Senior Consultant - Transformation Delivery and Project Management

IN|KRC|Transformation Delivery UK| Senior/Consultant

Job details (Senior)

•Proposed designation – Senior/Consultant•Role type - Supervisory•Reporting to – AM/Manager•Geo to be supported –  UK•Work timings – 9:00 am to 5:30pm

Roles & responsibilities

Supporting audit engagement teams through the provision and coordination of core eight project management methodology

•Engagement Planning (e.g. ensuring the engagement has appropriate end-to-end tier 1/2/3 plans to ensure activity can be executed and monitored week-by-week).•PBM Tracking (e.g. ensuring PBM delivery is monitored against the plan, assisting the team to follow up in case of non-delivery; generally executed by India team).•Review Note Tracking (e.g. ensuring Review Notes are planned, coordinated and monitored against the plan; generally executed by India team).•KCw Tracking (e.g. ensuring progress through the file is coordinated and monitored against the plan; MI may assist in delivering the data).

 

•Engagement Finances (e.g. coordinating the Forward Planning (budget) production and submission, tracking actuals v budget, monthly cost to complete, tracking scope variation (SVT), monitoring codes, and advising engagement leadership as necessary).•Team Organisation (e.g. ensuring the team communicates and is organized effectively, with a RAID, RACI and other PM tools as appropriate to ensure efficient execution of work).•YE Debrief and Continuous Improvement (e.g. planning and conducting YE debriefs, capturing lessons identified, and ensuring they are incorporated in next year’s plan; conducting further CI activity as needed to remove waste (TIMWOODS) and save audit hours.•Managing to Plan (e.g. review / triangulate all tracking activity against the baseline tiered plans, managing risks and issues, taking action accordingly and advising audit leadership when there are deviations from the audit plan, delays in the timeline or equally opportunities to bring work forward.•Applying your knowledge and understanding of audit engagement teams, leadership and wider contacts in the execution of day-to-day support to ensure KPMG planning requirements and deadlines (eg. DPP planning milestones) are achieved, and Audit Quality standards and Service Level Agreements are met. Key activities include:•Stakeholder relationship management (e.g., ensuring effective communication is maintained throughout the project).•Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with a broad range of colleagues and stakeholders, including members of the programme management team, Senior Managers, Directors, Partners, project teams, 3rd party service providers, and importantly, contacts in the Audited entity.•Co-ordinating and supervising assigned KPMG PMO resources. This will include reviewing their work outputs to ensure appropriate level of quality and providing coaching and mentoring support.•Deliver PM training to auditors, both generally (e.g. for Forward Planning), and including specific coaching / mentoring to nominated auditors in PM roles on other engagements in the department / sector / pod.•There may also be an opportunity to contribute to the ongoing improvement of internal project management products, services and processes.

This role is for you if you have  the below

Educational qualifications

•Post graduate degree from a reputed institute•PMP, CAPM, Prince 2 Certification will be an added advantage

Work experience

•4 to 7 years of work experience in project management in a leading professional services firm (e.g. international consulting firm, Big 4, IT Enabled Services Industry) or existing PMO captive

Experience Level

Senior Level