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1. Summary of Role Purpose:

Infrastructure is evolving: assets are becoming smarter and better connected. The opportunities for exploiting technologies to drive value from infrastructure and assets have never been greater. Our Infrastructure Advisory Group (IAG) advises major public and private sector infrastructure and asset-intensive organisations across all sectors, including Natural Resources, Energy, Power, Utilities, Transport, Oil and Gas, Defence, Health and Education. We are strengthening our Infratech capability to meet increasing demand from these organisations in support for how to use data, analytics and technology to unlock value from their assets and infrastructure.

This is a fast growing area offering exciting opportunities building upon a global capabilities in Infrastructure, Asset Management and Data Analytics. We are seeking an ambitious and innovative professional who is passionate about infrastructure and technology, with the skills and desire to combine the two to drive improvements for our clients. You will be responsible for helping grow and deliver our Infratech business, working with client organisations and other KPMG teams to develop our offerings and value propositions.



2. Description of the role:

- Support the IAG Infratech Lead in developing our Infratech value propositions
- Deliver Infratech engagements
- Develop technology solutions for client challenges
- Work with KPMG’s global Infratech network to identify, develop and deploy appropriate tools and methodologies
- Work with KPMG’s technology and data analytics team to develop and deploy proof of concepts and solutions
- Use your analytical skills to bring new insights to clients

3. Role dimensions

3.1. Stakeholder Interaction & challenges:

- Client facing role for engagement delivery, including analysis, presentation and workshop facilitation.
- Work with client teams to develop analytical proof of concepts.
- Support change management of client teams to embed solutions and supporting processes, training and upskilling client teams.
- Develop internal networks with other data, analytics and technology teams in KPMG
3.2. Impact, Risk, Accountability & Governance:

- The role will potentially have a material impact on the success of the Infratech offering and its growth within IAG
- The role will be client facing and have direct impact on the reputation and perception of KPMG


4. The Person

4.1. Experience

Essential

- Experience working with data, analytics and technology to solve problems and drive business improvement
- Interest in infrastructure industry sectors
- Demonstrable experience of innovative thinking

Desirable

- Experience of delivering projects within a disruptive sector, such as a technology start-up
- Experience in consultancy / client facing assignments
- Experience of developing applications to solve business problems

4.2. Expertise / Technical role requirements

- Analytical background including numerate degree (or equivalent experience)
- Data science skillset, including coding experience in Python, R, or similar language
- Understanding of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques and their application to business problems
- Development in cloud-based environments

4.3. Skills:

- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to bring complex data, analytics and technology concepts to life for non-specialist audiences
- Strong problem solving skills and analytical rigour

The Team

Using a wide variety of technical and sector-specific skills, KPMG's Risk Consulting group proactively helps clients increase profits whilst reducing reputational, operational, financial and other risks. We are experienced in managing diverse issues including fraud, regulatory compliance, risk frameworks and modelling, capital efficiency, corporate governance, dispute resolution, deriving value from contracts and much more.

Our clients need to deal effectively with technology related risks and derive maximum value from data and documentation. Our specialists provide independent, jargon free advice and advanced technology capabilities to help our clients proactively manage their technology risks and use their data to its full potential.

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 Role

• Builds and develops positive constructive relationships inside and outside KPMG
• Assessing problems from multiple angles to ensure all relevant issues are considered when making decisions
• Proactively driving forward new and creative ideas which benefit the client

Reporting to the Director of the team, the role involves overseeing and lead a team which:

• Develops solution features, following development best practices and architecture guidelines
• Uses data analytics tools and techniques to identify patterns, extract outliers, and perform analyses to address client problems
• Develops data visualisations to display analyses to end users
• Tests and validates solutions
• Develops competence in a broad range of technologies and frameworks for managing all aspects of the data lifecycle
• Undertakes technical training to acquire and demonstrate expertise in data analysis and design & build of solutions

The Person

• Takes time to learn about other people and their experiences and how to apply this learning
• Shares experiences with others to assistant their learning and understanding
• Demonstrates curiosity and open mindedness to new ideas approaches and perspectives
• Actively engages with others in order to address their views/concerns

• Proven experience of working in Data & Analytics and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proven experience of assessing client issues, developing rapid requirements to support the assessment and resolution of data management issues, examples include re-performance of complex systems.
• Experience in business and data analysis and understanding of core business and financial processes within clients’ markets.
• Experience in Enterprise performance management and understanding how an organisation uses Management Information to make decisions.
• Experience in some of the following or similar technology areas:
• Data Analytics (SQL)
• Data Reporting (Excel, VBA, PowerBI)
• Solution Building
• Experience of Aerospace & Defence industry is preferred.
• Security Cleared or capable of being security cleared
• Big 4 professional services or dynamic IT consultancy environment.
• Degree/masters qualification in IT or numerate degree is preferred.

At KPMG, your long-term future is every bit as important to us as it is to you. That's why our aim is to give you experiences that will stay with you for a lifetime. Whether it's great training and development, mobility opportunities or corporate responsibility volunteering activities - you'll gain a wealth of experiences on which to build a rewarding career. We're a firm that encourages you to be yourself, values your contribution, and inspires you to act as a role model, always focused on doing the right thing for each other, our clients and our communities.

We're at our best when you're at your best; that's why we've created 'Our Deal' and 'The Academy'. Our Deal is the way we speak about the colleague experience and the expectations we have of our people. We expect the best from our people and in return we provide a stimulating, collaborative environment where each person can reach their extraordinary potential. Through 'The Academy', you'll have access to communities which will support and develop you so that you build your skills and career. From introducing secondment programmes to preferential banking, and student loan payments to your birthday off, we're making sure that our people have an amazing experience.

While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a balanced lifestyle. We offer part time roles with flexible working arrangements which could include, annualised hours, early or late starts to fit around other commitments, shorter working days etc. We are happy to discuss your own requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements in more detail, should that be of interest and, as part of the recruitment process, we can put you in touch with people who work flexibly.
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Technology Risk Consulting (Corporates) team services large national and international corporate clients including Power & Utilities, FMCGs, Pharma. Our engagements often take place in an international context which requires us to provide services across the globe, often in close cooperation with other KPMG offices.

Tech Risk is a fast growing department that currently consists of about 80 professionals of which roughly 60 are based in our Canary Wharf office on Canada Square in London. Our services are of both an assurance and advisory nature and include:
• Data Analytics
• IT Security and Risk Management
• IT in the External Audit
• IT External & Internal Audit
• Systems Regulatory Assurance
• Independent Programme and Project Assurance
• ERP & Business Systems including GRC
• Revenue assurance

Within this team a key objective is to grow our capability and size of our Data Analytics offerings into the market, as part of a wider strategic plan to build and grow our Data Analytics team in Risk Assurance. This work is delivered through stand-alone assignments, or as part of external and internal audit engagements. The successful candidate will be involved in client facing and client relationship building across of range of corporate clients.

Typical activities include:
• Responsibility for quality, value add and timely delivery of the overall output from client engagements
• Scoping, financial management, managing delivery risk, production and review of deliverables
• Building and managing excellent client relationships (typically at CIO / CFO/ Project Sponsor level)
• Actively identifying and progressing business development opportunities, as well as managing sales activities such as proposal writing and assisting with client presentations
• Coaching and developing team members on engagements



The Role


A Senior Manager with will be responsible for driving growth and building a team in Data Analytics, developing new business from existing clients and new prospects, building deep and enduring relationships with blue chip organisations and establishing themselves as a subject matter expert in this type of assurance and consulting support.


Responsibilities


The responsibilities attributable to this role will include some or all of the following:
• Actively identifying and progressing business development opportunities related to Data Analytics, as well as managing sales activities such as responding to RFPs/ audit tenders, bid management, proposal writing and client presentations.
• Leading multiple Data Analytics assurance and/or advisory engagements
• Responsibility for the overall output from client engagements.
• Overseeing the scoping, financial management, managing delivery risk, production and review of deliverables.
• Building and managing excellent networks and client relationships (typically at CIO, CFO and Head of Internal Audit level) across a range of organisations.
• Developing internal networks and maintaining excellent relationships with colleagues across KPMG, promoting the Data Analytics capability of the value it could add to their engagements.
• Be responsible for expanding Data Analytics services in Corporates clients, e.g. B2C and B2B. whilst also being able to work across a range of other sectors.
• Coaching and developing team members, both as Data Analytics specialists, but also training wider Technology Risk Consulting team members to become skilled in certain areas (e.g. selling Data Analytics, technical knowledge, building solutions etc.).
• Developing competence in a broad range of technologies and frameworks for managing all aspects of the data lifecycle
• Leading product development and innovation in the use of data and analytics technologies, to ensure that KPMG’s offering remains market leading on a global scale.
Experience and Background
• Experience in business and data analysis and understanding of core business and financial processes within clients’ markets.
• Experience in Enterprise performance management and understanding how an organisation uses Management Information to make decisions.
• Experience in some of the following or similar technology areas:
• Data Analytics (SQL)
• Data Reporting (Excel, VBA, PowerBI)
• Solution Building
• Big 4 professional services or dynamic IT consultancy environment.
• A good understanding of technology platforms supporting the industry
• Ability to present on specific industry subjects to a large group of people
• An understanding of system risks and controls, to relate them to the wider business environment and to express opinions clearly to all levels
• Ability to develop excellent client and internal relationships
• Ability to deliver work within tight timescales, to budget and to a high quality
The Individual


Successful candidates will display a combination of the following:
• Proven experience in identifying and developing sales opportunities.
• Strong people management skills.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) and first rate interpersonal skills at all levels.
• Ability to present on specific subjects to a large group of people (both internal and clients/ potential clients).
• Ability to break down technical data analysis into accessible business terms, which express clear opinions to all levels and are applied to the wider business environment.
• Ability to develop excellent client and internal relationships.
• Ability to deliver work within tight timescales, to budget and to a high quality.
• Excellent team player, but also able to excel working on own initiative.
• Ability to identify, understand and adopt new technologies and innovations, and assess and explain the value to KPMG of developing these within the SAP capability.
Qualifications and Skills
• Proven experience of successfully delivering technology based consulting services, particularly related to Data Analytics.
• Masters degree or MBA.
• Big 4 professional services or dynamic IT consultancy environment experience.
• Significant experience in industry or professional services.

The Team

Our Data and Analytics team is a specific area of focus and growth for KPMG. Structurally, we sit in the Technology practice of our Management Consulting division. We provide strategic, organisational and technical advisory work for our clients that allows them to exploit their information and maximise value from data assets. Given the significant demand in the marketplace we are looking to hire multiple individuals with expertise in at least one of the following areas: Data & Information Management, Information Exploitation or Advanced Analytics.

The Role

The successful candidate will:

•Lead large, complex data & analytics programmes and projects from strategy to execution.
•Work with senior client stakeholders (CIO, CDO and CFO) to cultivate strong relationships as a trusted partner, through articulating and realising the value of data
•Identify, scope and develop data, analytics and automation opportunities with clients
•Develop client solutions across the creation to consumption data lifecycle (data sourcing, management, quality, reporting & analytics)
•Produce thought leadership on Data Management, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Reporting or Analytics
•Build data frameworks, accelerators and points of view to support sales and solve key client issues
•Leverage their understanding of key technology vendors in the marketplace to deliver engagements
•Contribute to business development including leading the creation of Requests for Proposals responses
•Develop 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

•Masters or bachelor’s degree in a technical or economic field with working knowledge of topics such as data modelling, information management, machine learning, and cloud computing
•Significant experience of data analytics and information management with a professional services firm, an internal strategy/analytics group, or similar environment
•Demonstrable experience of complex data programmes covering the full creation to consumption data lifecycle of data sourcing, management, quality, reporting & analytics (four stages of Create, Curate, Consume and Commercialise)
•A recognised SME in Data & Information Management, Information Exploitation or Advanced Analytics
•Functional knowledge and point of view around key tools within the Data Management or Analytics market
•Developing and/or delivering an Analytics/Data Management roadmap
•Designing an appropriate target state for client data functions based on their vision and current state issues
•Analysis of data, identifying insights and providing hypotheses
•Understanding the delivery of data projects through a standard or alternative project lifecycle
•Understanding of market trends, new technologies and how they impact companies and society (e.g. Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Deep learning…)

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 educated innovative decisions