Assistant Manager - MPA - Programme Advisory and Capital Excellence (PACE)
KPMG
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Government
- Healthcare
- Defence
- Water
- Energy
- Transport
- Financial Services
- Being part of high-performing, multi-disciplinary consulting teams
- Supporting and managing the delivery of client-facing work within specialist areas, ensuring new processes and tools are designed with a strong human/end user focus - this includes producing high-quality outputs with thorough attention to detail
- Helping engagement managers to look after financial aspects of an engagement
- Keeping up to date with specific (technical) developments affecting your work, contributing to thought leadership
- Understanding the broader suite of services offered by KPMG and sharing ideas to collaborate and design unique solutions for our clients
- Fostering an inclusive, diverse and flexible environment where everyone can thrive
- Business development - assisting with bids
- Coaching and mentoring your colleagues - both up and down
- Most importantly, being a role model for KPMG and living our values every day
- Experience of applying Project, Programme and/or Portfolio management - and a passion for the discipline
- Some experience in any of our key sectors
- A foundation of excellent academics and good career progression to date
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- An ability to build and maintain great relationships and a desire to network across our firm
- Confident communication and presentation skills
- A good spread of experience using different software/applications (e.g. Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, Oracle P6, Slack, Clarizen)
- Relevant professional certification - e.g. APM PMQ/PPQ; MoP; MSP; PRINCE2
- Supporting targeted business process improvement(s) in relation to capital investment Portfolios and major Projects/Programmes
- Supporting the delivery of advisory services such as organisational design and governance optimisation
- Working in partnership with clients to shape strategic direction and helping them to go out and implement
- Performance and efficiency improvement
- Enhancing Project and Programme controls
- Assurance and monitoring
- Troubled Project/Programme reviews
- A competitive salary
- Pension options
- Bonus scheme that reflects firm and individual performance
- Rail and Oyster Card reimbursement
- Staff discounts
- Access to preferential banking
- 25 days holiday, with the option to buy up to an extra 10 days, plus an additional day of leave for your birthday
- Competitive maternity and paternity leave
- 6 days of work time each year for volunteering
- Daily lunch allowance
- Flextra - a flexible benefits scheme that allows you to choose benefits for you and your family, such as, travel insurance, critical illness insurance, dental insurance and discounted gym memberships
- Private medical insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Life assurance of 4 x salary with the option to increase this via flexible benefits scheme
- Access to private, remote GP appointments anytime and anywhere via a smartphone
- Online health risk questionnaire
- BeWell employee assistance programme for confidential information, advice, or counselling for life's daily challenges
- Group Income Protection