Description
Experienced in the Deals Advisory industry? Strong background in Government or the public sector?
We are looking for someone to join the MPA team for one of our clients, continue reading below for further details!
Role
The Associate Director will be a vital role in leading both the delivery of work on the ground and the development of new opportunities for the company, maintaining insights and perspectives on how our markets are changing. Maintaining critical relationships and operating as a trusted advisor to senior clients, in addition to helping to shape solutions, decisions and driving implementation.
Responsibilities
Leading complex consulting engagements amongst a team.
Being able to handle a medium to a large team, coaching managing and supporting them on the projects.
Ability to handle one or more key client accounts and engage at a senior level whilst becoming a trusted advisor.
Developing a recognised profile within the external market, public speaking at events and building and also sustaining great and strong relationships.
Accountable for financial aspects - ensuring clients are continuously informed of costs and time incurred, in addition to raising invoices and recovering fees.
The Individual
Experiences in Deal Advisory.
Background/experiences in Public Sector/Government (Central), Transport, Energy or Utilities.
Leadership and managing and influencing junior members of the team as well as influencing and managing senior-level stakeholders.
Specialist project/programme/portfolio management
Experiences using various software's/applications (eg, Microsoft Teams, Powerpoint, Excel, Project, Oracle P6, Slack, Clarizen)
Relevant Professional cert - (APM PMQ/PPQ/ChPP/MSP/PRINCE 2)
Desired but not essential
Delivery in targeted business process improvements regarding capital investment portfolios and major projects/programmes
Delivering strategic advisory services eg, organisational design and governance optimisation
Enhancing project and programme controls
Assurance and monitoring
Prior experiences in large and/or complex organisations
Experiences in reviewing troubled projects and programmes
Associate Director - MPA - P3M
About the MPA Team Within Deals, the Major Projects Advisory (MPA) team is helping to crack some of the biggest challenges in infrastructure and public services, making an impact on things that affect the wellbeing and prosperity of everyone in the UK. The work is varied and complex, and no one else does it quite like we do.
We're passionate about:
- Change and reform in the public sector
- The future of transport and mobility
- Decarbonisation and sustainability
We work with clients in:
- Central Government
- Transport (roads, rail and aviation)
- Energy and Utilities (electricity, nuclear, water)
We focus on:
- Capital projects and programmes
- Complex portfolios
- Major transformations
- Progressive assurance
On the back of continuing growth and success in the market, we're investing in our team and boosting our numbers - which means you'll be joining one of the fastest growing areas of the firm at a time of real significance.
About the role
The things we do are wide-ranging and require plenty of entrepreneurial ability and intellectual curiosity.
As an Associate Director, you will play a pivotal role in leading both the delivery of work on the ground and the development of new opportunities for the Firm, maintaining insights and perspectives on how our markets are changing and how our capabilities align. You will own many critical relationships and operate as a trusted advisor to senior clients, helping to shape solutions, inform decisions and drive implementation.
It is a highly accountable leadership role that requires you to wear many hats, but you'll be well supported by the rest of us. After all, everything we do is a team sport.
Specifically, your day-to-day involves:
- Leading complex and multifaceted consulting engagements, keeping your arms around dispersed teams whilst remaining dialled into delivery
- Being an inspirational leader; managing, coaching and motivating our people
- Managing one or more key client accounts, engaging at a senior level; becoming a trusted advisor.
- Collaborating with the MPA Leadership Team to develop and continually refine the long-term strategy for the team
- Being a respected subject-matter expert and a team-shaper; able to positively influence the scope and direction of any engagement through cross-functional collaboration.
- Developing a recognised profile in the external market; speaking at events, as well as building and sustaining great relationships
- Being accountable for financial aspects of an engagement - ensuring we keep clients informed of costs and time incurred, in addition to raising invoices and recovering fees
- Understanding the broader suite of services offered by KPMG and identifying opportunities to collaborate and design unique solutions for our clients
- Coaching and mentoring your colleagues - both up and down
- Being a role model and living our values
About the sort people we're looking for
There is no one-size fits all in MPA; we're as diverse as the world around us. We hand pick our people because they're our most important asset - and people pick us because we really mean that.
For this opportunity, we're looking for candidates with a strong consulting background of at least 10 years' experience - primarily built around infrastructure-related projects and programmes.
Your track record should evidence:
- A proven history of operating as an effective leader of multi-disciplinary teams - either for another consultancy or in a client-side role in industry, Government or the wider public sector
- Specialist project, programme and/or portfolio management expertise, with proven delivery and a passion for the future of the profession
- Domain experience in Central Government, Transport, Energy or Utilities
- Strong networks and successful business development
- Significant commercial management experience
- Deep experience of managing and influencing senior-level stakeholders, having built and sustained key relationships
- Ownership and management of client accounts - alongside contributions to significant bids and proposals
- The passion, resilience and energy to make a difference, both internally and externally.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Relevant experience using different software/applications (eg Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, Oracle P6, Slack, Clarizen)
- Relevant professional certification - eg APM PMQ/PPQ/ChPP; MoP; MSP; PRINCE2
- Experience in one of the following areas would also help you stand out - but it's not essential:
- Delivering targeted business process improvements in relation to capital investment portfolios and major projects/programmes
- Delivering strategic advisory services such as organisational design and governance optimisation
- Performance and efficiency improvement in large/complex organisations
- Enhancing project and programme controls
- Assurance and monitoring
- Experience reviewing troubled projects and programmes - with a view to turning them around