Senior Manager - GEM

Job Title

Senior Manager

Country

United Kingdom

Function

Tax & Legal

Service Line

KPMG Law

Service Line Information

KPMG Overview

Joining KPMG means joining a talented team of exceptional colleagues who bring innovative thoughts and a natural curiosity to the work they do each day. No one type of person succeeds at KPMG; a diverse business requires diverse personalities, characters and perspectives. There really is a place for you here.

Job Description

At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

The Company Secretarial & Global Entity Management Team sits within KPMG Law. KPMG has a long history of successfully delivering multidisciplinary services to clients and our team plays an important part in that. Our vision is to be the company secretarial adviser of choice for KPMG’s clients in relation to compliance and governance matters.

We have ambitious growth plans for our team and KPMG Law as a whole is growing and expanding into other areas of law that fit within its vision and the needs of KPMG’s clients, making it an exciting time to join us.

KPMG Law is for people who are:

• Team players who enjoy working with people from different backgrounds and disciplines.
• Approachable and keen to develop personally and professionally.
• Passionate in pursuing a career within the company secretarial profession.
• Intellectually curious, open-minded and analytical, with an eye for detail and pride in their work.
• Driven and proactive professionals who deliver a great service to their clients.
• Relationship builders who can spot and develop new opportunities both within the KPMG network and externally.
• Flexible and able to easily adapt to a changing work environment.

Why you might want to join our team:

• You want to continue to\develop your career within the company secretarial profession.
• You can see the advantages of professional advice being provided within a multidisciplinary team.
• You are ambitious and perceive the wealth of opportunities presented by a company secretarial team in a leading global professional services firm.
• You are excited by the idea of being a member of a team that will continue to grow significantly.
• You want to broaden your experience and become a well-rounded professional.
• You want to achieve a sustainable work-life balance.

Key responsibilities of the role are:

• Responsible for creating a supportive team environment and role modelling leadership.
• Acting as relationship manager for your portfolio of clients, including regular communications, hosting update calls/meetings and obtaining/reviewing feedback for improvement in services. Dealing with escalations and client concerns sensitively and proactively to achieve resolution
• Providing senior advice and support to clients and internal colleagues with a range of company secretarial matters in a variety of industries, including provision of outsourced company secretarial services.
• Working alongside our corporate legal teams to advise on and support with the company secretarial aspects of complex transactions.
• Providing board and committee support to clients from a wide range of sectors as well as assisting and training more junior members of the team.
• Providing training to company secretaries/directors of clients on a variety of topics.
• Leading on a wide range of governance and advisory projects.
• Drafting and inputting on legislative and governance-related updates to be circulated to clients and internal colleagues.
• Preparing proposal documents and developing opportunities with clients.
• Lead on and contribute to the strategic development of the team, business development initiatives internally and externally to drive growth.
• Management, mentoring and training of junior team members to help support their development and overall quality management of our services.
• Ensuring strong working relationships, both with clients and colleagues alike.
• Ensuring risk processes are adhered to for our client engagements.
• Role model the firm’s ESG commitment, ensuring that KPMG’s ambition to weave ESG matters through everything we do is achieved. We believe sustainable growth is the only way to build a successful business and have a lasting impact on the world.
• Acting as an Engagement Manager on client engagements, reviewing and completing risk checks and evaluating potential threats and establishing how to mitigate the risks, if possible, in preparation for the review and approval by a Director or Partner.
• Reviewing and understanding our risk frameworks and adhering to these.
• Supporting with oversight of the team’s risk profile, helping to ensure that the team remains compliant and up to date with risk requirements.
• Report to the Directors and Partners on a regular basis providing updates on the new business pipeline with responsibility for maintaining the pipeline.
• Reviewing existing client contracts to ensure the services remain relevant and are profitable, with a view to supporting the client relationship team member through a client review process with the client and where necessary deploying influencing skills to increase the margin/rescope the engagement successfully
• Keeping up to date with market conditions/changes, understanding the key trends and ensuring the business is agile in responding to client needs in a proactive manner.
• Role model continuous improvement, making sure that risks are minimised for the benefit of the team and clients.

Education and qualifications:

• The applicant will ideally have a degree level qualification.
• Qualified Charted Secretary/Governance Professional with the Chartered Governance Institute or equivalent.

Skills and experience required:

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in the company secretarial profession, supporting a wide range of company secretarial tasks for a large portfolio of clients or in house team
• Experienced in providing board and committee support as well as in an advisory capacity
• Experienced in leading and coaching others for performance management.
• Ideally experienced in the use of legal entity management software.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office, specifically Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong organisational, attention to detail and interpersonal skills are essential, including the candidate’s ability to flex their style to work with others productively.

Our Deal

At KPMG, your long-term future is every bit as important to us as it is to you. That’s why our aim is to give you experiences that will stay with you for a lifetime. Whether it’s great training and development, mobility opportunities or corporate responsibility volunteering activities – you’ll gain a wealth of experiences on which to build a rewarding career. We’re a firm that encourages you to be yourself, values your contribution, and inspires you to act as a role model, always focused on doing the right thing for each other, our clients and our communities.

We’re at our best when you’re at your best; that’s why we’ve created ‘Our Deal’ and ‘The Academy’. Our Deal is the way we speak about the colleague experience and the expectations we have of our people. We expect the best from our people and in return we provide a stimulating, collaborative environment where each person can reach their extraordinary potential. Through ‘The Academy’, you’ll have access to communities which will support and develop you so that you build your skills and career. From introducing secondment programmes to preferential banking, and student loan payments to your birthday off, we’re making sure that our people have an amazing experience.

Flexible Working

We recognise that as individuals, we each have particular needs and one size doesn’t fit all, when it comes to how, when and where you work. That’s why we’re proud to offer our colleagues agile working options. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a balanced lifestyle. We would be happy to discuss your individual requirements as part of the Recruitment Process.

Applying with a Disability

KPMG are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and we seek to attract and retain the best people from the widest possible talent pool. As a member of the Business Disability Forum, we're committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the Recruitment Process. Should you be successful after the initial application stage, please discuss with your recruitment contact any reasonable adjustments to our Recruitment Process that you may require.

KPMG's Commitment
to Diversity

KPMG consistently features in the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for, which has been recognised with a special achievement award to mark our 10 years in the Top 25. We pride ourselves on being a place where your individuality is valued; you can be yourself and still achieve your potential. We believe that your individuality helps us to deliver the best results to our clients. Diversity of background, diversity of experience, diversity of perspective - that's the KPMG difference. But, don't take our word for it, find out more about diversity at KPMG by viewing our Policy

Policy for Agencies

KPMG has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please check here to see our policy on agencies: Policy