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Job details
Location: Birmingham, Leeds, London
Capability: KPMG Business Services
Experience Level: Director
Type: Full Time
Service Line: COFO Office
Contract type: Permanent

About KPMG

KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of member firms. Through the talent of our c.16,000 people in the UK we make a meaningful and positive difference for clients, people and the communities we serve.

Our work spans five areas: we Audit many of the UK's largest companies. And our people in Consulting, Deal Advisory, Tax & Law and Technology & Engineering work shoulder-to-shoulder with clients, ranging from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable.

Our work is often complex, yet our mission is simple: to support the UK in a connected world. It guides everything we do, underpinned by: Courage, Integrity, Excellence, Together and For Better.

Function Information

The Commercial Management team exists to grow the firm’s ability to build long term commercially resilient and profitable relationships with clients.

Role and Responsibilities

Reporting into Helen King, Acting Head of Commercial Management, this person will have a track record of effective stakeholder management, able to demonstrate influence and appropriate gravitas towards the KPMG UK Partner Group

This role will require extensive interaction across Commercial Management team, with Finance, Partners and Client Service Teams and demonstratable experience of working and dealing with Professional Services and the systems in place to capture engagement/client information

• Be KPMG’s strategic thought leader on market and client pricing
• Create and implement appropriate multiyear pricing transformation strategy to support commercial organic growth (revenue and margin)
• Maximise market pricing potential relative to KPMG’s brand, service offering and client value.
• Leverage influencing skills and rationales to help drive firm wide adoption of pricing strategy
• Collaborate with Commercial Directors and Managers to guide client tender positioning and negotiations in respect of appropriate market pricing / models for their respective client solutions
• Establish pricing processes supporting: Annual Pricing Increases (API), Pricing of new market solutions / offerings, Pricing models, including outcomes / contingent based, fixed fee, time and materials, risk / reward / managed services, Digital Solutions
• Produce pricing KPI’s performance dashboards
• Drive adoption of different pricing scenarios according to client profile, industry, engagement size and service type.
• Collaborate with peers in KPMG USA and Germany to drive a harmonised approach to pricing strategies, particularly as they relate to the firm’s largest global clients.
• Establish, manage and leverage interim and long term (SAP S/4 HANA) firm pricing databases
• Document pricing principles guide
• Work with Commercial Managers to drive incremental pricing, revenue and profitability improvements
• Attend client commercial briefings and negotiations occasionally to understand perspectives, offer pricing insights and guide future pricing strategy.
• Support Finance in their reviews of the scale rates and applied discounts
• Manage annual client price adjustment review and implementation
• Support Commercial Management Leadership team on ad hoc requests including strategy papers, presentations and internal function matters

Direct Reports

• Managing a team of 3 pricing leaders (on / offshore) to provide specialist insight and pricing programme leadership across KPMG business lines (Capabilities) of Advisory, T&L, Audit.

Essential Experience

• Demonstrable leadership experience in driving pricing strategy, ideally in a professional services context
• Degree
• Finance qualification
• Strong excel and analytical skills

Why KPMG Business Services at KPMG?

Every day our firm performs better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. The difference we make shines through to our people and our clients.