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Manager - Commercial Advisory and Assurance - Planning, Scheduling and Project Controls

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Manager - Planning, Scheduling and Project Controls (MPA)

Base Location: London, Manchester and Birmingham. Plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations
KPMG's Major Projects Advisory (MPA) team works with industry-leading organisations, helping to solve some of the biggest challenges in infrastructure. As a true market leader, we work with an impressive client base across the commercial and public sectors, delivering lasting results on projects and programmes which are household names.

We focus on providing clarity to Boards, Executives and SRO's at major public and private sector organisations, on the delivery of their projects and programmes. We work on some of the UK's most strategically important programmes, and across all infrastructure sectors including transport, natural resources, energy, power and utilities, corporates, oil & gas, defence, health, housing & education.

Our team comprises specialists with deep construction industry experience, from working for project owners, contractors, engineering consultants and others in the UK and overseas.

On the back of continuing growth, we're once again investing in our team to drive a step change in our capability. This means you'll be joining one of the fastest growing areas of the firm at a time of real significance.

Why join KPMG in our MPA Team?

This role is for an innovative professional at manager level, who can work alongside our existing team to use their lived experience of planning, scheduling and project controls in construction to solve complex problems. There is no one-size fits all in MPA; we're as diverse as the world around us. We hand pick our people because they're our most important asset, and people pick us because we really mean that.

Managers in our team are client-facing and right at the forefront of delivery. This role requires strong post-qualification experience ideally gained from several infrastructure-related projects and programmes, but we'll happily consider candidates with experience in other relevant fields.

As one of the senior consultants on the ground, you'll be applying your experience every day, bringing to life tailored solutions for our clients whilst managing important relationships.

What will you be doing?

  • Managing high-performing, multi-disciplinary consulting teams with different backgrounds and experience
  • Managing the delivery of client-facing work within specialist areas, ensuring new processes and tools are designed with a strong end-user focus. This includes producing high-quality outputs with serious attention to detail
  • Looking after financial aspects of an engagement with support and under supervision, ensuring we keep clients informed of costs and time incurred, in addition to raising invoices and recovering fees, operating within approved risk processes.
  • Identifying potential opportunities for new assignments and assisting with bids
  • Keeping up to date with specific technical developments affecting your work
  • Identifying opportunities for thought leadership and assisting with the development of a KPMG view in your specific technical area

What will you need to do it?

  • Strong experience in leading and managing tasks that include monitoring, reporting, scheduling, cost control, risks management, change control, opportunities for improvement and implement project controls best practices
  • Some of your experience will be working within a consulting environment or directly advising clients, either for another consultancy or in an advisory role in industry or government
  • Experience in major projects and programmes, ideally in infrastructure of one of our priority sectors of transport, defence, power and utilities or nuclear
  • At least a working level of familiarity with delivery of major projects and programmes within the UK public sector
  • Strong experience of managing teams and applying project and programme controls, with a passion for the discipline
  • Some experience in the implementation of earned value management in accordance with relevant national standards
  • Proficiency in using Excel, MS Project and Oracle P6

Skills we'd love to see/Amazing Extras:

  • Delay and scenario analysis
  • Dispute advisory or expert witness experience
  • Supporting the delivery of advisory services such as organisational design and governance optimisation
  • A relevant professional certification - e.g. APM PMQ/PPQ; MoP; MSP; PRINCE2

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.

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Manager - Commercial Advisory and Assurance - Planning, Scheduling and Project Controls

KPMG United Kingdom
Birmingham, UK
Full-Time

Published on 21/05/2024

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