Financial Risk Management (FRM) is an integrated group comprised of our underlying Financial Services risk management, regulatory advisory and actuarial service areas. We have 160 UK-based advisers and are looking to grow to 200 in 2008.
 

We have recently merged with our corresponding German and Swiss practices to become the first European-wide risk practice of the Big Four. Each service area provides solutions to our clients in their underlying area of specialist knowledge and we work together in supporting our clients across the broad field of risk, governance and compliance issues that they face. Our focus is on providing commercially relevant advice underpinned by a thorough understanding of the underlying technical content. We work extensively with KPMG's other advisory service lines on supporting transactions, investigations and wider consulting engagements for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Developing and winning new business through marketing and sales activities with both new and existing clients
• Delivery of client engagements, leading small teams and in some instances working within larger, multi-disciplinary teams
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with both clients and KPMG individuals
• Providing a high quality advisory service to our Clients and other departments of KPMG around areas of specialism
• Creation and contribution to high quality thought leadership around areas of specialism for written publications, training events, client seminars and conferences
• To take accountability for recording all working time, timely billing and recovery of client chargeable time.
• Maintaining up to date knowledge in areas of specialism and keeping abreast with any pertinent developments
• Marketing and raising the profile of KPMG in the market place through networking events, attendance at external conferences, contributing to publications conferences etc

The Individual

• Educated to degree level or equivalent, ideally a post-graduate qualification
• IndepthInsurance Industry experience at management level required
• Experience of working within a business function and/ or oversight/ risk role in the Insurance Industry
• Practical and theoretical understanding of how risk is managed within insurance companies including operational risk, liquidity risk and wider risk governance
• An understanding of Solvency II requirements
• An appreciation of modelling techniques would be beneficial
• Able to create and write policies and design reporting frameworks
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence and deal with senior individuals
• Ability to undertake travel