Financial Transformation Assistant Manager - Insurance

Location: 

London

Category:  CS&P FT
Business Unit: 

Financial Transformation Assistant Manager – Insurance, 106368

Base Location: London plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

 

The KPMG Financial Services Advisory practice function is a cornerstone of our business.  Operating from London we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise.

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.

By encompassing a wide range of disciplines across a breadth of areas such as Financial Transformation, we become immersed in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes and get it right first time.

 

Why Join KPMG as a FT Assistant Manager – Insurance  

Are you ready to lead impactful finance transformation projects and shape the future of financial operations? In this role you will be working as part of a cross-functional team, supporting a broad range of insurance sector clients from the initial diagnosis, design, and analysis, through to end-to-end implementation of insurance sector finance transformation projects.

 

What will you be doing?

 

Project & Team Leadership

  • Drive the delivery of one or more workstreams within major finance transformation programmes.
  • Manage deliverables and dependencies to budget, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
  • Apply a sharp eye for detail to ensure outputs are accurate, insightful, and tailored to the audience.
  • Mentor and coach rising talent in the team, both on engagements and through broader development initiatives.

 

Client Engagement & Strategic Input

  • Collaborate with senior leadership to manage key client relationships.
  • Contribute to the development of strategic propositions and support responses to RFPs.
  • Build strong, trusted relationships with clients at the workstream level.

 

Governance & Risk Management

  • Uphold and support risk management procedures across engagements.
  • Proactively identify and escalate risks and issues, offering practical solutions to senior stakeholders.

 

What will you need to do it?

  • A good understanding of insurance industry (Life, GI and/or London Market), key regulations and typical challenges faced by the Finance function.
  • Able to articulate the typical key processes, controls, data and systems that underpin an insurers finance operations/reporting.
  • An understanding of roles and structures in an insurer’s finance function.
  • Good broad knowledge of the Finance function and Finance operating models
  • Either:
    • hands on experience on Finance Insurance Transformation projects such as ERP implementation, Target Operating model design, IFRS 17, Solvency II, ESG reporting either as a consultant or in industry; or
    • experience as an auditor of insurance companies with a strong understanding of finance systems & data, processes and controls and desire/aptitude to move into a consulting role.
  • Project management experience
  • Strong analytical and numerical skills
  • Ability to present with impact
  • Ability to organise and successfully deliver multiple work items concurrently to time
  • Experience in working as part of cross-functional teams

 

To discuss this or wider Consulting 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 candidates with Financial Transformation talent across the country but our core hubs for this role are:

  • London

This position will largely be based from London.

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.

 

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