About the job
KPMG is a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. Our purpose is to inspire confidence and empower change. We have a notable Africa Footprint serving clients across the continent. Our East Africa practice comprises Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda. The Nairobi office serves as the regional coordinating office providing the required networking to facilitate delivery of services on a timely basis to meet and exceed our clients’ expectations.
We are looking for a Manager for both KPMG Africa and KPMG East Africa to support in the delivery of engagements, business development and leading the actuarial team.
Key roles and responsibilities
Technical Expertise and Engagement Management
•Plan and support execution of IFRS 17 client engagements across a range of actuarial advisory services.
•Lead and/or facilitate client workshops and training related to IFRS 17, capital planning, pricing, valuation amongst others.
•Manage IFRS 17 audits that involves the review of the models and technical methodology papers.
•Preparation and review of client engagement reports.
•Project management – facilitate seamless communication between all engagement stakeholders and effective financial administration on engagements.
•Ensure quality execution and delivery of engagements in line with KPMG quality standards and guidelines.
•Prioritize multiple tasks across several client assignments and take ultimate accountability for meeting established deadlines.
•Collaborate with other business units in engagement delivery.
Business Development
•Support business development – identify opportunities and assist in the conversion.
•Lead in business development through writing proposals and client presentations.
Collaborate with other Business Units to identify cross-functional business opportunities.
•Actively seek opportunities to recommend/sell additional KPMG services to existing and new clients.
Client Management
•Develop and maintain relationships with decision-makers at key clients.
•Coordinate delivery of client projects, act as client liaison during engagements
•Establish confidence and trust between clients and KPMG and set the tone for successful client engagements.
•Frequently communicate and engage Actuaries and other Executives to ensure continued market visibility and alignment of service offerings to the market needs.
•Manage the overall profitability of advisory engagements. Drive firm revenue by regularly reviewing and analyzing costs charged to an account and overall team utilization.
Learning and Development
•Keep up to date with industry trends, reporting frameworks and regulations and standards such as IFRS, and IPSAS among others.
•Provide technical knowledge, direction and training to the engagement team for the delivery of quality deliverables.
•Developing junior team members through effective coaching, supervision and training.
Others
•Maintaining compliance with all firm policies and procedures.
•Practice management (opportunity tracking and progress monitoring, revenue recognition, billing, collection, and staff planning among others).
•Support and participate in the firm’s CSI initiatives
Academic/Professional qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Actuarial, Financial engineering, Business, Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or related relevant degree course.
- A Masters degree in a quantitative discipline such as Quantitative Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science is an added advantage.
- At least 7- 10 years working experience in an actuarial function or consultancy
- Has passed at least five (5) to seven (7) actuarial professional papers from IFOA or SOA.
- Experience in an actuarial department in the consulting sector is an added advantage.
- Demonstrated track record of quality work, project management and productive team interactions.
- Strong understanding and experience with IFRS, International Standards on Auditing, and other assurance based reporting standards
- Compliant with KPMG Code of Conduct and all Firm and professional requirements.
Personal attributes:
- Good communication (written and verbal), numeracy, presentation and analytical skills
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Possess strong written, verbal and research skills with the ability to work well both autonomously and collaboratively;
- Resilience and Tenacity: must be able to sustain motivation and commitment at all times and have the ability to contain and absorb stressful moments and issues;
- Multicultural Skills: must be able to operate and interact in a multicultural environment and uphold cultural diversity; and
- Pragmatic Problem Solving Skills: ability to handle and resolve unstructured problems and provide effective solutions or avenues for the solutions to come from other team members.
- An eye for detail
- Team player with leadership skills
- Excellent coordination and planning skills
- Willingness to travel as required by client commitments and the firm.
We offer:
- An exciting opportunity to work with a Big 4 firm on cutting edge clients across Africa.
- Continuous learning and development.
- Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams.
- Unrivalled space to grow and be innovative.
- Opportunity for international travel.
If your career aspirations match this exciting opportunity, please use the link below to apply:
Actuarial Manager– Candidate’s Summary. Filling the link is mandatory for consideration alongside your application to [email protected] quoting ‘Actuarial Manager by 07 July 2023.
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