Manager, Accounting Advisory Services at KPMG

Ref No: 146773BR
Location: Lagos
Service Line: Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance Services
Contract Type: Permanent
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Responsibilities
Engagement Management:

• Ensure internal engagement acceptance risk management procedures are complied with
• Manage multiple accounting advisory engagements
• Provide leadership and supervise multiple engagement teams concurrently
• Lead Accounting Advisory Services input into larger, multi-disciplinary teams
• People, project management and performance development of the team
• Review engagement deliverables
• Work with the Partners to ensure engagement quality assurance requirements are achieved
• Facilitate presentations at client meetings
• Perform client relationship management activities
• Ensure engagement financial management activities is optimized

Practice Management and Development:

• Attend and contribute during monthly management meetings
• Perform assigned unit administrative tasks

Business Development:

• Market KPMG’s capabilities and service Lines
• Prepare/review proposals in response to specific client requests
• Contribute to the development of periodic thought leadership publications
• Attend office-wide LOB meetings

People Development:

• Mentor and monitor protégés’ performance
• Coach and train team members as well as new and experienced hires

Requirements
Experience and Knowledge:

• Minimum of Seven (7) years of industry/or consulting experience working in an accounting/ finance-related position.
• Technical knowledge of IFRS
• Experience in managing teams or leading a function
• Experience working concurrently on multiple assignments
• Experience in training facilitation is an added advantage
• Knowledge of how leading finance functions are organised and managed
• Knowledge of finance function tools and technology requirements and functionalities

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences is required (minimum of second class upper)
• ICAN Certification or other related professional qualification
• Diploma in IFRS (or other IFRS related certification)

Skills and personal attributes:

• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to work collaboratively
• Able to find pragmatic solutions, seek improvements and adapt to changing situations
• Good and impactful presentation skills
• Good organisational abilities
• Able to present information, verbally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner, with excellent attention to detail
• Positive “can do” attitude and willingness to support others where needed
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent IT skills, with thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office (particularly Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Excellent information management skills and ability to develop and manage systems for recording and storing information and data
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, manage own workload and taking responsibility for achieving results
• Ability to exercise discretion in dealing with confidential or sensitive matters, and be able to deliver difficult messages with diplomacy and tact
• Awareness of the principles of effective project management, risk mitigation, risk management and governance.
• Negotiating and influencing skills appropriate for the responsibilities