The Role
We are looking for a Director to lead our team focussed on Cost and Value optimisation in the public sector with a core focus on healthcare but with opportunity to grow into education, local government and defence, as well as private healthcare, if desired by the candidate. The team you will lead will be part of the wider healthcare advisory business and has significant prospects for growth. Delivery of that growth offers clear routes to further progression within KPMG.
The Cost and Value Transformation team focusses on identifying and delivering short and long term efficiency savings within a healthcare setting, supporting senior NHS leaders with tough challenges.
The Director provides leadership to the team, working closely with other Directors and Partners across the business to lead our market strategy, client engagement and business development activity. This includes:
• Leading market relationships with key clients and potential clients
• Development of propositions for client, based on experience of the sector
• Identifying and pursuing opportunities for KPMG in target organisations
• Collaborating across various teams in the business, bringing a multidisciplinary offering to our clients
• Building enduring client relationships and network building
• Leading proposals and pitch development for new business
• Senior leadership of client engagements
• Providing robust commercial insight in client problems
• Overseeing the delivery of client deliverables, including having responsibility for quality assurance and risk management related to deliverables
• Playing a key role in developing the strategy of the team in target sectors and markets
• Providing training, guidance and leadership to the junior team members
• Having senior input into team headcount and recruitment decisions
• Any other duties commensurate with the senior nature of the role.
This role is UK based, although occasional international travel may be required, including to the Middle East.
The Person
Skills, Qualifications and Experience
• Independent thinker with the ability to identify and solve problems
• Significant experience in a healthcare advisory or similar environment
• Leadership experience in financial turnaround, operational transformation or financial grip and control.
• Credibility amongst senior leaders in the NHS
• Demonstrable ability to build and lead client relationships
• Experience of managing complex, multidisciplinary, internal and external teams.
• Strong in written and oral advice, with grasp of numerical analysis
• Team leadership experience, comfortable directing and coaching others
• Ability to remain patient with the occasional administrative bureaucracy that comes with working in a large regulated professional services organisation.
• Experience in Continuous Improvement/Lean methodologies is welcomed
If you hit all, most or even some of these attributes we would be delighted to hear from you.
We welcome applications from those seeking flexible working patterns