Defined Contribution Consultant - Senior Manager

Grade:
Senior Manager

Job Title:

Defined Contribution Consultant – Senior Manager Team:
Pensions Advisory Locations:  London, Manchester, Birmingham Capability:
Pensions Service Line:
Tax and Legal Contract Type:
PermanentKPMG’s Pensions Advisory business continues to build out its new pensions team, and requires individuals that can bring different skill-sets to the team. We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Manager to join our team, who will be responsible for working closely with colleagues in the area of defined contribution pensions. Specific areas of focus, but not exhaustive, will include
• Scheme strategy and structure across workplace pensions
• Member engagement and education
• Investment policy
• Governance, including setting up governance committees
• Wider benefit and reward strategy
• Financial coaching and well-being
• Statutory auto-enrolment compliance and implementation
• Compliance•    Thought leadership on future of DC and links to wider reward

You will be a key contact with client teams, with responsibility for managing the day-to-day relationships. You will also work closely with our tax and legal specialists across all of KPMG's UK offices to consider areas of adjacencies and growth.

As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for managing teams and supervising the work of junior staff, providing coaching and development to assist them in the effective delivery of engagements. You will also have performance management responsibilities for a small number of employees.

Description of the Role
• Market facing with a strong external profile
• Innovative in helping to spot market opportunities, build propositions, develop collateral and take propositions out to market
• Supporting the Partners and Directors in achieving revenue growth targets
• Helping to develop junior colleagues, including delivering technical training, improving technical knowledge, and developing consulting skills.
• Lead contact with clients on key pensions engagements, with overall responsibility for stakeholder relationships.
• Contributing to developing streamlined and efficient procedures, whilst maintaining an absolute focus on quality.
• Strong financial management, setting and agreeing budgets for work, delivering to budgets and timely billing and debt collection
• Signing off technical DC work in line with professional standards (where applicable) and with KPMG quality procedures.
• Directing and overseeing the work of engagement teams and team members, including reviewing their DC technical work (e.g., checking calculations and reviewing conclusions), and providing coaching and mentoring support.
• Performance managing team members, ensuring that you are having rich development conversations that support their growth and career progression.

Role Dimensions Technical core competencies required for the role

The relevant competencies for this role are:
• Technical knowledge:
Understands relevant technical DC concepts, pension regulations and legislation. Exhibits and stays current on appropriate industry and specialist knowledge, and leverages KPMG methodologies.
• Technology skills:
Uses firm-approved tools and innovative technology solutions to increase quality, productivity and data insights.
• Professional scepticism:
Applies professional scepticism, objectivity and independence to work.
• Documentation:
Completes documentation and audit trails demonstrating an unwavering focus on quality and in line with professional standards (where applicable).People & Culture:
• Embrace and embed our culture ambition of high challenge, high support which is grounded in Our Values.
• Operate with a curious and sceptical mindset ensuring that this is embedded in your everyday work.
• Actively lead and embed a coaching culture to get the best out of others in an environment where everyone in the team feels empowered to speak up or challenge where appropriate.
• Be accountable, professional and act in the public interest, working for the benefit of stakeholders and wider society.
• Be inclusive and embrace the opportunity to work with other teams across the firm in an integrated way. Have a sense of community, purpose and…