Senior Manager - Governance, Risk and Compliance Services'

Senior Manager - Governance, Risk and Compliance Services #LI-CP1

The team

KPMG's Governance, Risk and Compliance Services (GRCS) practice within IGH is an area of the firm with tremendous growth potential. GRCS is an integral part of our Enterprise Risk advisory practice. We provide services relating to internal audit, internal control, corporate governance, risk management and related assurance projects. Clients are based in the public sector and our services deliver added value to clients using modern control assessment, risk management and audit techniques focusing on strategic, management and operational issues as well as financial management and reporting controls. We also work closely with other consulting teams including our colleagues in Technology Risk and Cyber Risk to ensure our clients receive the best possible advice and assurance.

The role

• own relationships with senior Client stakeholders to identify the opportunity for improvement in their business and originate engagements for KPMG
• Identify new business opportunities, participate in the firm’s development of a proposition in response to the government’s strategy on UK corporate governance reform
• Contribute to proposals, including structuring the response document, completing KPMG’s risk procedures, and organising a delivery team
• Assemble and direct teams to deliver high quality work product for clients, and own the delivery of these engagements taking responsibility for overall quality and outputs
• Effectively communicate the value propositions of KPMG’s various services, thought leadership and emerging risk to clients, and be recognised and respected by clients as a knowledgeable valued professional
• Drive and lead the day-to-day execution of engagements typically in relation to controls risk assessments, maturity assessments, internal controls diagnostics reviews for clients. This is expected to include activities such as; commercial management, planning and budgeting, design and development of risk assessments, annual audit plans, audit programs, working papers, internal audit reports, and other engagement specific deliverables.
• Serve as a coach and mentor and provide opportunities for on-the-job training for staff, as well as wider service line team members
• Identify and clearly communicate performance improvement opportunities and leading practices to client personnel and senior management and work with partners to assist in practice management including resource allocation, career development of staff, and other administration decisions
• Establish your internal audit knowledge through sharing and participation in the continual development and publication of external, market facing publications
• Develop and maintain a positive, productive, collaborative professional relationship with the client and engagement or project teams to provide well-coordinated and consistent high-performance result
• Creating annual internal audit plans for clients
• Providing internal audit services on both outsourced and co-sourced contractual basis
• Managing and directly delivering individual and /or a programme of internal audit projects which includes planning, review, quality assurance and reporting
• Risk management, governance and internal audit advisory services
• Risk identification workshops and control reviews
• Delivering control and risk training
• Managing and reviewing internal control questionnaires
• Compliance internal audits
• Working with members of other KPMG advisory teams
• Retaining management responsibility for a portfolio of clients, maintaining relationships with senior KPMG and client staff and is responsible for the financial performance and delivery of these accounts
• Demonstrating a detailed understanding of how current and emerging legal, regulatory, governance, risk management, auditing, accounting and financial reporting standards affect their clients
• Undertaking KPMG's internal risk management and client engagement management procedures including client acceptance, continuance and engagement procedures
• Keeping up to date with all industry specific issues and circumstances which affect their clients
• Developing audit strategies which address all audit, client service and project management issues, in accordance with the KPMG internal audit methodology
• Recognising where specialists are required and involving other KPMG staff, managing their input to the client
• Reviewing the audit evidence obtained ensuring it is sufficient in line with IIA Standards and KPMG methodology
• Conducting meetings with clients to explain internal audit findings and drafting and reviewing reports
• Reporting to Partners / Directors all salient points arising from assignments
• Producing quarterly Audit Committee papers
• Setting budgets for engagement and monitoring delivery against the budget
• Ensuring work in progress is monitored and controlled with fees being raised promptly
• Planning and allocating staff resources to fulfil business requirements
• Setting objectives with the team, and providing support and feeding back on performance
• Providing coaching and training to KPMG staff on risk management and internal audit methodology
• Identifying and developing new opportunities for KPMG to work with clients and targets
• Writing tender documents and presenting at proposals Assisting partners in general business development
• Counselling/appraisals of junior staff
• Forecasting and reporting on client engagements

Skills, qualifications, and experience

Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in assurance, controls and / or corporate compliance-related roles, including consulting, auditing, risk management. Experience should include performing internal audits from the beginning of an engagement or project through completion
• Substantial experience in Assurance, controls and / or corporate compliance-related experience, including consulting, auditing, risk management, or operational roles in leading companies or in a consulting environment
• Demonstrated ability to identify business opportunities, lead project engagements, attract new business, and build lasting professional relationships with senior client executives up to and including CEO/CFO level
• Relevant experience in project management and the full life-cycle of a project, including risk management, commercial management, resourcing, and quality control
• Advanced problem solving and analytical skills with proven ability to use data effectively identify and resolve issues
• Ability to identify observations and recommendations for business operations and control issues in correlation with key risk disciplines (including financial reporting, regulatory, and operational)
• Advanced risk, controls, accounting.
• Previous experience leading teams and managing projects, and accustomed to taking an active role in executing large engagements
• Internal audit experience is essential.
• Public sector experience is desired.
• Commercial acumen with a track record of managing budgets and allocating resources in a project environment
• Consulting experience is desirable but not essential
• Excellent PowerPoint, Word, and Excel skills
• Qualified (IIA, CCAB, ICAEW, CIPFA or equivalent).

The person

• Recognises the importance of continuous self and team development and actively strives to achieve this
• Evidence of being an active leader with the willingness to develop new skills and capabilities, and encourage the team to do the same
• Helps others to understand how their work contributes to the overall success of an engagement and the wider firm
• Seeks to understand others motivations
• Makes brave decisions and supports others in doing so