Manager – IGH Finance Transformation

Company: KPMG Careers
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Location: London
Job Description:

Job Title

Finance Transformation Manager – Local Government

Base Location

London, Canary Wharf, Watford or Birmingham

Responsibilities

  • Manage small to medium engagement teams, including internal KPMG and external client members.
  • Organize work packages, oversee data gathering and analysis, summarize insights, and facilitate workshops to deliver on KPMG’s scope of work for a programme.
  • Supervise, coach, and review the work performed by peers and colleagues.
  • Build and leverage internal and external relationships to support senior colleagues in developing sales opportunities for the firm.
  • Maintain relationships with key client stakeholders and collaborate with them to co‑deliver a programme.
  • Support senior colleagues in developing market‑leading materials, external blogs, and points of view, representing KPMG at external events.
  • Support internal operational responsibilities for the finance transformation team including revenue planning, resourcing, recruitment, wider team development, and community building.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in the finance function gained from within a major Local Government organisation or client‑facing audit or consulting experience at a professional services firm, with clients from within this sector.
  • Proven ability to lead teams across finance improvement projects in the finance function of a major Local Authority.
  • Fully qualified in a relevant finance qualification – ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent.
  • Strong grasp of finance function operating models, including systems, data, processes, controls and governance.
  • Ability to articulate the challenges currently facing finance functions, including the future of the finance function and nascent technology.
  • Excellent communicator with personal skills to build strong and lasting internal and client relationships and ability to deliver clear, concise, focused messages to senior finance team members or clients.
  • Knowledge of how finance processes are enabled within a finance systems landscape, with a focus on one of the major ERP technologies: Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, WorkDay.

Desired Skills

  • Prior client‑facing consulting or audit experience gained from a major Consultancy or Professional Services organisation.
  • Experience of finance transformation as part of a major Local Government Restructuring (LGR).

Locations

  • London – Canary Wharf
  • Birmingham
  • Watford

We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues thrive and reach their full potential, whatever their identity or background.

We’re a member of the Business Disability Forum so please get in touch if you’d like to discuss any adjustments that you might need in the application process – and if you are successful later on.

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Posted: May 24th, 2026