Manager - Asset Management Advisory

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Job description

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We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Asset Management Advisory (AMA) team, part of the KPMG Infrastructure Advisory Group (IAG). Our team advises infrastructure owners in both the public and private sector, including government 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 380 professionals.

Why join KPMG in our IAG Team?

Our team comprises c50 professionals, together we form a diverse, multi-disciplinary team of cross-sector experts. We lead exciting projects across both public and private sectors principally focused on major capital and infrastructure portfolios in Transport, Energy, Water, Defence, Oil and Gas and Health. This is a fast-growing area offering many opportunities building upon a global capability in Asset Management where we provide:

• Asset Strategy and Transformation, including operating model design and transformation of asset management functions.
• Asset Performance including investment planning, efficiency improvements in capital and operating expenditure, as well as asset resilience and benchmarking.
• Digital asset management including asset performance and financial modelling and smart technology.
• Investor assurance of asset performance and transaction due diligence support.

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 work is varied, fast-paced, often high-profile and rewarding. We adopt a flexible approach, employing a hybrid working model to deliver value for our clients. We're interested in people with infrastructure-related experience, but we're keen to hear from candidates with experience in other fields relevant to our work.

What will you be doing?

• We are seeking Managers to perform a critical role leading client workstreams, supporting business development and helping our team to grow and develop. Key areas you will contribute to the team include:
• Leading the delivery of key work streams within a large engagement or leading less complex engagements operating at all levels of the business.
• Managing the KPMG team and day to day programme for engagements and deliver key outputs at pace and to the highest quality.
• Liaise effectively and collaboratively with clients whilst working on engagements and act as an 'ambassador' for KPMG.
• Support off-project development of asset management capability and development of the asset management tools and methodologies across the team and within projects.
• Financial management, ensuring timely raising of fee notes and assisting in recovery of fees, and keeping clients informed of costs and time incurred on an appropriately regular basis.
• Ensuring KPMG's quality and risk management procedures are completed to the appropriate standard.
• Pro-actively keeping up to date with Asset Management thinking on a global level.
• Supporting the development of thought leadership and speaking engagements.

What will you need to do it?

The Person

We are seeking professionals who have experience applying their knowledge of asset management to solve business and engineering challenges. The individual much be proactive, able to work at pace and provide practical solutions that deliver value to our clients. The individual must have the ability to deal with ambiguity and to put in place frameworks to structure their thinking and communicate effectively to stakeholders. A track record of delivering high quality outputs is essential.

Essential Requirements

• Demonstrate high levels of drive, ambition and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Be good team players who work with colleagues and has experience leading teams in a collaborative and inclusive way.
• Be comfortable handling ambiguity and responding to changing client demands.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of asset management challenges with a focus on Transport, Power & Utilities, Defence.
• A good understanding of asset management principles and how to apply them to address business challenges.

Skills we'd love to see/Amazing Extras:

• Assessing and understanding risks at both a business and an asset portfolio level.
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills.
• Ideally seeking pursual a relevant Chartered status
• To discuss this or wider Deal Advisory roles with our recruitment team, all you need to do is apply, create a profile, upload your CV and begin to make your mark with KPMG.

Our Locations:

We are open to talk to major projects advisory talent across the country but our core hubs for this role are:

London Canary Wharf

Manchester

Birmingham

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

Find out more:

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Deal Advisory at KPMG: https://kpmg.com/uk/en/home/services/deal-advisory.html

ESG at KPMG: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/our-esg-journey/

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