Consulting, Front Office Transformation - Associate

The financial services landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace of change and KPMG is at the heart of this change.

Imagine if you could work with some of the world's largest banks and insurers to design innovative solutions to their business problems working with some of the world's largest technology companies, implement artificial intelligence solutions into an insurer, create new ecosystem business models and new customer experiences at banks. At KPMG, you don't need to imagine. You will work across a broad range of financial institutions, including central banks, insurers, investment banks, retail/commercial banks, and stock exchanges. You will be at the forefront of financial innovation and transformation. You will work with our partners, the likes of Microsoft and Google, to implement their technologies.

You will help organisations enhance their performance, enable better decision-making and satisfy demands by improving their customer experiences. You will be supported by a global network of experienced professionals and learn from them through local, regional and global learning around our cutting-edge thought leadership.

If you are a talented and driven individual, with a can-do mind and of course possess a real passion for taking on a wide variety of different tasks, then KPMG is the right place for you. Whatever aspirations you have, at KPMG we provide you with real opportunities to fully realise your potential and build your soft and hard skills to enable you to become leaders of the future.

So stop imagining and join the team!

You would be expected to contribute in the following ways:

• Work on projects with financial services clients / wealth managers / private banks to solve their business challenges in the areas of strategy, operations, technology etc
• Collaborate on project delivery teams to identify current pain points / potential growth opportunities within our clients to close the gap between their current state and desired future state (e.g. define new business models, re-design current processes, address regulatory requirements etc.)
• Work on teams to develop business propositions and thought leadership to take to our clients
• Working closely with Partners and staff on client management, practice and business development activities
• Contribute to the KPMG offerings across data and AI capabilities, for go to market and client delivery requirements.
• Keep up-to-date with key trends in the financial services / wealth management industry in order to drive the successful adoption of innovative solutions for clients

What You'll Bring To The Team

• Excellent academic background. A bachelor's or master's degree in relevant disciplines such as finance / banking / management / strategy or related is a plus
• Strong functional knowledge, including but not limited to financial principles, strategy, project management etc
• Ability to learn quickly, assess and solve complex business issues. Business analysis, critical thinking and stakeholder management skillsets is a plus
• Ability to work across KPMG and our clients at different levels in the organisation and with people from different cultures / backgrounds
• Experience in planning, executing and delivering complex projects is a plus
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving and presentation/report writing skills, combined with a good understanding of business dynamics and commercial value drivers

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by KPMG Talent Acquisition team, personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.

At KPMG in Singapore we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, gender identity or expression, colour, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other non-merit factors. We celebrate the different talents that our people bring and support every staff member in their journey to achieve personal and professional growth. One of the ways we do this is through Take Charge: Flexi-work, our flexible working framework which enables agile and innovative teams to help deliver our business goals.