Manager - Digital Consulting - Financial Management at KPMG South Africa

Description of the role and purpose of the job:

Our Digital Consulting business is in need of a strong self-driven Manager, who are as passionate as us about helping clients transform their operations to efficiently and effectively deliver on their transformation ambitions.  The key focus of the manager will be the technology layer of the operating model.

The role will provide you with the ability to be involved in various stages of a clients’ transformation journey, from the development of a strategy right through to the implementation of relevant policies, processes, organisational structures and technology required to operationalise the strategy.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of technology enabled transformation engagements.  From visioning and target operating model development (including future state validation and deployment) to the evolution of implemented operating models;
• Interpret client requirements and support the team with the sales process of transformation engagements including an appropriate tailored approach and methodology;
• Understand how technology enables transformation etc;
• Display diligence during the execution of any work of KPMG’s internal risk management processes at all times;
• Contribute effectively to the discussions around the “future of technology” and actively participate in generating creative ideas and thoughts; and
• Other ad-hoc tasks as assigned.

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• High level of drive and resilience;
• High level of attention to detail and a desire to drive quality;
• Strong organisation skills; a self-starter with initiative, ability to foster innovation and a common-sense approach to problem solving;
• Ability to multi-task and reprioritise tasks as and when required;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
• Very good business writing skills, numerical skills, communication and interpretation skills;
• Executes excellent “first review” skills;
• Excellent ability to compile PowerPoint decks and able to present with confidence and passion;
• The ability to build collaborative relationships with good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well to colleagues with differing levels of expertise and skills while championing inclusion and diversity;
• Ability to identify sales opportunities;
• Passionate about how technology enables the finance function of the future; and
• The ability to adapt to a changing work environment and accommodate changing client demands.

Minimum requirements to apply for the role:

• Minimum 5-7 years’ experience working in a project delivery capacity (e.g. project management, business analyst, data migration testing, etc.),
• Technology focused qualification e.g. BCom (Informatics), BSC (Computer Science)
• Passionate about working on transformation projects.