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About KPMG Delivery Network

The world of global advisory, audit and tax compliance services for large multi-nationals is rapidly changing and heavily dependent on technology. The KPMG Delivery Network (KDN) is a KPMG special purpose member firm offering a way for clients to leverage KPMG top talent and technology platforms through regional teams of specialists, enabling economies of scale and a new way of working that expands beyond local capability together with KDN, KPMG member firms can drive the sales and delivery of global solutions at a competitive price and in a repeatable and consistent manner.

As a member of KDN, you'll be a part of the KPMG family working alongside some of our profession's most skilled practitioners on rewarding programs and initiatives that are changing the way business operates, delivering value to our clients, and driving positive change in the communities we serve.

You'll be enabling KDN accelerate new ways of working, using cutting-edge technology and working together with our member firms located in nearly 150 countries to help us achieve our ambition to be the most trusted and trustworthy professional services firm. And through your work, you'll build a global network and unlock opportunities that you may not have thought possible with access to great support, vast resources, and an inclusive, supportive environment to help you reach your full potential.

Job Summary

Within Advisory, Global Consulting facilitates the development of comprehensive global solutions in collaboration with KPMG member firms, enabling them to effectively support clients in ongoing transformations that enhance value. The group is dedicated to designing, building, and supporting transformation services, empowering KPMG member firms to deliver effective and impactful transformation projects to their clients.

Global Consulting Team has developed KPMG Velocity, our unified and evolved transformation approach to creating intelligent, agile, resilient enterprises, capable of reaching the next level of growth and value creation.

KPMG Velocity provides AI-enabled products and services through a platform ecosystem for organizational change. It integrates our insights, methods, expertise, capabilities and data with advanced technology, to help clients build and operate intelligent, agile, and resilient enterprises, capable of sustaining the next level of growth and value creation.

Job Level - Senior Manager/Associate Director

How you will make your mark

Finance Operations Leadership & Governance

• Lead day-to-day oversight and coordination of finance operations across multiple global budgets (without direct line management)
• Set standards and governance to ensure accuracy, consistency, and control of all financial inputs and reporting outputs
• Maintain live visibility of budget positions, commitments, and actuals; proactively flag risks, constraints, and exceptions
• Provide oversight of invoicing, purchase orders, contract updates, and finance coding execution delivered by the offshore team
• Monitor throughput and quality of offshore delivery (KDN) and ensure adherence to agreed SLAs, controls, and timelines
• Act as the operational interface between leadership stakeholders and the offshore team—translating priorities into clear work packages
• Own issue management: triage finance queries, remove blockers, and escalate decisions to leadership with options and impacts
• Identify and drive automation opportunities using AI tools and workflow optimisation, partnering with delivery teams for implementation
• Align finance operations processes with broader global transformation programmes and enforce process discipline to reduce manual effort
• Ensure strong controls, auditability, and governance across all financial workflows, including evidence and approvals

Stakeholder Management & Offshore Team Engagement

• Build trusted relationships with leadership, programme leads, and member firms; act as the single finance operations point of contact
• Coordinate priorities, clarify requirements, and translate leadership direction into actionable instructions for the offshore (KDN) teams
• Facilitate smooth information flow across Global and member firms to enable timely financial execution and reporting

Reporting, Performance Monitoring & Communications

• Produce dashboards and senior-ready reporting that provide visibility into financial position, risks, controls, and delivery performance
• Monitor delivery against yearly targets, budgets, and operating cadence; investigate variances and raise insights for senior review
• Coordinate and quality-check materials for leadership meetings, governance forums, and global communications, ensuring timely outputs
• Standardise templates and reporting workflows; drive continuous improvement in governance, controls, and management information.

This is the job for you if you have

Mandatory technical & functional skills

• Degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
• 10+ years of Senior-level experience in finance operations, programme finance, or large-scale operational delivery
• Strong understanding of budget management, financial controls, and multi-entity environments
• Experience managing or coordinating offshore delivery teams
• Strong Excel and data handling capability (reconciliation, structured reporting, financial tracking)
• Experience with ERP/finance systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, or equivalent)
• Ability to build or manage dashboards for senior stakeholder consumption
• Strong process discipline and attention to detail
• Exposure to automation or AI-enabled process improvement desirable
• Strong stakeholder management across global matrix organisations
• Ability to translate operational detail into clear executive insight.