Manager - Commercial Advisory and Assurance (Major Projects Advisory) in London

Base Location: London, Manchester and Birmingham. Plus network of 20 offices nationally. The KPMG Major Projects Advisory Team sits within Infrastructure Advisory Group and is part of our Deal Advisory function. Deal Advisory partners with clients to give them the confidence they need to make key decisions for their businesses. The team supports clients to look across their business, and outside it, at where they can add value – and that could mean strategy, integration, separation, value creation or mergers and acquisitions.

KPMG's Infrastructure Advisory Group (IAG) is widely recognised as one of the world's leading independent strategic advisors in the infrastructure sector. We provide in-depth advice on the strategic, economic, financial and commercial issues driving infrastructure projects spanning the transport, power and utilities, social infrastructure and central government departments and private sector bodies sectors in the UK and internationally. There is no one-size fits all in MPA; we're as diverse as the world around us and our people are our most important asset.

We focus on providing clarity to Boards, Executives and SROs at major public and private sector organisations, on the delivery of their projects and programmes. We work on some of the UK's most strategically important programmes, and across all infrastructure sectors including natural resources, energy, power and utilities, transport, corporates, oil and gas, defence, health, housing and education.

Our diverse team comprises specialists with deep construction industry experience, from working for project owners, contractors, engineering consultants and others in the UK and overseas. On the back of continuing growth, we're investing in our team and boosting our numbers, which means you'll be joining one of the fastest growing areas of the firm at a time of real significance.

What will you be doing?

• Clear recommendation of solutions to project issues based on own knowledge and experience
• Clear, concise, fact-based reporting
• Summarising for and presenting to senior stakeholders
• Engagement Management of project teams to deliver client engagements
• Support in management of quality and risk on engagements to meet KPMG standards
• Supporting financial management of engagements including budgeting, reporting and invoicing processes

What will you need to do it?

• A good understanding of the factors which drive costs on construction projects
• A thorough understanding of issues which impact construction project performance
• Familiarity with industry-standard contract forms
• Competent in producing and assessing project commercial reports
• A relevant professional qualification, such as MRICS, MICE, ChPP, MAPM, CIOB, etc.

Skills we'd love to see/Amazing Extras

• Project management
• Project controls
• Earned value management
• Be a self-starter, who builds a rapport with new team members quickly
• Be confident and articulate with senior clients and stakeholders

Locations and flexibility

Our core hubs for this role are London Canary Wharf, Manchester and Birmingham. 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.