Principal Consultant – CIO Advisory needed at KPMG South Africa

Description

• You want to put your career on the fast track – we can bring the opportunities and the investment to make it happen.
• Our Digital Consulting practice is going through a period of accelerated growth. Clients are placing a premium on the services provided by the advisors they trust, to help make their strategies real through the use of the latest technology. We are looking to bring in new talent to challenge our existing ways of working and drive our business to the next level. When you join KPMG you’ll be one of over 219,000 professionals providing audit, tax, advisory and business enablement services across 147 countries.
• With the support of our diverse team to do things differently, grow personally and professionally, there’s no limit to the impact you can make. Let’s do this.

Purpose of the Job:

• Our Digital Consulting practice helps our clients turn strategy into reality by blending business and functional insights with modern digital platforms.
• Within Digital Consulting, our Technology Group helps clients understand and unlock value from their IT investments, with a specific focus on:
• Development and assistance in the execution of business-aligned technology and digital strategies.
• Designing and implementing cloud transformation strategies and architectures
• Designing and implementing IT and Agile Target Operating Models.
• Designing and implementing IT cost models and conducting IT cost optimisation assessments.
• Designing FinOps operating models and governance frameworks for effective cloud financial management
• Analysing and designing enterprise architectures
• Management and direction of complex digital transformation programmes.
• As a manger in our Technology Group you will be accountable for successful delivery of consulting projects, growing our relationships in the market and helping us secure new business and growing the capabilities of our Technology Group in your area of specialism.

Key job duties or responsibilities:

• Manage projects to assist our clients understand and unlock value from their IT investments, in the areas listed in the section above.
• Provide leadership, direction, and guidance to senior and middle management level client stakeholders on their digital transformation efforts.
• Facilitation of interviews and workshops with group participants at all levels of an organisation.
• Produce top quality written deliverables for our clients.
• Identify business development opportunities for Digital Consulting projects.
• Support the development of proposals and marketing events.
• Manage, mentor and train Consultants and Senior Consultants within the Technology Group.
• Work with senior KPMG leaders to enhance and integrate service offerings across our Digital Consulting and broader Advisory business.
• Help foster an inclusive environment as we build towards our transformation goals.
• Critical Interpersonal or Interactive skills
• Team player: able to lead teams and develop others.
• Ambitious, self-motivated.
• Ability to handle pressure.
• Ability to thrive in an unstructured environment.
• Ability to communicate a complex message to a technical and non-technical audience.
• A problem-solver, with strong analytical skills and the ability to clearly and articulately identify and define problems and develop creative solutions to address client requirements.
• A project manager, with demonstrated ability to plan and execute projects to a successful conclusion.
• Proven track record of business development activities and an established network of relevant contacts.

Qualifications and experience

• Tertiary degree from a recognised university.
• Experience working with senior level managers and executives across IT and other business areas.
• 7 + years’ experience working in technology consulting, strategy, or implementation.
• Demonstrated expertise in key areas such as:
• Digital and technology strategy formulation
• IT/Agile operating model design
• Cloud transformation and architecture
• IT cost optimisation
• Software asset management
• Enterprise architecture
• Experience of working for a multi-national Consulting organisation is a major asset.
• Relevant industry certifications (such as AWS/Azure, TOGAF, ITIL, PMP, Agile) are highly desirable and will be viewed favourable.
• Business acumen within one or more business verticals is an asset – especially financial services, telecoms, public, or industrial/mining.