Consultant Strategy & Operations - Financial Sector

Consultant Strategy & Operations - Financial Sector

A lot is changing within the financial sector. Banks, insurers, investors, and real estate companies must prepare for a sustainable future. Opportunities around ESG, changing customer demands, increasing regulations, technological advancements, and growing competition are key challenges in this regard. We are looking for committed colleagues to tackle these challenges together with our clients!

Your challenges

• Working on both designing strategies and guiding transformations for banks, insurers, and real estate companies
• Helping clients respond to current topics such as ESG and maintaining customer trust
• Contributing to large transformation programs in multidisciplinary teams
• From the start, engaging with clients and taking on responsibility
• Gaining practical experience in large-scale transformations

This is what you bring

• You have completed a Master's degree and have an affinity with banks, insurers, or real estate
• You have some relevant work experience
• You have been active alongside your studies (e.g., work, board/committee roles, top-level sports, or volunteer work)
• You have a strong affinity for teamwork
• You are engaged and enthusiastic with colleagues and clients, and a professional conversation partner
• You are fluent in spoken and written English and Dutch

* These requirements give a direction of the profile we are looking for for this position. Do you not meet all the requirements but think this is the position for you? Then we kindly invite you to apply.

What will you do in this position?

As a consultant, from day one, you will be involved in short-term (strategic) advisory projects, work on designing a business or operating model, or gain practical experience in large-scale transformations within the Banking, Insurance, and Real Estate sectors. You can choose to focus on one of these sectors, but there is also room to develop more broadly. Your work will consist of client interactions, conducting analyses, and a high level of responsibility and diversity in assignments. You will quickly gain subject-matter expertise and consulting skills through the extensive training programs available.

As a consultant, you will see a variety of companies in a short time. You help them move forward, and in doing so, you quickly build a relevant network!

The Strategy & Operations | Financial Sector team consists of around 50 colleagues. The team focuses on clients in the Dutch financial sector and serves three different segments: Banking & Capital Markets, Insurance & Pensions, and Real Estate & Asset Management.

This is what we offer

• Competitive salary, a bonus, a fixed expense allowance and a working from home allowance.
• 30 vacation days (on a full-time basis) and the option to buy more days or sell your vacation days.
• At KPMG we work hybrid, so you can work from home or at the office.
• A completely furnished home office.
• A lease car + NS business card or a mobility budget.
• A laptop and iPhone which also can be used privately.
• Pension accrual without a compulsory personal contribution.
• Choice to pick from different courses which contribute to your own personal and professional development.
• Diversity networks in the areas of pride, gender, ability, cultural diversity, and generations that regularly organize various activities to celebrate differences!
• Focus on well-being! There is a gym at the Amstelveen office or you can get a discount for a gym near your house and you get access to different health and/or vitality programs.
• ‘Together’ is one of our core values. So you can count on different social activities, like team events, drinks with colleagues and events with all your KPMG colleagues.

Application procedure

Step 1. Your application

Have you applied? Then you will receive an invitation for the KPMG Talent Pitch immediately after your application. In the Talent Pitch, we not only get to know you, but you also get to know us better. We will also give you a tour of the world of KPMG. During the pitch, you will complete a personality questionnaire and take an aptitude test.

Step 2. The first interview

After completing the KPMG Talent Pitch, we will invite you for a first interview with a recruiter. In some cases, a colleague from the relevant department will also be present at the interview. This interview is a mutual introduction, where you also get the chance to ask all the questions you probably have.

Step 3. Follow-up interview

Did you have a positive conversation and are you still enthusiastic? If we also see a match, a second meeting will follow. In this second interview, we will delve deeper into the role and the substantive themes you will be dealing with. You may be asked to prepare a business case for the interview. Sometimes there is a final interview.

Step 4. Offer

Is there a match? Then we will make you an offer and hopefully you will start at KPMG soon. The offer will not only include your salary but also all our employment conditions, such as your pension, vacation days, and more! Do you agree with our offer? Then we congratulate you as our new colleague and take the last step.

Step 5. Screening

We want to be an integral and reliable organization in all respects, so we screen everyone who comes to work with us. Validata conducts this screening and checks references, among other things. Everything in order? The path to a great career at KPMG is open to you. You will then start with the onboarding program.

Would you like to know more about our application procedure? Then contact HR Recruitment via recruitment@kpmg.nl.