Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance - Assistant Manager - Public Sector

☞ KPMG

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Update day: 11-06-2024

Location: Birmingham West Midlands

Category: Legal / Contracts

Industry: Management Consulting

Job type: Full-time, Permanent

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Location:Birmingham, Leeds, Leeds Broadgate, Manchester

Capability:Consulting

Experience Level:Associate/Assistant Manager

Type:Full Time

Service Line:IARCS

Contract type:Permanent

Job description

*This role can be based in Manchester or Leeds*

KPMG’s Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance Services (IARCS) practice within IGH is an area of the firm with tremendous growth potential as proven by recent significant wins. It provides 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 through the use of 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

As an Assistant Manager in IARCS there will be opportunities to work on a variety of engagements for our clients covering the spectrum of services that we provide including:
  • Reviewing and establishing internal audit functions
  • Assurance mapping
  • Creating annual 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
  • Working with client’s in house internal audit function to supply specialist or additional resource needed
  • Process improvement projects
  • 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
  • Corporate governance reviews
  • Contract compliance audits
  • Assessing effectiveness of internal audit functions, audit committees and boards
  • Working with members of other KPMG advisory teams
  • Business development

Responsibilities

  • Assisting management to retain responsibility for a UK-wide 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
  • Understanding and assisting managers to undertake 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 your clients
  • Developing internal audit strategies which address all internal audit, client service and project management issues, in accordance with the KPMG internal audit methodology
  • Delivering against those audit strategies
  • 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 and PSIAS Standards and KPMG methodology
  • Conducting meetings with clients to explain audit findings and drafting and reviewing reports
  • Reporting to partners/directors all salient points arising from assignments
  • Assisting management to produce quarterly Audit Committee papers
  • Assisting management to set budgets for engagements and monitoring delivery against the budget
  • Ensuring work in progress is monitored and controlled with fees being raised promptly
  • Identifying and exploiting additional fee billing possibilities
  • 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.

Qualifications / Skills / Experience:

  • Qualified (IIA, CCAB, ICAEW or equivalent)
  • Strong understanding of risks, processes and controls
  • Private, public sector and/or professional services experience
  • Experience overseeing and conducting fieldwork for internal audit, external quality assessments on internal audit functions and/or risk management engagements
  • Experience of being the main or secondary client contact for engagements and dealing with day to day interactions at FC / FD level (i.e. stakeholder management)
  • Effective report writing
  • Strong project management

Personal Attributes:

  • Demonstrable commitment to developing career in governance, risk and advisory space within a high-performing professional services firm:
  • Commercial awareness
  • Solid interpersonal and facilitation skills
  • Mobility / flexibility
  • Drive and resilience
  • Self-motivation
  • Team player
  • Curiosity and interest
  • Client service mind-set

Why Consulting at KPMG?

Technology is a critical focus for us. It underpins everything we do. We’re investing in technology like never before – not least because the pace of technological change is disrupting organisations in new and challenging ways. Through advanced data analytics and emerging tech-enabled solutions like AI and machine learning, we’re helping clients across diverse sectors to navigate that change. We enable them to avoid any unnecessary risks and to uncover new, transformative opportunities that could give them a competitive edge. A career here means stretching your skills and honing your expertise by solving complex problems as part of a collaborative, results-driven and supportive team. Whether we’re helping our clients to reduce their costs, make better decisions, improve efficiencies or deploy the latest technologies, we bring together broad specialisms and talents to deliver robust, connected solutions.

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Deadline: 26-07-2024

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