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The Role


We
are looking for exceptionally talented Managers to join our team. These roles will typically be involved in two to three transformation programmes per year across a range of sectors whilst continuing to drive forward IP and capability development across the business.



KPMG Boxwood's Managers are passionate, collaborative and values driven. They are confident in their ability to work jointly with the client team to overcome challenges and are experienced at leading, coaching and facilitating a diverse range of stakeholders. They are used to adapting to new and highly challenging environments to deliver transformational results with energy and pace.


The Person

Inquisitive and open-minded, with a bent for creativity and need to constantly improve/re-invent challenges or problems
Independence of thought and the ability to assimilate and integrate new information at pace
Team player, able to joint problem solve with high challenge, high support ethic
Thrives in an inclusive and diverse team environment
Tenacity and stamina to relentlessly support and drive challenging situations into better outcomes
Clear, practical and effective verbal and written communication skills
Ability to empathise, engage and inspire others at all levels, even in challenging and ambiguous settings
Comfortable at Board and C-Level and able to facilitate discussions and decision making with these types of stakeholders
International exposure and experience
Comfortable in a project environment; able to deal with pace, agility and ambiguity
Self-awareness; supportive of self and teams’ needs and learning styles with the skill to receive as well as deliver constructive feedback
Some commercial acumen, analytic skills and proficient with numbers
Flexible attitude towards working locations and patterns – mobile when needed
Practical Experience:




As well as the above, you will be able to demonstrate the following:

Experience delivering large scale change / business transformation programmes, gained either in industry or with a leading consultancy, which have made an undeniable difference to your client’s business
Experience of setting up, design and implementing business change programmes
Experience in more than one of the following subject areas: business models, operating model design and implementation, change management methods, project and programme methods, process design, technology and automation, analytics and business case creation
Experience in multiple sectors & industries is desirable – eg: public/private, consumer, financial services, pharma, technology, media, infrastructure, energy, and utilities
An excellent academic record, either at school, university or other, but preferably including an MBA qualification from a top-tier business school
The Team


Working at KPMG Boxwood is rewarding in every sense. You will be challenged by unique and meaningful work in some of the leading companies in the UK and globally. The environment is supportive and collaborative with an exceptional set of colleagues. You will have the opportunity to work across sectors and to develop insight and leading-edge thinking while helping shape and continue to grow an exciting and vibrant organisation.

You must be comfortable with travel, spending time away from home and being required to work overseas on some projects
.

The Team



Joining our industry leading practice will expose you to work on a range of high profile assignments helping local government and health providers, commissioners and regulators address their most challenging issues. You will benefit from working with and alongside specialists from a number of disciplines and experts from our Global Centre of Excellence. Given our position as the leading advisor to the NHS we are frequently approached to support the most complex and high profile programmes. Examples of this include our work with stakeholders across Greater Manchester on social care, the New Care Models Team at NHS England, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust (HSJ Trust or the Year), the NHS Leadership Academy and emerging Accountable Care Systems across England



The Role



We expect our Senior Managers to be able to perform in key areas: Delivery of projects; Sales and business development; Practice development; Managing and leading our people. The Senior Manager appointed will focus predominantly on our Local Government consulting practice, although they will possess core skills, experience and a network that enables them to also work flexibly across health and human services markets (for example health, social care, regulaton). Their technical competence will be in Operational Transformation and they will also contribute more broadly to the growth of Operational Transformation across the wider KPMG Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare practice.



Delivery of projects


You will lead the delivery of large scale performance improvement and transformation programmes; working with clients across a broad spectrum local government engagements including:



- fiscal challenges faced by local government

- local government reform

- social care demand and redesign

- cost reduction

- performance improvement




Successful candidates will be expected to manage work as an integral leader within the Health and Human Services team, leading teams and working collaboratively with KPMG colleagues and clients to:


- Lead the delivery of large programmes/ engagements that i
mplement practical change for the benefit of service users


- Provide insight based on detailed analysis and international best practice


- Plan and deliver changes to help improve operational performance and reduce costs


- Introduce and evaluate new ways of working


- Reconfigure services within an organisation or more broadly across a local government and health-economy


- Support the integration of health and social care and regional devolution


- Move services into alternative settings and develop new models of care

The Person

You will be a talented and ambitious senior leader with a demonstrable working experience in local government, ideally with health and central government knowledge.
The ideal candidate will have deep and relevant experience evidenced by their demonstrable track record of leading teams to deliver significant transformations in local government.
They must also be able to operate effectively and demonstrate an ability to successfully carry out business development, including proactively build and maintain strategic relationships with key internal and external stakeholders (such as Local Government executive teams including the Chief Executive or Finance Director).

At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

The team


At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.


The National Security sector is one of KPMG’s key priority sectors, designated for high growth over the next three years. In order to deliver our exciting growth plans KPMG are recruiting experienced, market-focused consultants to join this team.


The team are seeking experienced Managers to deliver Business Analysis services on National Security engagements and to support KPMG’s growth in this market.


It is desirable that candidates have experience in some of the following markets or clients:


- Ministry of Defence
- OSCT, Home Office and Foreign Office
- Immigration, UK Border Force & HMRC
- CT Policing and NCA


Due to the nature of the work, it is essential for applicants to hold current 'National Security Vetting’ aligned to a National Security organisation.


The role


This role requires an experienced Manager with Business Analysis / Business Architecture experience to lead teams to successfully deliver client engagements. The individual must possess a detailed understanding of the different tools and methods used by BAs and have experience of applying these in a variety of different situations.
Successful candidates need to be able to demonstrate their proficiency in a number of the following activities:


- Experience working within secure government and an understanding of the client’s challenges.
- Experience of delivering transformational change programmes within government.
- Experience of designing and implementing new Target Operating Models in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
- Experience of operational excellence and business process improvement methods (including Lean, Six Sigma)
- Experience in benefits mapping, measurement and delivery management.
- Experience of requirements elicitation, capture and management.
- Experience of different delivery models such as AGILE / SCRUM, waterfall.
- Broad analytical skills and core consulting skillset to be utilised across client engagements.
- Experience of managing projects to time, cost and quality.
- Demonstrable initiative and flexibility with strong interpersonal skills.


The person


Candidates should have substantial consulting experience and be able to evidence many of the following:
- Ability to take deliver discrete projects or large, standalone workstreams that add significantly to the overall success of a project or programme
- Ability to lead a team of KPMG professionals on client engagements, shaping the delivery approach
- Ability to define and manage competing agendas/priorities and establish achievable projects
- Ability to coach team members to ensure excellent client delivery whilst also enabling their career development
- Excellent written and oral stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office packages, especially Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to contribute to business development initiatives including identifying business opportunities, proposal writing and client presentations
- Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. MBA, BCS BA Diploma, Lean, Six Sigma, PRINCE2, MSP, CIMA).

The Team

At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.



The National Security sector is one of KPMG’s key priority sectors, designated for high growth over the next three years. In order to deliver our exciting growth plans KPMG are recruiting experienced market focused consultants to join this team.

The team are seeking Advisors (assistant managers) to deliver systems engineering activities on National Security engagements and to support KPMG’s growth in this market.

It is desirable that candidates have experience in some of the following markets or clients:

- Ministry of Defence

- OSCT, Home Office and Foreign Office

- Immigration, UK Border Force & HMRC

- CT Policing and NCA

Due to the nature of the work, it is essential for applicants to hold current 'National Security Vetting’ aligned to a National Security organisation.



The role

This role requires an individual with experience of roles requiring Systems Thinking, Systems Engineering and Architecture, who has been involved in several aspects of the Systems Development Lifecycle, possesses technical skills in two or more disciplines (e.g. software development, infrastructure, security, service delivery etc.) has had exposure to project management, is prepared to undertake mentoring of junior team members, can assist with capability development and has experience working in a constantly changing environment.

Successful candidates need to be able to demonstrate their proficiency in a number of the following activities:

• The production of Systems Engineering Management Plans

• System Scoping, Requirements definition and elicitation and maintaining traceability

• Systems Thinking / Problem Framing / Soft Systems Methods

• Defining requirement compliance and acceptance criteria

• Use case capture and validation

• Systems high level designs

• Validation of proposed Solution Designs

• Use of Architecture methods to aid definition

• Operational Concept Development

• Trade-off analysis

• Systems Integration

• Systems Lifecycle

• Change/ Impact Analysis and Management

• Continuous Process and Quality Improvement

• Business Case Analysis

• Systems Engineering Management

• Ability to engage with stakeholders and manage cross functional relationships.

• Ability to develop and deliver high quality output against stated project objectives and meet tight deadlines and a high level of drive, commitment to achieving solutions

• Ability to work under pressure.

• Ability to contribute to business development initiatives including identifying business opportunities and proposal writing.



The person

Candidates should have Demonstrable consulting experience and be able to evidence many of the following:

• Experience working within secure government and an understanding of the client’s challenges.

• Comfortable working with a diverse range of personalities across clients and partner organisations.

• Experience of contributing to propositions that are current and relevant to our clients,

• Experience of building strong client relationships based on mutual respect.

• An understanding of systems development, the technologies used (in general terms) and the issues and risks associated with delivery.

• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. Engineering related degree or higher, exposure to systems thinking, soft systems modelling, systems engineering, experience of TOGAF/MODAF or similar architecture frameworks and technical delivery experience) to ensure compliance with client processes and standards.

Bristol or London location