KPMG New Zealand

Executive Assistant

• Manage complex diaries and coordinate meetings with precision.
• Organise travel arrangements and ensure every detail is seamless.
• Prepare high-quality documents, presentations, and reports.
• Support events and projects that keep our business moving forward.
• Collaborate with the wider Business Support team to deliver exceptional service.
• Act as a key liaison for stakeholders, ensuring communication flows effortlessly.

Personal Assistant

People Operations

• Provide clients with advice on the people aspects of their business e.g. HR Function Optimisation, Strategic workforce design, employee experience and value propositions.
• Support clients with people due diligence advice as part of broader merger and acquisition, integrations and separation programmes of work.
• Provide clients with change management expertise to allow them to achieve their strategic or project goals.
• Lead teams to deliver engagements in a manner that meets client timelines, budget and outcome requirements.
• Identify and proactively respond to new business opportunities to provide added value to clients.
• Proactively lean into business development, lead generation and managing client relationships.
• Develop and lead proposals and pitches for new work.
• Apply an awareness and understanding of the general business and economic environments in undertaking engagements.
• Support the performance and development of junior team members and provide on the job coaching.

Senior Manager – People & Change

Manager

• Our Wellington Deal Advisory team is looking for candidates at Manager to Senior Manager level to support our public sector commercial, financial, and economic advisory work.
• Depending on the experience of the candidate, these roles are likely to be equivalent to an experienced Senior Advisor / Senior Analyst or Principal Advisor / Analyst in most government agencies.
• While our team has a commercial focus, we are keen to hear from candidates with public sector background and experience in Machinery of Government, policy development, public sector investment management, the Budget process, or business case development.
• As Manager / Senior Manager, you will be responsible for managing delivery of high-quality analysis and advice. This could include direct responsibility for delivering work, leading a small team or a workstream, and / or managing timeframes, scope and budget for a project. Your role would be client facing and will require strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively in dynamic situations.
• As part of the Deal Advisory team, you could be involved in:
• Supporting the development of new government policy or reform programmes, or the business case for a significant government investment;
• Providing advice on government investment decisions, including options or economic analysis, financial reviews, or completing financial analysis to support a transaction or Budget bid; and/or
• Providing independent commercial advice, designing and running a procurement process, analysing tenders, and supporting the government in its commercial decision making.

Manager/Senior Manager – Government & Commercial Advisory

Analyst

• Our Wellington Deal Advisory team is looking for candidates at Analyst to Senior Analyst level to support our public sector commercial, financial, and economic advisory work.
• While our team has a commercial focus, we are keen to hear from candidates with a public sector background and experience in Machinery of Government, policy development, public sector investment management, the Budget process, or business case development.
• As an Analyst / Senior Analyst, you might be involved in:
• - Strategy and planning – Supporting the development of new government policy or reform programmes, or the business case for a significant government investment.
• - Investment decision-making – Providing advice on government investment decisions, including options or economic analysis, financial reviews, or completing financial analysis to support a transaction or Budget bid.
• - Commercial transactions – Providing independent commercial advice, designing and running a procurement process, analysing tenders, and supporting the government in its commercial decision making.

Analyst / Senior Analyst – Government & Commercial Advisory

• Support the development of new government policy or reform programmes, or the business case for a significant government investment.
• Provide advice on government investment decisions, including options or economic analysis, financial reviews, or completing financial analysis to support a transaction or Budget bid.
• Provide independent commercial advice, designing and running a procurement process, analysing tenders, and supporting the government in its commercial decision making.
• Manage delivery of high-quality analysis and advice, leading a small team or workstream, managing timeframes, scope and budget for a project.

Manager – Government & Commercial Advisory

Risk

• Support client facing teams with complex issues and share best practices.
• Manage the delivery of internal reviews including reviewing findings and developing action plans for resolution.
• Contribute ideas and recommendations to continuously improve guidance and processes.
• Be a strong and positive advocate for the engagement risk management policies and practices, monitor controls and deliver training.
• Develop guidance to support the business to comply with regulatory and policy requirements.

Senior Risk Analyst

Accountant

• Cultivate strong client relationships and maintain regular communication.
• Being a part of a team that assists clients with a variety of financial deliverables; including management reporting, cash flow forecasts, provisional tax, GST, FBT and special projects.
• Take a lead on managing the day-to-day operations of our outsourced finance function clients and virtual CFO engagements
• Engage with clients to understand their challenges and offer solutions, including providing assistance where required with business tools, such as Xero, forecasting and reporting tools and Excel.
• Work closely with team members to coach and support their growth, including reviewing and providing guidance on deliverables.
• Utilisation of AI tools to efficiently deliver the best outcomes for clients
• Effectively manage your time and prioritise various deliverables by communicating with key stakeholders to ensure deadlines are met.

BAS Accountant, Assistant Manager

• As an Audit Senior or an Assistant Manager you will provide hands on expertise in delivering IT risk management audit and assessments and formulate recommendations for our clients to manage business risks.
• This is a fantastic opportunity to develop relationships with technical specialists in the technology and security space!
• Assist with identifying and assessing IT risks within our audit framework and clients’ business risks
• Deliver IT audit projects considering key governance, risk and compliance matters across a variety of IT platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics 365 etc.
• Evaluate the GITCs (General IT Controls) supporting KPMG’s financial audit processes
• Identify automated controls within client's business processes and ensuring the effective operation of these to mitigate business risks
• Provide IT assurance services
• Apply your strategic problem solving, data analysis, report writing and project management skills to help solve complex client problems
• Plan overall work requirements for an engagement e.g. prepare budgets to achieve a target recovery rate and manage projects against budget.

Audit Senior – IT Audit

Business Analyst

• Seconded to the AI Team to partner with business leaders and engineers to translate processes and policies into robust, testable requirements for AI-enabled solutions
• Lead structured discovery, mapping current and future state processes, decision points, and escalation paths, producing clear and reusable artefacts
• Translate business rules and policy into machine-readable specifications (decision tables, structured requirements, prompt/skill specifications)
• Define evaluation datasets, success metrics, and adversarial tests to validate quality, safety, and reliability
• Partner with engineers to shape solution options, integrations, non-functional requirements, and test plans
• Prepare governance inputs (risk assessment, data classification, access/RBAC, privacy considerations) and track approvals
• Plan and run UAT and pilot phases; coordinate training, communications and change activities to drive adoption
• Measure and report business impact (time, quality, cost) and agent performance (success and intervention rates)
• Maintain a groomed backlog, RAID, and stakeholder communications to ensure alignment and momentum

Technical Senior Business Analyst, AI

Director

• Lead and deliver complex Technology Deals engagements, including IT Due Diligence from both buy and sell sides, plan and oversee the technology workstreams during integration and separation planning and execution.
• Drive the growth and capability of the Technology Deals and I&S practice by improving existing methodologies, supporting business development, and optimising delivery processes.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to refine and implement the broader Digital Consulting strategy, focusing on elevating Technology Advisory and Deals offerings.
• Mentor and guide junior consultants, fostering technical and professional growth within the team.
• Leverage best-in-class global tools and frameworks to deliver insightful, client-centric outcomes.
• Develop high-quality deliverables, including reports and client presentations, that provide actionable recommendations tailored to clients’ strategic objectives.
• Manage project budgets, timelines, and scope, ensuring consistently high standards and timely delivery across multiple concurrent engagements.
• Lead teams to deliver core service offerings, support capability build, business development and delivery optimisation, be an active member of Technology Advisory team, provide guidance to junior team members, apply technical skills, run workshops, write reports, manage delivery using waterfall and Agile, manage budget, scope and timing, build KPMG reputation.

Senior Manager / Associate Director – Technology Strategy & Deals

Financial Crime

• Support clients using knowledge of the financial crime regulatory environment
• Interpret and analyse policies, procedures and controls across financial crime domains
• Prepare high quality reports and documents for Management, Boards, and regulators in New Zealand and Overseas
• Monitor new regulatory and industry developments and deliver targeted messages relevant to clients
• Contribute to financial services proposals covering risk and compliance aspects
• Identify and respond to new business opportunities including cross-functional opportunities
• Build KPMG reputation through quality work, expertise and judgement
• Work as part of a close-knit, high energy team across varied work

Senior Advisor – Financial Crime

Security Engineer

• Partner with clients to assess their business strategies, understand their technology environments, and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen cyber risk management.
• Utilise client service orientation and business development skills to add value for clients, foster long-term relationships, identify opportunities, develop thought leadership, lead client proposals, and grow team capabilities.
• Plan, manage, and deliver cyber security engagements across a wide variety of sectors and organisations.
• Apply knowledge to other domains of cyber security, with the option to contribute expertise in Identity Security and related services.
• Engage effectively with both internal and external stakeholders, developing collaborative relationships, integrating services, and working closely with specialists across the consulting team.
• Uphold KPMG’s reputation through quality, expertise, judgement, and innovation.
• Work comfortably at pace while maintaining high attention to detail across multiple projects simultaneously.

Cybersecurity Leader

• Provide effective coordination and support to client delivery staff
• Ensure KPMG system records and client documentation are accurately recorded and maintained
• Assist with engagement setup and onboarding within KPMG systems
• Review and offboard clients as needed
• Collate and complete documentation for client risk evaluation and acceptance for submission to the Client Risk Evaluation team
• Stay up to date with policies and processes and follow clearly defined instructions
• Understand the risk timeline/risk cycle
• Assist with engagement letters and client documentation, opening and closing of codes, and managing code-related tasks as required