Finance Transformation Manager - Local Government in London

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies. We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is. By encompassing a wide range of disciplines across a breadth of areas such as Financial Transformation, we become immersed in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes and get it right first time.

In the Finance Transformation team, we improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the finance function and generate real insights to help deliver value to the business. Our mission statement is to help our clients create and evolve a digitally enabled, human centric, and integrated finance function. Our Financial Transformation practice is a priority area for significant and strategic growth. We work with leading public sector clients, focusing on understanding the core issues and opportunities to deliver value-adding change across their finance functions. The key drivers of change for our clients are: technology implementations, an ambition to be more efficient and effective, and a desire to progress along the maturity curve.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated Manager to join our market leading Infrastructure, Government & Healthcare Finance Transformation team (IGH). You will play an important part in delivering our growth strategy and will manage project teams to deliver quality client engagements.

What will you be doing?

• Management of small to medium sized engagement teams including both internal KPMG and external client team members
• Organising work packages, overseeing data gathering and analysis, summarising insights and facilitating workshops to deliver on KPMG’s scope of work for a programme
• Supervising, coaching and reviewing the work performed by peers and colleagues
• Building and leveraging both internal and external relationships to support senior colleagues to develop sales opportunities for the firm
• Maintaining a relationship with key client stakeholders, and collaborating with them to co-deliver a programme
• Supporting senior colleagues in developing market leading materials and a voice-in-the-market through external blogs and points of view and representing KPMG at external events
• Supporting senior colleagues with internal operational responsibilities for the finance transformation team including revenue planning, resourcing, recruitment, wider team development and community building

What will you need to do it?

• Extensive experience in the finance function gained from within a major Local Government organisation or client facing audit or consulting experience at a professional services firm, with clients from within this sector
• A proven ability to lead teams across finance improvement projects in the finance function of a major Local Authority.
• Fully qualified in a relevant finance qualification – ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent
• A strong grasp of finance function operating models, including: systems, data, processes, controls and governance
• Be able to articulate the challenges currently facing finance functions including in relation to the future of the finance function and nascent technology
• Excellent communicator with the personal skills to build strong and lasting internal and client relationships; and the ability to deliver clear, concise, focused messages to senior finance team members or clients
• Knowledge of how Finance processes are enabled within a finance systems landscape (with a focus of one of the major ERP technologies: Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, WorkDay)

Skills we’d love to see/Amazing Extras:

• Prior client facing consulting or audit experience, gained from with a major Consultancy or Professional Services organisation.
• Experience of finance transformation as part of a major Local Government Restructuring (LGR)

To discuss this or wider Consulting roles with our recruitment team, all you need to do is apply, create a profile, upload your CV and begin to make your mark with KPMG.

Our Locations:

We are open to talk to talent across the country but our core hubs for this role are: London, Canary Wharf, Birmingham, Watford.

With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.