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Location: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Leeds, Leeds Broadgate, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Reading, Sheffield, South Coast, Watford

Capability: Audit

Experience Level: Associate/Assistant Manager

Type: Full Time

Service Line: DSG

Contract type: Permanent

Job description

Grade: Assistant Manager (D Grade)

Job Title: Assistant Manager

Pensions Assurance

Locations: Birmingham or Manchester

Capability: Audit

Service Line: Delivery Solutions Group (DSG)

Summary of Role Purpose

KPMG’s Pensions Centre of Excellence (PCoE) is an exciting new initiative with rapid growth and new opportunities which has been established to standardise the audits of defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes, driving consistency and ensuring the delivery of high-quality audits.

We are now looking for talented and experienced Assistant Managers to join our Pensions Assurance team. You will be expected to coordinate the pensions audit delivery from planning through execution, review and to conclusion, across a broad portfolio of entities.

You will be responsible for interfacing with audited entities, audit teams and internal specialists across all of KPMG's UK offices along with our offshore team who assist with delivery of work. You will also be working with external experts and audit entity pension teams. The role will include executive level engagement interaction and exposure to a wide range of pension scheme audits, varying in size and complexity. You will also have responsibility for supervising junior team members (based in the UK and offshore locations), providing coaching and developmental support to assist them in the delivery of engagements.

Description of the Role

• Coordinating the completion of audit work and ensuring it is delivered to a high quality in accordance with KPMG Audit Methodology.
• Planning and executing audit fieldwork and statutory reporting across a portfolio of engagements.
• Project managing all aspects of the audit, including agreeing audit timelines, team briefings and supervision, and delivery of audit work.
• Budgeting and monitoring the financial performance of projects, focusing on optimising profitability.
• Identifying, researching and helping to resolve complex audit issues.
• Building relationships with the engagement staff at the audited entity and acting as an ambassador for the firm.
• Reporting to Audit Managers and Directors on all salient points arising from audits.
• Directing and overseeing the work of more junior team members, including reviewing their audit work, and providing coaching and mentoring support.
• Working on specific audit related projects across the Audit function.

Role Dimensions

Technical core competencies required for the role

Our Global Audit & Assurance Technical core competencies provide clarity and consistency of expectations to ensure the minimum audit technical requirements are being met by level to drive Audit Quality, which is fundamental to achieving our ambition to become the most trusted and trustworthy firm. The relevant competencies for this role are:

People & Culture

• Embrace and embed our culture ambition of high challenge, high support which is grounded in Our Values.
• Operate with a curious and sceptical mindset ensuring that this is embedded in your everyday work.
• Actively lead and embed a coaching culture to get the best out of others in an environment where everyone in the team feels empowered to speak up or challenge where appropriate.
• Be accountable, professional and act in the public interest, working for the benefit of shareholders of audited entities and wider society.
• Be inclusive and embrace the opportunity to work with other teams within Audit and across the firm in an integrated way. Have a sense of community, purpose and fun.
• Technical knowledge: Understands relevant technical accounting and financial reporting standards, regulations, and accounting literature. Exhibits and stays current on appropriate industry and specialised knowledge, and leverages KPMG methodologies (including ESG Assurance).
• Technology skills: Uses firm-approved audit tools and innovative technology solutions to increase audit quality, productivity, and data insights.
• Professional scepticism and issue identification: Applies professional scepticism, objectivity and independence to identify and support resolution of potential audit issues.
• Evaluation of audit results: Evaluates evidence from audit procedures to determine if audit objectives were achieved.
• Documentation: Completes audit documentation demonstrating an unwavering focus on audit quality.

The Person

Experience and Knowledge Requirements

Behavioural Attributes and Skills

Qualifications

E – Essential, D – Desirable

• Professional qualification from a recognised accountancy body. We will also consider candidates who are exam qualified and/or nearing full qualification. (E)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to communicate complex matters in a clear and compelling manner.
• Highly effective stakeholder management and relationship building skills; credible and confident with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong organisational and time management skills; able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with conflicting priorities and deadlines.
• Self-driven and resilient; able to thrive in a high-pressure environment.
• Effective problem solver; makes pragmatic and logical decisions, drawing on own and others’ technical accounting expertise to provide high quality solutions.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail; able to analyse and interpret complex technical information.
• Effective team working skills; works collaboratively with others towards shared goals.
• Recent and extensive external audit experience. (E)
• Knowledge and experience of pension scheme audits. (D)
• Practical knowledge of FRS102. (D)
• Experience of managing teams, coaching and mentoring junior staff. (D)
• Proven track record of managing and delivering high quality projects. (D)
• IT literate with sound knowledge and experience of MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word). (D)

Why Audit at KPMG?

Audit is the largest of our UK practices. Some of the world’s biggest companies rely on us to provide independent insight, challenge and expertise, so the work we undertake affects investment decisions, inspires confidence in public sector expenditure and supports our economic growth. Today, more than ever in disruptive times, audit is a function needed by society, and in the future, so we can capitalise, and grow. As part of the Audit team, you’ll be helping to build the confidence and trust that business and society need to thrive. We want to lead the conversation when it comes to shaping the future of the profession. And given the scale and variety of our audit engagements in both the UK and globally, we are well placed to create change. If you share our commitment to achieving excellence and working to the highest audit standards, are a natural collaborator who values different perspectives and relishes the opportunity to develop and progress - then KPMG could be the place where you can thrive.