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.
Position Summary
We are currently looking for an Associate in our Business Consulting Services Unit to provide high-quality actuarial support that ensures the accuracy and timeliness of client engagements. This role is foundational to team success, delivering reliable data processing, clear documentation, and effective collaboration while building the professional and technical expertise essential for operational excellence.
Key roles and responsibilities
1. Managing Engagements
- Manage engagement performance through attending kick off and debrief meetings on every engagement and creating ERF’s.
- Ensure good relationship with clients is maintained in the process of performing client work. Ensure delivery of the KPMG 7 Star service to all clients
- Build an understanding of client business. Know and share valuable client info like: Change of key personnel e.g. new C-level joined; Events at client e.g. new product launch, closure of office, etc. while striving to achieve positive feedback from each client through formal and informal mechanisms.
2. Business Development
- Business development through Identifying & escalating opportunities for further work while on an engagement while participating in research and in writing proposals.
3. Team Development
- Work collaboratively, internally and externally
- Share knowledge and work across boundaries
- Ensure demonstration of cultural awareness and sensitivity.
4. Personal Development
- Managing own Learning and Development by identifying own learning needs and taking appropriate steps to address these.
- Build industry knowledge through involvement in events, articles and thought leadership
5. Risk Management
- Ensure risk management through completion of risk management documents and ensure they are signed off and a task code obtained before starting any engagement.
- Complete all files as allocated and ensure that they are reviewed by the Partner/Director/Manager for risk management compliance prior to sending out any draft or final reports while observing 100% compliance to Quality and Risk Management Policies, Standards and Procedures.
Academic/Professional qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree actuarial science, financial engineering, economics, statistics, or related relevant degree course from an accredited college/university.
- Must have a minimum of 2 -3 years of working experience in similar role.
- Professional qualifications e.g., FRM, ACCA, CPA, CFA are highly desirable.
- Any three (3) actuarial professional papers from IFOA or SOA will be an added advantage.
Personal attributes:
- Excellent advisory and compliance skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills and the ability to articulate complex information.
- Ability to build positive relationships with team members and clients.
- Ability to handle simultaneously multiple engagements and client service teams.
- Flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Willingness to work under supervision and learn new skills quickly.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- Good knowledge of Tax laws, rules and regulations.
- Working knowledge of accounting information systems and Tax tools.
- Comfort interacting with C-level professionals.
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.