Manager – Finance Transformation (National Markets)

Job description

AutoReq ID

123954BR

Job Title

Manager – Finance Transformation (National Markets)

Country

United Kingdom

Location

London

Function

Management Consulting

Service Line

Financial Management

Service Line Information

In KPMG's Management 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 in less than five years. Since our creation, we've developed in-depth knowledge of an incredibly broad spread of sectors.

In Financial Management , we improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the finance function and generate real insights to help deliver value to the business.

KPMG Overview

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Pensions, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients’ most critical challenges.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.

Job Description

The Team

In Financial Management we improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the finance function and value finance functions deliver to the business. Our mission statement is to create a sustainable practice which is recognised as being number one in the industry.

We are looking to recruit candidates at Manager level with skills to support our growth strategy, to work across sectors and across our financial management capability offerings. Our National Markets team has big growth ambitions, and works with large clients across the breadth of the UK.

Our Financial Management practice is a priority area for significant and strategic growth and the National Markets team works with leading UK based organisations across both Corporates (Business to Business (B2B), Business to Customer (B2C)), and Financial Services. As part of this team, you will be working with a broad range of clients from the initial diagnosis, finance strategy formulation and analysis, through to implementation.

Working within the Financial Management team will provide an unparalleled opportunity to further experience in target operating model design and implementation, finance transformation, enterprise performance management, process improvement and change management skills, all of which are invaluable in today’s market place. Our go to market approach is business-focused and our solutions are developed around client issues.

Specific service offerings are:

- Finance Strategy and Transformation – Including helping CFOs to clearly define the finance vision and strategy, analyse the performance of the finance function, and design and implement a future state operating model (covering all aspects of people, process and technology) that is fit for purpose and leading edge.

- Efficient Finance Operations - helping CFOs to improve the overall value of the finance function by making their finance operations more efficient. We design and implement operating model solutions to make Finance faster, simpler and cheaper. Focus areas to improve efficiency and reduce the overall cost of Finance include;

- Finance Delivery Model assessment and design;

- Finance Shared Services, Location Strategy and outsourcing; and

- Finance Process Optimisation, including ‘Lean’ methodologies.

- Effective Performance Management - Working closely with clients we help them with all aspects of performance reporting and decision making, including:

- Creating sustainable planning, budgeting and forecasting models;

- Robust performance reporting, to give the business insight and forward-looking information; and

- Dimensional profitability and costing capabilities, which help to provide deep-rooted analytics on the underlying drivers of value of the business.

The Role

- Engagement delivery: leading and managing projects or work-streams of medium size and complexity (including analysing and interpreting data, drafting report findings and attending client meetings)

- Business development: developing and sustaining relationships with client management; supporting the business development activity of senior members of the team (including developing, contributing to and presenting proposals/ bids for future work).

- Risk management: identifying and managing risks and ensuring the Firm's frameworks are implemented appropriately and effectively

- People development: identifying team member development needs and accelerating development with particular emphasis on coaching and skills transfer

- Practice development: taking a leading role in processes and initiatives that are key to scaling the business

The Person

Successful candidates should have strong finance knowledge and demonstrate the following skills / experience:

- Accountancy qualification – ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent

- Strong experience (minimum 3 years) within a project / finance change (either from consulting experience or from working in a Finance Function, thought prior consulting experience is preferable)

- High quality project delivery experience and strong knowledge related to our financial management capability offerings

- Ability to take on significant delivery role on a project

- Experience of working in client facing role delivering high quality work to tight deadlines

- Strong commercial and financial analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, generate insights and construct solutions. Strong excel skills preferable

- Has strong overall business awareness, understands commercial value and risks associated with consulting work

- Strong analytical skills

- Strong work ethic; professional and personable

- Strong PowerPoint, Word and Excel skills. Visio skills desirable but not essential

- Finance systems understanding (e.g. Oracle Fusion, MS Dynamics, etc.)

- Good communicator with the personal skills to build strong and lasting internal and client relationships

- Flexibility to travel. Note that although this role is based in the London region, the team covers the UK market. Limited international / European travel anticipated.

- Understanding of issues and challenges facing Finance function and trends in Finance

- Able to demonstrate project management with a proven track record in delivering high quality project or workstream outputs

- Experience of proposal writing and presenting to clients, or equivalent

- Strong people manager, able to lead small teams and develop others.

Our Deal

If the chance to work with interesting clients and innovative technology wasn’t rewarding enough, we’ll motivate you in other ways too. At KPMG you can expect real responsibilities and opportunities to grow professionally.

‘Our Deal’ sets out all the different ways you’ll be rewarded at KPMG. Among other things you can benefit from honest conversations about your career as well as a range of other rewards. In all these ways and more, we have created an environment that can bring out the best in you.

Flexible Working

While some of our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, we are supportive where possible of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands.

We are happy to discuss individual requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements could be of interest. Furthermore, as part of the recruitment process, we can put you in touch with people who work flexibly so you can understand from them what our culture is like.

Applying with a Disability

KPMG are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and we seek to attract and retain the best people from the widest possible talent pool. As a member of the Business Disability Forum we're committed to ensuring that you are treated fairly throughout our Recruitment Process. Should you be successful after the initial application stage, please discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require, with your recruitment contact.

KPMG's commitment to diversity

KPMG consistently features in the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for, which has been recognised with a special achievement award to mark our 10 years in the Top 25. We are proud of the value we place on individuality; we want you to bring your full self to work and truly maximise your potential. We believe that your individuality helps us to deliver the best results for our clients. Diversity of background, diversity of experience, diversity of perspective - that's the KPMG difference. But, don't take our word for it, find out more about diversity at KPMG.

Returning to work after a break

At KPMG, we appreciate that returning to work after an extended career break can be daunting. We understand that those with experience who have taken a career break have a wealth of experience and knowledge to offer our organisation, which helps us to achieve our business goals. We will support you to refresh your skills, develop your confidence and provide a supportive network across the firm to help you best integrate into the working environment. This role welcomes applications for individuals who have been out of work for 18 months or more and who have previous relevant experience.

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