Assistant Managers Power & Utilities, Cost Assessment

Job description

The Team

KPMG’s Infrastructure Group in the UK consists of c150 professionals and is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading independent business, financial and regulatory advisers in infrastructure. The group has won many awards, including Financial Advisor of the Year (Infrastructure Journal) for several years. The group has locations in London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds and Manchester, but is organised on a national basis, operating under a single national cost centre.

We provide in-depth advice on strategic, financial, regulatory and commercial issues driving investments in infrastructure across Transport, Power & Utilities, and Social Infrastructure in the UK and globally. Our work includes market and policy design, economic and regulatory analysis, deal structuring and execution, as well as strategic and transaction advice to enable private and public capital to fund infrastructure. We work closely with other functions within KPMG to advise clients on mergers and acquisitions, valuations, tax, accounting, and due diligence.

The utilities sector is the largest business area for the Infrastructure Group and encompasses work for large clients in the sector, including all of the leading UK energy and water companies as well as some of the largest utilities in Europe and beyond. We provide in-depth strategic and technical advice on corporate finance and corporate financial management, regulatory finance, regulatory policy, business and financial planning, cost assessment and benchmarking as well as other drivers affecting value. Our work combines elements of policy, finance, strategy and economics to assist our clients in structuring investments, securing financing, supporting regulatory regimes and maximising shareholder value. We are widely recognised by many industry stakeholders as market leaders influencing the future of the utilities sector.

Our business is continuously expanding and we are looking for high quality candidates to support our Power & Utilities business with a particular focus on cost assessment, modelling and benchmarking as well as financial analysis. This is to support the development of new service lines, building on the work already undertaken in the Group.

The Role

- Contributing to the delivery of specific engagements on a day to day basis;
- Supporting pitching for new business with ideas;
- Developing market intelligence and sector knowledge;
- Contributing to specific business development initiatives, particularly proposals and pitches;
- Building and maintaining relationships with clients and target clients and key market constituents to support personal effectiveness and business development opportunities;
- Contributing to delivery of multiple projects simultaneously;
- Specifying, producing and evaluating cost and financial models; developing a good working understanding of economic regulation;
- Contributing to the effective planning, delivery and closure of projects; maintaining a good understanding of the regulatory frameworks and financial implications in the water and energy sectors; as well as any other duties commensurate with the role.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

- Working knowledge of economic and financial theory;
- Significant and recent experience in report writing, Stata (or equivalent), Excel and Powerpoint with strong writing and quantitative skills
- Experience in the utilities sector, water and energy networks sectors in particular
- Understanding of current UK economic regulation as well as its application
- Familiarity with Bloomberg, Eikon or other financial databases
- Master’s Degree in Economics
- An analytical approach to problem solving and intellectual curiosity;
- A willingness and adaptability to work on a diverse range of projects

Multiple positions available
Opening date: 01/11/2019
Closing date: 29/11/2019
Competitive salary plus negotiable bonus and benefits