Manager - Commercial Advisory and Assurance (Major Projects Advisory) 1

KPMG International Cooperative; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international consulting firm in the UK seeks a Commercial Advisory and Assurance Manager. This role involves managing project teams, supporting financial management, and engaging with senior stakeholders on high-impact projects across the infrastructure sector. The ideal candidate will provide clarity to clients on major project delivery, backed by relevant professional qualifications. Opportunities for flexible work arrangements available.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide clear and concise reporting.
• Familiar with industry-standard contract forms.
• Understanding of cost drivers on construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage project teams to deliver client engagements.
• Support management of quality and risk to meet KPMG standards.
• Engage with senior stakeholders effectively.

Skills

Clear communication

Engagement management

Financial management

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Relevant professional qualification (MRICS, MICE, ChPP, MAPM, CIOB)

Job description

• Clear recommendation of solutions to project issues based on own knowledge and experience
• Clear, concise, fact-based reporting
• Summarising for and presenting to senior stakeholders
• Engagement Management of project teams to deliver client engagements
• Support in management of quality and risk on engagements to meet KPMG standards.
• Supporting financial management of engagements including budgeting, reporting and invoicing processes, 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.
• A good understanding of the factors which drive costs on construction projects
• A thorough understanding of issues which impact construction project performance
• Familiarity with industry-standard contract forms
• Competent in producing and assessing project commercial reports
• A relevant professional qualification, such as MRICS, MICE, ChPP, MAPM, CIOB, etc.
• Skills we'd love to see/Amazing Extras:
• Project management
• Project controls
• Earned value management
• Be a self-starter, who builds a rapport with new team members quickly
• Be confident and articulate with senior clients and stakeholders
• Base Location: London, Manchester and Birmingham. Plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

The KPMG Major Projects Advisory Team sits within Infrastructure Advisory Group and is part of our Deal Advisory function. Deal Advisory partners with clients to give them the confidence they need to make key decisions for their businesses. The team support clients to look across their business, and outside it, at where they can add value - and that could mean strategy, integration, separation, value creation or mergers and acquisitions. KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies. We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is. Why join KPMG in Major Projects Advisory - Infrastructure Advisory Group? KPMG's Infrastructure Advisory Group (IAG) is widely recognised as one of the world's leading independent strategic advisors in the infrastructure sector. We provide in-depth advice on the strategic, economic, financial and commercial issues driving infrastructure projects spanning the transport, power and utilities, social infrastructure and central government departments and private sector bodies sectors in the UK and internationally. There is no one-size fits all in MPA; we're as diverse as the world around us and our people are our most important asset. Why Join KPMG as a Commercial Advisory and Assurance Manager? We focus on providing clarity to Boards, Executives and SROs 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 natural resources, energy, power and utilities, transport, corporates, oil and gas, defence, health, housing and education. Our diverse team comprises of 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 and boosting our numbers, which means you'll be joining one of the fastest growing areas of the firm at a time of real significance.