Budapest is the host to KPMG Global Services Hungary, KPMG’s international compliance services center, which offers VAT compliance and Accounting solutions, and multicultural compliance professionals, who can provide coverage in more than 40 countries with relevant language and technical skills.

Our clients are looking for globally consistent, tech-enabled, professionally delivered managed services to serve their global footprint. KPMG Delivery Network (KDN) is a formal business unit of KPMG enabling clients to broaden their operational capacity. 2021 was the first year of KDN’s operations and will see new processes and ways of working set up to support the sustainable and efficient operations of businesses, also developing and scaling centralized services.

What we offer

• Flexible working hours and hybrid work model
• 3 paid days for volunteering and CSR activities
• Multicultural working environment in a newly built office
• Medicover and life insurance package
• iPhone with subscription
• Regular language courses
• Fast development opportunity in a Big4 environment
• Opportunities for assignments in foreign KPMG offices after 2 years
• In-depth professional training from beginner to advanced level
• Online and offline sports opportunities
• Relocation support for foreign candidates

Position Overview

The KPMG Delivery Network (KDN) with seamlessly integrated delivery center locations across the world creates a strategic competitive advantage for KPMG. KPMG local firms provide technical insight and advice on local compliance requirements while KPMG Delivery Center professionals provide 24/7 support, deep experience, and strong technological capabilities in global compliance processes, controls, data analytics, and automation, as well as overall project management expertise, and global business acumen.

This position will play a key role in supporting the activities of KPMG Delivery Network (KDN) Advisory engagement management from initial opportunity through contracting to invoice. We are looking for applications for an Engagement Management Controller (EMC) position to be responsible for the sales, contracting, and billing cycle between the KPMG Delivery Network and KPMG member firms and contribute to associated reporting & process enhancements.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure Member Firm EMCs understand and follow the KDN
  engagement management processes
• Provide engagement management support to regional Delivery Enablement Leads (DELs) with opportunity, demand, and tracking in KDN Ops
• Manage the contracting of opportunities with the KDN contracting teams including review of draft contract schedules, confirming the scope of the services, and pricing arrangements
• Coordinate the internal review and approval of draft member firms' delivery center contracts, working with quality and risk management (QRM) and KDN leadership as needed
• Ensure correct information is provided to facilitate engagement setup in financial systems and ensure engagement is cleared from an internal process and approvals perspective to begin delivery of services
• Support the Delivery Centre Engagement Manager to ensure high-quality time and expense data is provided to Central Finance team for invoicing
• Analysis of invoices, confirming with the contract schedule if any special discounts need to be applied and coordination between the member firm and Central Finance team on invoice-related questions 
• Support multiple regional engagements simultaneously with the engagement administration, project, and process support to enable the successful delivery of services to our member firms
• Support engagement tracking in our systems, tools including regular
  updating of opportunity, demand, contracting, and approval statuses.
• Work with other EMC for standardization of processes, and improvement opportunities across KDN and learn from each other as the role evolves to cater to business needs
• Develop and maintain workflow & process documentation for engagement management processes in KDN Advisory
• Coordinate with the KDN QRM team for ad-hoc requests such as nonstandard services, contract clauses, templates, and other risk-related questions from member firms
• Develop and implement metrics & tracking for measuring the engagement management life cycles
• Produce monthly reports to leadership on agreed metrics & leverage them to identify opportunities for improvement
• Identify and implement potential automation for contract expirations notifications, simplified intake, Engagement acceptance steps integration, Reporting dashboards

Requirements

• 7+ years experience working in project Accounting, Finance, or Billing preferably within a professional services environment
  
• Fluent English knowledge 
• Willingness to work flexible working hours 
• Strong time management skills 
• Planning, analytical, and project skills with a detail-oriented mindset 
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent assignments and must be proactive in day-to-day interactions as well as in formulating solutions 
• Strong verbal, and written communication skills
• Problem-solving, organizational, and judgment skills to support an environment driven by customer service and teamwork 
• Ability to build productive relationships with peers and leaders