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Location: London

Capability: Audit

Experience Level: Associate/Assistant Manager

Type: Full Time

Service Line: DSG

Contract type: Permanent

Job description

Grade:

Assistant Manager

Job Title:

Project Management Office (PMO) Assistant Manager

Team:

Project Management in Audit – Centre of Excellence

Locations:

UK wide (dependent upon vacancy)

Capability:

Audit

Service Line:

Delivery Solutions Group

Contract Type

Perm, Secondment, FTC

Summary of Role Purpose

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Assistant Manager to join our Project Management in Audit Centre of Excellence (PMinA CoE). The purpose of the PMinA CoE is to support seamless delivery in our Audit practice by promoting excellence in project management, to enable sustainable Audit Quality and Growth.

As a PMO Assistant Manager, you will be working within allocated audit engagement teams, providing a range of standardised PMO services, with a focus on providing consistent and high quality service. By being embedded within the audit teams, this will help you to develop a deep understanding of the team and the audit engagement, and to deliver tailored PMO services that best meet their needs.

You will work as part of a team led by a Project Manager delivering your own in-scope tasks, and you may also be required to co-ordinate and oversee the work of offshore junior team members.

This is a key role in helping the business to achieve our vision of being the most trusted audit firm, by our regulators, the businesses we audit, investors, the public and our people.

• Supporting audit engagement teams through the provision and coordination of a range of standardised PMO services.
• Applying your knowledge and understanding of audit engagement teams, leadership and wider contacts in the execution of day-to-day support to ensure KPMG planning requirements and deadlines are achieved, and Audit Quality standards and Service Level Agreements are met. Key activities include:
• engagement finance (e.g., including support with budget preparation and ongoing oversight of engagement financials).
• group instructions management (e.g., working collaboratively with the engagement to plan the audit in sufficient detail to ensure integration of all activities, specialist teams and stakeholders in order to create a valid plan).
• decision support (e.g., advising the engagement leadership to take appropriate action where there are deviations from the audit plan and timeline).
• stakeholder relationship management (e.g., ensuring effective communication is maintained throughout the project).
• developing and maintaining effective working relationships with a broad range of colleagues and stakeholders, including members of the programme management team, Senior Managers, Directors, Partners, project teams and 3rd party service providers.
• administrative support.

• Co-ordinating and supervising offshore KPMG PMO resources. This will include reviewing their work outputs to ensure appropriate level of quality and providing coaching and mentoring support.
• There may also be an opportunity to contribute to the ongoing improvement of internal project management products, services and processes.

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 firm. The relevant competencies for this role are:

• Technology skills: Drives engagement compliance with firm-approved audit tools (e.g., KcW, & AOEP delivered tools) and innovative technology solutions to increase audit quality, productivity, and data insights.
• Professional scepticism & issue identification: Applies professional scepticism, objectivity and independence to identify opportunities for the continuous improvement of the audit approach. This will include the timely identification, tracking and resolution of audit issues, internally & externally through working collaboratively with audit engagement stakeholders.
• Engagement management: Supports the engagement leadership (RI, Engagement Manager(s)) in managing and executing the engagement in accordance with firm wide quality standards, milestones and budgets.
• Documentation: Ensures completion of appropriate audit and engagement documentation relevant to role, demonstrating an unwavering focus on audit quality. This will include Project Management in Audit approved templates as defined in the Project Management in Audit Service Catalogue.

In addition, as a project management professional working in Audit, the following core technical project management competencies are also relevant:

• Planning and scheduling
• Organisation
• Decision-making
• Business acumen
• Strategy implementation
• Risk management

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.

Experience and Knowledge Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in the successful delivery of projects or programmes. (E)
• Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring, data analysis, reporting etc., including risk management. (E)
• Good knowledge and demonstrable use of project and programme management methodology and techniques. (E)
• Stakeholder management experience, including identification of appropriate business development opportunities. (E)
• Experience of managing teams, coaching and mentoring junior staff. (D)

Behavioural Attributes and Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to communicate complex matters in a clear, compelling and persuasive manner.
• Self-driven and resilient; able to thrive in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong organisational and time management skills; able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with conflicting priorities and deadlines.
• Highly effective stakeholder management and relationship building skills; credible and confident with stakeholders at all levels with an ability to influence others.
• Effective team working skills; works collaboratively with a wide range of individuals towards shared goals.

Qualifications

• Recognised professional qualification in Project or Programme Management. (D)
• Degree level or equivalent in a business-related subject. (D)

E – Essential, D – Desirable

KPMG Overview:

KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Legal, Tax and Advisory services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity, insight and experience to solve our clients’ and communities’ biggest problems. We’ve been doing this for more than 150 years.

We aim to be universally recognised as a place for great people to do their best work. A firm known for our collaborative and inclusive culture, using technology to empower and equip our people to deliver outstanding work with real flexibility – through inspiring workspaces, innovative ways to collaborate and hybrid ways of working.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our mission is simple: To support the UK in a connected world. It guides everything we do, underpinned by our values: Courage, Integrity, Excellence, Together and For Better.

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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.