Assistant Manager - Asset Management Advisory

KPMG International Cooperative; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Leeds is seeking Assistant Managers for their Asset Management Advisory team. The role involves developing solutions for clients, producing high-quality deliverables, and fostering team collaboration. Ideal candidates should demonstrate ambition, excellent communication skills, and an understanding of asset management challenges. Flexible work arrangements are available.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate high levels of drive, ambition, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills are required.
• Knowledge of asset management challenges, especially in Transport and Utilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions to problems and collaborate with colleagues.
• Produce client-ready deliverables that exceed expectations.
• Take ownership of workstreams and liaise effectively with clients.

Skills

High drive and ambition

Team player

Excellent English communication

Ability to handle ambiguity

Understanding of asset management challenges

Job description

Our AMA team gets involved with exciting projects across both private and public sector entities but principally those with major capital and infrastructure portfolios in Transport, Power & Utilities, Defence, Oil and Gas. This is a fast-growing area offering many opportunities building upon a global capability in Asset Management where we provide:

• Operating Model Design and Business Transformation
• Strategic asset investment planning including business plan support
• Efficiency programmes covering both capital and operating expenditure
• Asset and portfolio resilience support including maintenance planning
• Internal assurance and peer review of key business processes
• Investor assurance of asset performance and transaction due diligence support

The work is varied, fast‑paced, often high‑profile and rewarding. 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.

What will you be doing?

We are seeking Assistant Managers to perform a critical role contributing to client workstreams, supporting business development and helping our team to grow and develop. Key areas you will contribute to the team include:

• Develop solutions to problems and collaborate with colleagues at all seniority levels across KPMG and in our client organisations
• Produce client‑ready deliverables (slides, documents or spreadsheets) that exceed expectations
• Take ownership of workstreams within engagements and/or contribute to larger workstreams, working closely with workstream leads
• Liaise effectively and collaboratively with clients whilst working on engagements and act as an "ambassador" for KPMG

Team Contribution

• Contribute to the development of the team and foster a collaborative, inclusive and supportive team culture
• Contribute to business development opportunities by helping with the generation of proposals and bid documents
• Support the development of a continuous learning environment and keep up to date with technical best practice and developments

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.

Skills we'd love to see / Amazing Extras

• Demonstrate high levels of drive, ambition and ability to work in a fast‑paced environment
• Bring energy and a motivation to make a real difference to our engagements
• Be good team players who work with colleagues in a collaborative and inclusive way
• Be comfortable handling ambiguity and changing client demands
• Knowledge and understanding of asset management challenges with a focus on Transport, Power & Utilities, Defence
• Assess and understand risks at both a business and an asset portfolio level
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills

Base Location: London, Birmingham, Leeds or Manchester plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Asset Management Advisory (AMA) team, part of the KPMG Infrastructure Advisory Group (IAG). Our group supports government, infrastructure and asset‑intensive clients 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 300 professionals. Our IAG mission is to "help improve the fabric and functioning of society" and we are hugely proud of what we've managed to achieve so far, but we're only just getting started. IAG is an inclusive and diverse team that invites applicants from all backgrounds. We believe that ultimately, genuinely diverse teams lead to our clients getting the best advice. We're looking for people to grow with us and are committed to helping everybody reach their destination, regardless of what that is. No matter what skills you bring to our team, you'll be surrounded by spirited, naturally curious people. People who want to learn from you, and who'll also teach you a thing or two along the way. It's how we make a collective impact, greater than the sum of its parts.