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23.05.2025

07.07.2025

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Manager, Commercial Advisory and Assurance (Major Projects Advisory) - Cost

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.

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.

What will you be doing?

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 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.

What will you need to do it?

You will have a background in and experience of construction or infrastructure projects. You may have experience in a field such as accounting, audit, commercial management & quantity surveying, project controls, civil, mechanical or electrical engineering, or you may have held a specialist assurance role within a client or in a public sector organisation. You may have been based on site, or in an advisory role.

The role requires experience with the following attributes:

• A good understanding of the factors which drive costs on construction projects
• A good understanding of issues which impact project performance
• Client or senior stakeholder-facing experience
• Experience in writing and reviewing parts of assurance documents such as briefing notes and recommendations
• Experience working in highly political and confidential environments
• Experience of managing the work of junior colleagues
• An ability to assess new situations and data quickly to provide a basis for developing an understanding of causal factors

Skills we’d love to see/Amazing Extras:

• Project management
• Budget management
• Cash flow forecasting
• Project controls
• Earned value management
• Resource management
• Claims, disputes and dispute avoidance
• Governance and control of projects
• Hold or working towards a relevant professional qualification, such as CIMA, MRICS, MICE, ChPP, MAPM, CIOB, etc.

In addition to the technical requirements of the role we also expect the right candidate to:

• Be a self-starter, who builds a rapport with new team members quickly
• Be confident and articulate with senior clients and stakeholders
• Be committed to learning for a lifetime
• Provide clear and concise advice to clients and manage client relationships
• Assist with business development and supporting delivery of the MPA growth strategy

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.

Find out more:

Within Deal Advisory we have a range of divisions and specialisms. Click the links to find out more below:

• Deal Advisory at KPMG: https://kpmg.com/uk/en/home/services/deal-advisory.html
• ESG at KPMG: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/our-esg-journey/
• About our firm: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/people-culture/about-our-firm/
• KPMG Workability and Disability confidence:www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/experienced-professional/applying-to-kpmg/need-support-let-us-know/

For any additional support in applying, please click the links to find out more:

• Applying to KPMG: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/experienced-professional/applying-to-kpmg/