Assistant Manager - Strategic Advisory Services

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Job description

The Team
KPMG's Infrastructure and Government Strategic Advisory Services (SAS) team needs talented individuals who have a passion for built infrastructure. Our team supports government and infrastructure clients with their most complex challenges.

We get involved in many fascinating projects. We develop strategies for the implementation of government policy, designing operating models that underpin UK infrastructure. We structure holistic supplier relationships that create and maintain physical and digital asset systems.

Typically, the advice we provide can be categorised as:

• Policy, regulation, and service model design
• Business operating model design and implementation
• Procurement and commercial strategy

It is an exciting time to join the team. The work is varied, often high-profile and rewarding. We are working on some fascinating public issues including the energy transition, the future structure of the rail sector, the investment in our water networks and how to deliver some of the largest most complex infrastructure programmes in the UK.

The Role
Assistant Managers perform a critical role contributing to client workstreams, supporting business development and helping our team to grow and develop.

• Develop solutions to problems and collaborate with more senior colleagues and clients
• Generate hypotheses and contribute to storyboarding to help with solving our clients most complex and challenging problems
• Take ownership of small workstreams within engagements and contribute to larger workstreams, working closely with workstream leads.
• Produce client ready deliverables
• Liaise effectively with clients whilst working on engagements and act as an 'ambassador' for KPMG
• Contribute to the development of the team and fostering our collaborative and supportive team culture
• Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and clients
• Provide timely feedback and coaching to our team members
• Supporting the development of an environment of continuous learning
• Build and maintain a strong internal and external network
• Contribute to business development opportunities by helping with the generation of proposals and bid documentation
• Support the development of our propositions and knowledge base

The Person

• Evidence of strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Structured thinking skills combined with creativity
• Be comfortable handling ambiguity and changing client demands
• Ability to review and assess technical data and distil the key strategic insights
• Ability to evaluate complex problems and support delivery of insightful recommendations that can be practically executed
• Strong numerical capabilities
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrate enthusiasm and interest in working on critical public sector issues and the delivery of the infrastructure and services that help realise public policy
• Experience of working with or researching a range of stakeholders/clients and having an emerging understanding of the issues facing the infrastructure sector and/or large-scale procurements
• A passion for learning and maintaining knowledge of trends in the latest thinking related to client operational and/or supplier delivery models
• Professional qualification (or working towards one) such as MCIPS, MRICS or relevant postgraduate degrees welcome

We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements.