KPMG Hiring for Sector Executive – Education Skills and Productivity Job at Birmingham, England Full Time

Job details

Location: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Leeds, Leeds Broadgate, Liverpool, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Reading, Sheffield, South Coast, Watford

Capability: KPMG Business Services

Experience Level: Associate/Assistant Manager

Type: Part Time

Service Line: Account & Sector Management

Contract type: Permanent

Job description

Role title: Sector Exec – Education Skills and Productivity

Grade: D

Department: Account & Sector Management

Coverage Group: IGH Coverage

Location: All regional offices outside of London

Time Requirement: Part time, ideally 4 days a week

Function information

KPMG goes to market on a multi-disciplinary basis, leveraging insights to provide a broad range of solutions and services to assist our clients in meeting their business objectives and addressing areas of greatest challenge.

Department information

Within the A&SM team we provide the information, tools, support and challenge required to identify, target, secure, retain and grow our relationship with our target clients, and initiate, pursue and win high-profile opportunities for the firm.

Job description

Sectors are a key strategic priority for the firm and remain a key engine for growth. Working closely with the Sector Head, you will play an important role in delivering the sector agenda. This will involve working together to achieve the annual sales target for the sector by ensuring we are driving the most out of our accounts, are responding to market issues and changes, are maximising our share of voice and that our people are informed and aware of the sector context.

Specifically:

• Support the Sector Head to achieve successful delivery of the sector sales process
• Work closely with the Sector Head to deliver the account planning process in the sector, produce accurate quarterly sector revenue reports and monitor performance against account and sector budget.
• Work closely with KGS to produce reporting packs
• Support with the creation of the sector marketing plan and work with the sector Marketing Manager to support its successful delivery. Work with the Marketing Manager to develop an events calendar to include all KPMG-organised events and external events which may be useful to the community and to help build KPMG’s external brand in the sector
• Awareness of market and client issues a and take advantage of these to maximise growth
• Support the sector community in the delivery of the sector revenue target and in delivering excellent customer service
• Provide account management support as required to accounts within the sector
• Manage KGS (offshore) support (where available)
• Be an active member of the wider Sector Exec and account management community in order to leverage knowledge, content and best practice from other sectors and with the aim of raising the overall quality of service delivered from the Sector Execs
• Support the sector head in producing briefings for client meetings (i.e. research on attendees of upcoming sessions)
• Support the organisation of sector events and producing a newsletter for the sector

Skills, competencies and experience required

• Be a self-starter and a good proactive thinker, prepared to challenge the status quo
• Have the ability to prioritise work and to meet deadlines in a demanding environment
• Have good organisation skills with a very high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to develop relationships with the wider team include colleagues at senior levels as well as key external clients
• Be a strong communicator, engaging and concise
• Strong analytical and research skills
• Keen to develop understanding of services, and relevant content across the firm, in order to create a fully multidisciplinary approach
• Develop a level of expertise in the key issues of the sector
• Develop a deep understanding of the overall ambition and strategy for the sector and the Firms market penetration
• Confident at using PowerPoint and Excel
• Be adaptable to a changing environment

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.

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