Role Summary:

24 month secondment 

Location: London

This position is for a Dynamics 365 CE + Power Platform Solution Architect who is self-motivated, experienced, and skilled, to join the KPMG Delivery Network, a part of KPMG International.

How you will make your mark

The Solution Architect will be expected to:
• Possess expertise in D365 CE, Power platform, and Azure services.
• Have an outstanding understanding of D365 CE capabilities, especially Sales, Services, Marketing, and Field Services. • Stay updated with the product roadmap and future releases of D365 Customer Engagement.
• Be capable of crafting solution architecture and blueprints that cater to client needs.
• Lead the pre-sales of D365 CE+ Power platform, including RFP response, solution approach, estimation, and scope definition.
• Plan, design, and lead client workshops during pre-sales for scoping and/or project initiations.
• Provide best practices on Solution Architecture, Estimates, Scoping, and deal structuring, and contribute to a compelling solution proposal.
• Offer guidance and expert advice on all aspects of the relevant workstream of implementation.
• Conceptualize, design, and create D365 CE Power platform offerings/pitch decks and share them within the network.
• Collaborate with Regional Leads to assist them in various marketing and awareness initiatives.
• Work closely with Microsoft alliance and Microsoft engineering/Fast track teams to build productive relationships and amplify impact.
• Lead the design and configuration of sector-specific templates to enhance the out-of-the-box Dynamics 365 functionality, providing KPMG with a unique selling point and resalable/reusable assets.
• Lead client kick-off for newly won opportunities and ensure a smooth transition to delivery teams.
• Exhibit excellent cross-boundary collaboration by building a strong network and relationship within the KPMG global network.
• Ensure that our pre-sales engagements are delivered with the same rigor and attention to detail as our client engagements.
• Identify training needs within the team and provide coaching to other team members.
• Meet and exceed customer expectations in terms of business knowledge, skills, and behaviour.
• Identify business/project risks during the pre-sales cycle and include mitigation strategies to de-risk.
• Show operational discipline and rigor in managing and updating the pipeline with relevant and up-to-date information.
• Identify opportunities for asset and innovation development that could lead to a market differentiator.
• Perform additional duties as may occur from time to time as instructed and agreed by the Global Practice Lead.
• Ensure timely completion of internal processes and mandatory training in all activities.
• Represent KPMG in a professional and positive manner at all times.

This job is for you if you have 

• Over extensive experience in presales and delivery of D365 CE+ Power Platform engagements for international clients.
• Full project life cycle experiences involving Scoping, Estimation, Architecture, Design, Customizations, Testing, and Deployment. • Deep knowledge of Dynamics 365’s functional capabilities and best practices, with relevant certification.
• Experience with leading ISVs by industry that can be part of the overall solution on D365 CE.
• Exceptional knowledge of all CE core concepts and processes including Sales, Marketing, Services, and Industry clouds.
• Good understanding of Azure, Cloud technologies, Dynamics 365 Co-Pilot, integration tools and technologies, Power Platform technologies, and automated testing tools such as RSAT, Easy Repro.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a fast growing general insurance team that is working across many different types of work and exposed to a variety of clients. The candidate will be working as a leader, within the team supporting both on development of opportunities in the market and development of more junior resource in team, whilst being integral to high quality deliverables to our clients.   

You will be working on a range of projects in the water and energy network sectors. Your work will focus on cost assessment.

Our clients seek expert advice relating to cost benchmarking. Our approach to benchmarking typically involves econometric models comparing costs across companies. Knowledge of cost benefit analysis and other benchmarking approaches, such as unit cost models, would be helpful.

There is no ‘typical project’. You will need to apply a structured strategic approach to problem solving, drawing on established economic principles, while having the capacity to think creatively.

The projects that you will advise on will be high profile and varied. For example, in recent years we have advised nearly every water and energy network company on their price control reviews, been the lead advisor on several CMA appeals, and advised on major transactions within the sectors. We have the skills and capabilities to be involved in every major development within the sector.

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

The KPMG Risk Consulting function is a cornerstone of our business.  Operating from locations across the UK 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.

By encompassing a wide range of disciplines across a breadth of areas such as Customer Experience and Digital, Strategy, Forensic, Risk and Regulatory, People and Talent, and Operational and Financial Transformation, 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.

Powered Enterprise is KPMG’s world-class accelerated Enterprise Business Transformation approach for cloud-based solutions driven by a pre-defined back-office function based on leading practices and KPMG’s six-layer Target Operating Model. The target operating model comprises of service delivery model, people, process, technology, data & insight and governance & controls. This solution combines the breadth and scale of KPMG’s leading practice, capabilities and insight into what makes a world class corporate services function with the latest in ERP technology provided by the leading SaaS ERP vendors such as Oracle. 

The Powered Apps teams are communities of technology focussed professionals who work together to deliver SaaS ERP and EPM based transformation programmes based on KPMG Powered Enterprise. The teams use their functional knowledge and experience (e.g. Planning, Finance, Procurement), coupled with their expertise in the cloud applications (e.g. Oracle, Workday, Coupa) to lead and deliver client programmes, to support pre-sales activities and to develop improvement and extensions to the Powered Enterprise model. KPMG are growing their Powered Apps team to meet an ever-increasing demand for our market leading services and are seeking IT management consultants with relevant expertise and experience. 

The Role 

• Defining a solution for an Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) area, leveraging leading practice to support the business requirements as part of a wider cloud enabled transformation programme 

• System design and delivery including, application configuration and documentation, interface and data migration functional definition, testing preparation and execution, cutover and post go live support. 

• Communicating compelling and well thought out solutions for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) in response to complex client problems. 

• Providing Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in Oracle EPM products 

• Supporting in the development of assets for the Powered EPM applications – FCCS, ARCS, EDMCS, EPBCS, TRCS and other cloud reporting tools 

• Supporting business development and project delivery activities across clients from multiple industries 

The Person 

• Recognizes the importance of continuous self and team development and actively strives to achieve this. 

• Building constructive working relationships across different teams, functions, countries or cultures. 

• 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 other’s motivations. 

• Supports others to make brave decisions. 

Functional skills: 

• Educated to degree level or equivalent. 

• Experience of multiple industry sectors - e.g. Public sector (local / central government), Retail, Higher Education, Financial Services etc. 

• A minimum of 3 years of EPM related experience in leading and delivering full life cycle implementations of Oracle EPM Cloud products 

• Experience with FP&A processes Planning, Financial close and consolidation, Reconciliation, Data management and other oracle cloud products 

• Experience in design and Implementation EPM applications Primarily EPBCS, FCCS, ARCS, DM and EDMCS; experience in other processes like PCMCS and EPRCS would be advantageous 

• Experience in Key finance and accounting processes that includes general accounting and corporate consolidation, financial planning and analysis, accounts payables a