Finance Associate, Engagement Finance Champions - Birmingham, United Kingdom - KPMG

KPMG

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job details:

Location:
Birmingham, Watford

Capability:
KPMG Business Services

Experience Level:
Junior Professional

Type:
Full Time or Part Time

Service Line:
Finance Operations

Contract type:
Fixed term contract

Job description:

Finance is currently heavily involved in the EMPowered project which will see the firm's core Finance systems replaced with S/4 HANA and other new systems integrated alongside.

This change will be the biggest transformation the firm has seen in 15 years, and it is vital that the Finance teams scale up operations to help support the business in the successful roll out of these new systems.

Roles and Responsibilities

To work as part of the Engagement Finance Champions team, supporting the capabilities across a range of areas, including:
Develop an understanding of the business being supported, proactively learning about Finance processes.
Support the business with process and administration queries and requests which are outside of the scope of EXL and other Finance support teams, using the team's workflow management system to log and track queries through to resolution.
Review liquidity and WIP reporting, highlighting and following up on risk and billing opportunities, and highlight Engagement Leader / Engagement Manager underperformance, where necessary.
Work with Key Stakeholders to ensure Engagement Partners and Engagement Managers fully understand the lockup cycle and how to deliver against their lockup targets.
Meet with Engagement Partners and Engagement Managers, as required, to discuss billing actions.
Help to ensure Finance processes and policies are adhered to, escalating deviation where necessary.
Support compliance and education around relevant financerelated processes.
Be an advocate for change programmes delivered by Finance / KBS, including automation tools, selfservice, standardisation, and any other changes.
Keep team Knowledgebases and process documentation up to date.
Take ownership for own performance and identify areas for improvement and development.

Behavioural / Team Skills

Proactive attitude
Well organised
Able to prioritise and deal with a varied workload
High attention to detail
Good written and verbal communication skills
Resilient and able to work with multiple and demanding stakeholders
Problem solving abilities
Numeracy literate preference for a Maths 'A' level or equivalent qualification

Why KPMG Business Services at KPMG?:

Every day our firm performs better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do.

The difference we make shines through to our people and our clients. We're KPMG Business Services (KBS).

We're a cross-functional team, bringing together experts across a wide range of critical activities which help to grow, run and protect our business.

From HR and Learning, Finance, Procurement, Facilities and Operations, through to Risk and Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Market Development, our approach is focused on driving the improved performance of the firm.

We work shoulder to shoulder with our client-facing teams and we focus on delivering our services in ways which help to drive efficiency, improve quality and enhance our firm's brand and reputation.

Read about KPMG Business Services