involves providing workshops to audit teams, presenting proof of concept solutions to leadership, or engaging in in-depth analysis using our market leading technology capabilities, the Clara Analytics Team leverages a wide variety of skillsets. There are technical specialists performing D&A procedures, and there are those with in-depth audit experience; some of us enjoy giving presentations, for others, their strengths lie in analysing complex datasets. One thing that we all share in common, is a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation – both in our work, and our approach to solving problems.

We’re flexible, too. The Clara Analytics team straddles different KPMG office locations – with large hubs in London, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh – all leveraging technology to communicate remotely where needed. Having now approached a Hybrid working model, we are providing colleagues with additional flexibility in where and how they work.

If you’re looking for a challenging, yet rewarding role putting you at the centre of a rapidly-changing audit practice, the Clara Analytics Team could be the place for you.

Within Clara, our ‘ERP Analytics’ capability performs a large amount of assurance and at times advisory engagements, helping businesses and us get more value out of their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Business Management systems, specifically SAP, Oracle as well as GRC and/or data analytical solutions on top of the ERP.
Our projects include extracting, analysing and visualising data from our client’s ERP systems to support engagements covering process control, process & control optimisation, business data analytics, security, and ERP related GRC services. This work is delivered through stand-alone assignments, or as part of external and internal audit, or wider advisory engagements.

A Manager with a focus on ERP analytics would typically be responsible for ensuring the quality, value, and timely delivery of a significant number of engagements. This will include supporting delivery of the high demand for data and analytics for some of our largest global and most complex engagements.

Alongside this, you would be responsible for supporting growth of the ERP analytics capability by supporting the development of new business from existing clients across the firm, as well as new prospects.

As a Manager, you will also get involved in product development and innovation activities, to ensure that KPMG’s ERP analytics capability remains market leading on a global scale, as well as the development of our ERP analytics specialists.

This role requires specific SAP data analytics (and/or GRC) experience. Delivering ERP process controls, data analytics and assurance services. The successful candidate will be involved in client facing and client relationship building across of range of corporate clients.


The Role:
• Audit and advice clients that operate SAP including GRC.
• Help clients enhance their own ERP data analytics capability.
• Engagement manager/ SME on SAP/ GRC control and/or data analytics engagements.
• Building and managing excellent client relationships across a range of clients.
• Experience in end to end design and implementation programmes within SAP ECC or S4 / HANA projects would be advantageous.
• Developing internal networks and maintaining excellent relationships with colleagues across KPMG, particularly in the Audit and wider Advisory areas.
• Contributing to practice management, e.g. innovation, training, knowledge management.
• Ability to identify and assess complex ERP risks and controls, to relate them to the wider business environment and to express clear views.
• Train, coach, and supervise team members.


The Person:
• Experience of successfully delivering SAP security, control, and data analytics
• Experience of supporting winning new business in this area, as well as growing existing clients and engagements.
• Experience in Auditing and advising clients that operate on SAP ECC or S4 / HANA.
• Experience in Business process and functional experience of key SAP FI / CO, SD or MM modules, ideally including SAP S4 / HANA.
• Experience of GRC, BPC or BI.
• Experience of design, build, and delivery of data analytics related capabilities.
• Experience of using data analysis tools in an ERP environment, e.g. SQL, Alteryx, Python, PowerBI or Microsoft Azure suite.
• “Big 4” professional services or dynamic IT consultancy environment experience (Desirable).
• Supporting service line through innovation and knowledge management.
• SAP Certifications (Desirable).
• Accounting Audit Qualifications: ACA or equivalent (Desirable).
• IT Assurance Qualification CISA or equivalent. (Desirable)
• Preferably degree educated or proven commercially demonstrated experience.