Assistant Manager - Asset Management Advisory

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Job description

The Team

We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Asset Management Advisory (AMA) team, part of the KPMG Infrastructure Advisory Group (IAG). Our group supports government, infrastructure and asset-intensive clients with their most complex challenges. IAG is widely recognised as one of the world's leading independent financial and business advisers in infrastructure consisting of over 300 professionals.

Our AMA team gets involved with exciting projects across both private and public sector entities but principally those with major capital and infrastructure portfolios in Transport, Power & Utilities, Defence, Oil and Gas. This is a fast-growing area offering many opportunities building upon a global capability in Asset Management where we provide:

• Operating Model Design and Business Transformation
• Strategic asset investment planning including business plan support
• Efficiency programmes covering both capital and operating expenditure
• Asset and portfolio resilience support including maintenance planning
• Internal assurance and peer review of key business processes
• Investor assurance of asset performance and transaction due diligence support

The work is varied, fast-paced, often high-profile and rewarding. We are working with leaders in the public sector and industry partners on issues including Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), resilience of the UK's utilities sector in the face of climate change and the future structure of the rail sector. We are looking for people with a passion for identifying, creating and delivering transformative solutions which help our public and private clients to deliver some of the largest and most complex infrastructure programmes in the UK, while maintaining delivery of key business and customer outcomes.

The Role
We are seeking Assistant Managers to perform a critical role contributing to client workstreams, supporting business development and helping our team to grow and develop. Key areas you will contribute to the team include:

Project Delivery

• Develop solutions to problems and collaborate with colleagues at all seniority levels across KPMG and in our client organisations
• Produce client ready deliverables (slides, documents or spreadsheets) that exceed expectations
• Take ownership of workstreams within engagements and/or contribute to larger workstreams, working closely with workstream leads
• Liaise effectively and collaboratively with clients whilst working on engagements and act as an 'ambassador' for KPMG

Team Contribution

• Contribute to the development of the team and foster a collaborative, inclusive and supportive team culture
• Contribute to business development opportunities by helping with the generation of proposals and bid documents
• Supporting the development of a continuous learning environment and keeping up to date with technical best practice and developments

The Person

We are seeking a professional who is proactive, able to work at pace and provide quality outputs that add value to our clients. The individual should have the ability to deal with ambiguity, structure their thinking and communicate it effectively to stakeholders.

Applicants need to display the following requirements:

• Demonstrate high levels of drive, ambition and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Bring energy and a motivation to make a real difference to our engagements
• Be good team players who work with colleagues in a collaborative and inclusive way
• Be comfortable handling ambiguity and changing client demands
• Knowledge and understanding of asset management challenges with a focus on Transport, Power & Utilities, Defence
• Assessing and understanding risks at both a business and an asset portfolio level
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills

How we work

Our Deal

If the chance to work with interesting clients and innovative technology wasn't rewarding enough, we'll motivate you in other ways too. At KPMG you can expect real responsibilities and opportunities to grow professionally.

'Our Deal' sets out all the different ways you'll be rewarded at KPMG. Among other things you can benefit from honest conversations about your career as well as a range of other rewards. In all these ways and more, we have created an environment that can bring out the best in you.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Our employees have many varied work schedules to suit their individual needs! Our intelligent working options range from role sharing and flexible start and finish times, to home working and more informal arrangements agreed within teams. Check out examples of KPMG employees enjoying different working patterns on our website and please do share your own individual requirements with us. We are proud of the value we place on individuality. We want you to bring your full self to work and maximise your potential. KPMG is a place where everyone can thrive, whatever their gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. We also value the wealth of experience and knowledge that people who have taken a career break can bring to us, so the role welcomes applications for individuals who have been out of work for 12 months or more and who have previous relevant experience.

Applying with a Disability

While some of our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, we are supportive where possible of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands. We are happy to discuss individual requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements could be of interest. Furthermore, as part of the recruitment process, we can put you in touch with people who work flexibly so you can understand from them what our culture is like.

A final word from us...

Everybody likes to say they're different... but we really think we are.

Our IAG mission is to 'help improve the fabric and functioning of society' and we are hugely proud of what we've managed to achieve so far, but we're only just getting started. IAG is an inclusive and diverse team that invites applicants from all backgrounds. We believe that ultimately, genuinely diverse teams lead to our clients getting the best advice. We're looking for people to grow with us and are committed to helping everybody reach their destination, regardless of what that is. Should you choose to join us, you can expect an attractive benefits package, which typically includes:

Financial

• A competitive salary
• Pension contributions
• Bonus scheme that reflects firm and individual performance
• Staff discounts
• Access to preferential banking

Lifestyle

• 25 days holiday, with the option to buy up to an extra 10 days, plus an additional day of leave for your birthday
• Competitive maternity and paternity leave
• 6 days of work time each year for volunteering
• Daily lunch allowance
• Flextra - a flexible benefits scheme that allows you to choose benefits for you and your family, such as, travel insurance, critical illness insurance, dental insurance and discounted gym memberships
• We are also happy to consider flexible working arrangements

Health and Wellbeing

• Private medical insurance
• Personal accident insurance
• Life assurance with the option to increase this via flexible benefits scheme
• Access to private, remote GP appointments anytime and anywhere via a smartphone
• Online health risk questionnaire
• BeWell employee assistance programme for confidential information, advice, or counselling for life's daily challenges
• Group Income Protection

No matter what skills you bring to our team, you'll be surrounded by spirited, naturally curious people. People who want to learn from you, and who'll also teach you a thing or two along the way. It's how we make a collective impact, greater than the sum of its parts.