Associate Director - Programme Advisory & Capital Excellence - Major Projects Advisory
KPMG
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Government
- Healthcare
- Defence
- Water
- Energy
- Transport
- Financial Services
- Leading complex and multifaceted consulting engagements whilst simultaneously managing broader client relationships across multiple accounts
- Inspiring your team; managing, coaching, mentoring and motivating your colleagues
- Fostering an inclusive, diverse and flexible environment where everyone can thrive
- Engaging at a senior level with our clients, becoming a trusted advisor
- Collaborating with other leaders to develop and continually refine the long-term strategy for our purposeful and sustainable growth
- Being a respected subject-matter expert and a team-shaper
- Able to positively influence the scope and direction of any engagement through cross-functional collaboration
- Developing a recognised profile in the external market
- Being responsible for all financial aspects of an engagement
- Understanding KPMG's broader suite of services and identifying opportunities to collaborate and design unique client solutions
- Most importantly, being a role model for KPMG and living our values every day
- A proven history of operating as an effective leader in a consulting firm in addition to senior project or programme management roles; with a minimum of 10 years' experience - primarily built around the delivery of major complex Projects/Programmes, transformational change
- Specialist Project, Programme, Portfolio management expertise, with proven delivery acumen and a passion for the future of the profession
- Ideally experience in one or more sectors across Central Government, Infrastructure, Transport, Aerospace, Defence, Industrial, Financial Services, Utilities or Manufacturing preferred
- Demonstrable experience of influencing senior-level stakeholders, having built and sustained key relationships
- Excellent commercial awareness with strong experience of owning and managing client accounts alongside contributions to significant bids and proposals
- The passion, resilience and energy to make a difference, both internally and externally
- A foundation of excellent academics and demonstrable career progression to date
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- A good spread of experience using different software/applications (e.g. Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, Primavera P6, Slack, Clarizen)
- Relevant professional certification - e.g. APM ChPP/PPQ; MoP; MSP; PRINCE2
- Delivering advisory services such as capital delivery transformations, organisational design, regulatory change, delivery efficiency and governance optimisation
- Working in partnership with clients to shape the strategic direction of their organisation and implementing the change with them
- Delivering targeted business process improvement(s) in relation to capital investment Portfolios and major Projects/Programmes
- Standing up programme governance
- Designing and enhancing Project, Programme or Portfolio controls
- Designing and leading transformation management offices (TMO) or project management offices (PMO)
- Delivering quality assurance and monitoring
- Leading projects delivering quality assurance and monitoring
- Troubled Project/Programme reviews and implementing recovery plans
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- Delivering targeted business process improvement(s) in relation to capital investment Portfolios and major Projects/Programmes
- Implementation of Earned Value Management in accordance with relevant national standards
- A competitive salary
- Pension options
- Bonus scheme that reflects firm and individual performance
- Rail and Oyster Card reimbursement
- Staff discounts
- Access to preferential banking
- 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
- Private medical insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Life assurance of 4 x salary 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