Manager - Wealth and Asset Management - Tech Transformation - 105411

Base Location: London (Hybrid) www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

The KPMG Connected Technology 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 UK. 

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 Connected Technology as a Manager in Wealth and Asset Management - Tech Transformation?

The Wealth and Asset Management industry is growing strongly and is facing high levels of change driven by themes such as regulation, cost optimisation and differentiation. The professional services market is already sizeable and will continue to grow and expanding further into this space is a Global Strategic Priority for KPMG.

Our team works closely with KPMG’s broader advisory practice to link WAM client needs to capabilities from across technology. We are keen to recruit talented people who have the energy and drive to succeed in a dynamic and challenging environment and who have a passion for delivering excellent service and building strong relationships. Business-wide transformation, specifically operations and technology driven change is a key growth area for KPMG. 

We believe we are market leaders in promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace and want to encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.

What will you be doing?

You will be a Manager within our Tech Transformation Practice (aligned to WAM Consulting) and will be helping both grow our business and ensure our teams deliver high quality advice to clients. You should expect to be involved in a wide range of challenging client engagements across the WAM value chain for clients from across the ecosystem.

As a manager you will be expected to oversee on the delivery of key client work items such as leading projects or workstreams as well as owning key deliverables. The role involves management and delivery of challenging, complex client engagements to ensure quality and value to our clients by:

• Understanding their business challenges and the threats they face
• Helping them navigate the increasingly regulatory environment
• Application of governance, delivery frameworks and operating models
• Developing team members through sharing of experience and knowledge, as well as managing the performance and development of other team members
• Upholding KPMG’s values by acting with integrity
• Building and managing stakeholder relationships
• Project managing engagements to deliver high quality work in a timely manner to include: scoping / financial management (budgeting) / engagement and risk management / production and review of deliverables.
• Supporting sales activities such as proposal development and client presentations.
• Contributing to practice management, e.g. knowledge sharing, training, proposition development, and knowledge management.

What will you need to do it?

• Experience of delivering large multi-disciplinary technology enabled programmes within the