Assistant Manager, Part Time

Base Location: London plus network of 20 offices nationally.

KPMG's Governance, Risk and Compliance Services (GRCS) practice within IGH is an area of the firm with tremendous growth potential. GRCS is an integral part of our Enterprise Risk advisory practice. We provide services relating to internal audit, internal control, corporate governance, risk management and related assurance projects. Clients are based in the public sector and our services deliver added value to clients using modern control assessment, risk management and audit techniques focusing on strategic, management and operational issues as well as financial management and reporting controls. We also work closely with other consulting teams including our colleagues in Technology Risk and Cyber Risk to ensure our clients receive the best possible advice and assurance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing and directly delivering a programme of internal audit projects which includes planning, review, quality assurance and reporting.
• Process improvement projects.
• Risk management, governance and internal audit advisory services.
• Risk identification workshops and control reviews.
• Delivering control and risk training.
• Contract compliance audits.
• Assisting with the management of UK-wide portfolio of clients, maintaining relationships with senior KPMG and client staff and being responsible for the financial performance and delivery of these accounts.
• Demonstrating a detailed understanding of how current and emerging legal, regulatory, governance, risk management, auditing, accounting and financial reporting standards affect their clients.
• Understanding and assisting managers to undertake KPMG's internal risk management and client engagement management procedures including client acceptance, continuance and engagement procedures.
• Developing internal audit strategies which address all internal audit, client service and project management issues, in accordance with the KPMG internal audit methodology.
• Setting objectives with the team, and providing support and feeding back on performance.
• Providing coaching and training to KPMG staff on risk management and internal audit methodology.
• Writing tender documents and presenting at proposals.
• Strong understanding of risks, processes and controls.
• Private, public sector and/or professional services experience.
• Experience overseeing and conducting fieldwork for internal audit, external quality assessments on internal audit functions and/or risk management engagements.
• Experience of being the main or secondary client contact for engagements and dealing with day to day interactions at FC / FD level (i.e. stakeholder management).
• Effective report writing.
• Strong project management.

Our Locations: This position will largely be based in London with 20 sites across the UK. We can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options.