Manager - Economist - Transport Strategy and Cities

KPMG
London - United Kingdom
S: Competitive

KPMG's Infrastructure Advisory Group is widely recognised as a leading global, independent financial and business adviser in infrastructure. The group has won many awards, including Infrastructure Journal financial advisor of the year.

In the UK the group consists of over 100 professionals in London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds and Manchester and is organised as a single national team, providing in-depth advice on the strategic, financial and commercial issues driving infrastructure projects across Transport, Power & Utilities and Social Infrastructure in the UK and internationally. This broad range of projects involves work with both public and private sector clients.

The transport sector is a key focus for our infrastructure business. We are a market-leading advisor to major city region transport authorities and combined authorities on the economic impacts, prioritisation and innovative funding of transport and other infrastructure investments. Our economic approaches are innovative and focus on Gross Value Added ('GVA'), productivity and employment impacts, rather than traditional appraisal techniques. We advise most of the largest UK city regions.

Our business is expanding rapidly and is looking high calibre, ambitious economists to join the team.

The role:

Managers at KPMG are expected to manage the delivery of engagements, develop client relationships (including through business development activities) and assist with the career development of more junior colleagues.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Developing and implementing innovative economic analysis to assess the impact of transport and other infrastructure schemes on GVA, productivity and employment
• Managing and delivering engagements and associated client outputs
• Building and maintaining relationships with long-standing and new clients
• Developing proposals for new business
• Internal management of engagement teams
• Developing market intelligence and sector knowledge
• Supporting specific business development initiatives
• Working on multiple projects
• Supporting effective project planning, delivery and closure
• Ensuring project delivery complies with internal and regulatory procedures
• Performance management, coaching and mentoring of junior staff

Individuals interested in applying should:

• Have five to eight years' professional experience, predominantly focussed on transport economics;
• Have 5 GCSEs/O levels including Maths and English
• Have strong, quantitative economics degree
• Be an independent thinker with the ability to identify problems and contribute to the development of solutions, helping • us to remain at the cutting edge of thinking in the sector;
• Be a highly motivated, ambitious self-starter keen to develop innovative appraisal techniques that go beyond the traditional economic appraisal methodology;
• Have detailed knowledge of the public sector landscape in respect of local government finance and major scheme funding;
• Be highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Word for report writing and Microsoft Excel for financial modelling and analysis, and commercially aware;
• Be comfortable and/or experienced in a client-facing role, including written and verbal communication with a range of clients;
• Appreciate the chance to work on a wide range of projects simultaneously, often to demanding timescales.

Knowledge and experience of other transport sectors including rail, aviation and/or ports would also be an advantage, as would international perspectives and experience.

All UK staff who have not passed a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-approved exam will be required to do so
Additional information:

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