Assistant Manager

4 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom KPMG-UnitedKingdom Full time
Job description

Assistant Manager - MPA - Commercial Advisory & Assurance (Commercial Strategy and Procurement)

Base Location: London

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 support 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 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.

Why join KPMG in Major Projects Advisory - Infrastructure Advisory Group?

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.

What will you be doing?

This role is for an innovative professional at assistant manager level. This role will work alongside our existing team to use their lived experience of the full project and programme lifecycle in the construction industry and their procurement / commercial acumen to solve complex problems.

You will be providing advice to a broad range of clients on many different matters, helping them to achieve successful outcomes through planning and implementing innovative and robust procurement and commercial interventions .

The role will also include the end to end lifecycle of managing client engagements, using KPMG systems, for which comprehensive training is provided):
Ensuring we keep clients informed of costs and time incurred, in addition to raising invoices and recovering fees, operating within approved risk processes
The role will be client facing and have direct impact on the reputation and perception of KPMG

What will you need to do it?
Understanding of procurement in construction and project contexts Understanding of procurement law and regulations Knowledge of industry-standard contract forms such as the NEC suite Understanding of issues which impact project performance Ability to set out a clear approach to tackling a new challenge Working towards a relevant professional qualification, such as MCIPS or MRICS

Additional skills we'd love to see:
Project / programme management Project / programme controls Earned value management Cost management, estimating and benchmarking Risk management Claims, disputes, and dispute avoidance

Where will you be working?

Deal Advisory at KPMG is wide ranging, and we cover the entire UK. Our DA IAG Team has hubs in Birmingham, Leeds, London Canary Wharf and Manchester.

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

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