Esg Assurance Manager ( Kpmg, Delivery Network)

Overview
At KPMG, you’ll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.
KPMG is focused on achieving significant growth ambitions while becoming the most trusted professional services firm. For Audit, this requires a relentless focus on key initiatives that drive Audit Quality and achieve Operational Excellence through standardization, centralization, automation, and innovation.The establishment of a global delivery model, the KPMG Delivery Network for Audit (KDN Audit), will help make significant strides in all these focus areas. We envision a network of global, regional, and specialty focused delivery centers that provide standardized services (on a cost recovery basis) to engagement teams in all member firms. The potential benefits are plentiful. Audit quality will be increased by the centralized, consistent performance of certain audit procedures. Engagement teams will be able to increase their focus on more complex procedures or on serving more clients. Our multi-national clients will have a more consistent experience around the globe. Most member firms will be able to achieve better margins. Finally, the firm will have a mechanism to help quickly deploy new and emerging solutions (e.g. ESG) and audit innovations (e.g. audit technology).
KDN for Audit is a critical component of delivering the Global ESG Assurance strategy, and is fundamental to ensuring member firms can scale their assurance practices’ in a rapidly changing market.
Our vision is that the KDN ESG Assurance team will support every ESG Assurance engagement across the global network with access to market leading expertise and highly standardised services so they can deliver consistently high quality. The CSRD in the EU is expected to create a multi-billion dollar opportunity for KPMG in ESG assurance, but in order to meet demand, we will need a significant amount of capacity and subject matter experience. KDN will be the only way member firms can meet the scale of this challenge, and is a truly transformative opportunity for the firm.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an enthusiastic manager to bring their experience in ESG Assurance to pioneer this exciting new initiative and to design and build the ESG assurance solution as part of the KDN Solutions team. The design work in this role will become the blueprint for the future, and is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to see their work come to life and make an impact. Once the capability launches, this role will also open up opportunities for the successful candidate to lead the delivery of this new team, delivering on assurance engagements for firms and clients across the world.
This role would suit someone who is passionate about ESG, can work comfortably with uncertainty in a start-up environment and has excellent problem solving skills.
What You Will Do
You will have the opportunity to shape the ESG Assurance delivery model including

• Transitioning into the ESG Assurance delivery centre team once established, shaping a new team to deliver high quality specialist support to member firms and clients
• Developing assets for use in delivery (e.g. technology, templates, frameworks) to ensure a standardised service that delivers consistency
• Providing subject matter expertise to validate the services and solutions that will form part of the delivery model
• Championing the KDN Audit program and each new service and solutions
• Partnering with the KDN ESG Solutions Lead, KDN Solutions Lead and Global stakeholders and other key leaders to resolve major issues and concerns
• Defining business processes that will maximise quality and provide a seamless experience for member firms
• Partnering with local country professional practice colleagues to understand local regulatory requirements and the impact on solution deployment
• Connecting with member firms and global thought leaders to identify existing content, technologies, and other accelerators to support the service and drive consistency
• Partnering with change and communications professionals to develop both training materials, as well as an effective member firm activation and adoption program

What You Bring To The Role

• Experience leading, executing, and deploying projects with multiple workstreams
• Strong project management skills including the ability to manage multiple deliverables with conflicting deadlines
• Experience delivering ESG/Sustainability Assurance engagements
• Ability to make quick, sound decisions and work in an agile way
• Strong executive communication skills (written and verbal) and a collaborative mindset
• Experience leveraging other technologies in the delivery of financial audits
• As firm policy permits, willingness to travel domestically or internationally (up to 25%)
• Passion for and understanding of centralization opportunities within ESG Assurance
• Ability to work with geographically diverse teams, work through obstacles, complexity, and uncertainty to reach our collective goals
• Experience designing, implementing, and activating new delivery center services

Keys to your success
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