Senior Manager - Finance Transformation (Insurance Finance Change)
KPMG International Cooperative
Senior Manager - Finance Transformation (Insurance Finance Change)
£75000
KPMG International Cooperative, Leeds
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 4 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 3db5daf627e3463ebb3cdbb22dc0fee7
Full Job Description
KPMG is offering a fantastic opportunity to join our firm as a Senior Manager in the Insurance Financial Transformation practice.
As part of this team, you will be working with a broad range of clients from the initial diagnosis, strategy formulation and analysis, through to implementation.
Key roles and responsibilities include :
Delivery management :
- Independently lead delivery of large scale engagements (or significant workstreams within a programme of work) with accountability for the successful delivery of the engagement and client outcomes.
- Ability to communicate and demonstrate, through delivery, the benefits and ensure results are realised for our clients
- Ability to manage cross functional (and often global) engagement teams both internally within KPMG and external client teams across all strata of the organisation.
- Building rapport and maintaining relationships to support delivery of each engagement. Acts as a conduit between KPMG and client teams and translate jargon' into business terminology
- The candidate will need to be able to build and leverage both internal and external relationships to help support Partners and Directors in driving business development and sales activities
- Supports the continuous development of our propositions ensuring content is kept up to date and in line with the growing demands from our clients and market trends.
- Identifying and managing risks, engagement assurance and commercial risk management and ensuring the Firm's frameworks are implemented appropriately and effectively
- People management & talent development :
- The candidate will be able to demonstrate a track record or leading delivery teams as well as developing teams within a consulting practice.
- Act as formal performance manager for junior members of the team and actively participate in our bi-annual appraisal process
- Support the development of junior team members through formal training as well as informal coaching & mentoring capacities
The Person - Successful candidates should have excellent Insurance finance knowledge (including interactions with Risk functions) and demonstrate the following skills : - Accountancy qualification with strong post qualification experience (or equivalent experience)
- Understanding of key performance, cost and regulatory change challenges across Insurance Groups, being able to translate industry challenges in to strategic solution
- Strong people manager, able to lead large teams and develop others
- Self-starting, pro-active team player that is experienced in working in challenging environments and within a multi-disciplined team
- Ability to liaise with senior Finance stakeholders - Ability to create and deliver high level presentations and output reviews to senior executives / stakeholders and business managers
- Ability to review and challenge information that has been provided by other team members, ensuring the information is fit for purpose' and at the right level of granularity
- Flexibility to travel
- Design of the insurance finance function and finance operating model
- Design and implementation of strategic process and control improvements
- Leading significant elements of a finance change programme in the insurance sector
- Development of non-financial reporting data, systems and process design
- Presenting and interacting closely with senior finance stakeholders on a day to day basis
- Senior role in an insurance finance function where significant change has been successfully implemented
- Cost reduction in an insurance group.
Business Development :
Practice development
Supporting the development of processes and initiatives that are key to scaling the business
Risk management
Experience
Successful candidates should have experience in one or more of the following areas :