Advisory Opportunity Engagement Set-Up Associate

Associate, Opportunity Engagement Set-Up

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KPMG is currently seeking an Associate, Opportunity Engagement Set-Up to join our Advisory organization. Responsibilities include maintaining and supporting assigned opportunities throughout their life cycle, including engagement set-up, obtaining necessary reports, creating quotes / pricing workbooks, informing coordinators of required codes, keeping pursuit teams informed, learning service offerings; identifying and resolving issues, acting as a subject matter resource; facilitating assessment and evolution processes. Build relationships with pursuit teams and work to understand their service lines. Preserve all assigned opportunities, directly contribute to pipeline health which includes weekly review of potentially stale opportunities, outreach to appropriate partners and managing directors to obtain updates and update opportunities in Engage / Launchpad. Serve as a subject matter resource for the firm's opportunity, pricing, risk management systems, and deal review boards including ServiceNow, Salesforce, Pricing tool and Client / Engagement Acceptance Set-Up (CLEAS). Participate in developing best practices for the Opportunity Engagement Set-Up (OES) team in conjunction with Senior Associate OES, the Manager OES and / or Director of Operations; participate actively in weekly and monthly team calls. Sign-up to support and actively participate in any number of special projects. Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.

Qualifications : Minimum three years of recent combined experience in areas such as administrative, legal, finance, business development, project management and client service experience; experience within a professional services firm or similar environment is preferred. Bachelor's degree from an accredited college / university in business; equivalent experience is required. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook; familiarity with software applications and systems of the firm, including Salesforce, Pricing tool, Sentinel and CLEAS preferred; experience using internet research tools and database management. Strong time management skills and the aptitude to effectively manage stakeholder expectations; highly skilled in critical thinking and analytical problem solving with a proven ability to tackle complex challenges and offer effective solutions. Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills allowing for proactive task and project management, as well as stakeholder engagement; demonstrate the ability to exercise independent judgment in making day-to-day decisions in formulating solutions to problems. Travel may be required, and general workdays sometimes exceed a 9 : 00am-5 : 00 pm local time workday, possibly resulting in some weekend coverage. Applicant must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).