Manager – Competition recruitment
Service Line Information:
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Job Description:
The highly successful Economics Regulation practice at KPMG is looking to accelerate its recent growth. The team, largely based in London but now also expanding internationally, provides economic advice in regulation, competition and dispute resolution. From a sector perspective the work currently focuses on telecoms, post, energy, transport, health, professional services and lotteries and will continue to expand. Similarly, in terms of functional areas, core skills within the team as a whole range from macro to micro economics, market definition and design, regulatory strategy, anti-trust, econometrics, cost modelling, pricing and regulatory finance and accounting.
The KPMG economics and regulation practice serves a diverse international client base, across a variety of industries and in many geographic markets. The team typically works with clients at board level, providing strategic insight into the commercial implications of regulatory initiatives. We offer interesting and varied work, including working with colleagues on MA, and the opportunity to earn substantial rewards by expanding our successful practice in the UK and across Europe.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- We are looking for economists with a keen interest in applying microeconomics to real-world problems, and communicating the insights from microeconomics to clients and regulators. In particular, we are looking for candidates with a strong academic economics background, but who can communicate complex economic arguments clearly, both in writing and orally, to a wide range of audiences.
- The successful candidate will manage projects or significant work streams and actively contribute towards the preparation of reports.
- They will work with considerable autonomy, managing staff as well as the input of senior members of the team. They will provide clear rationale and supporting data to justify recommended solutions, having taken consideration of risk and budgetary constraints.
- They may need to monitor and evaluate multiple projects regularly against deadlines and budgets. They will manage conflicting demands and priorities by using clear project management principles and managing client expectations over level and speed of service.
- Together with senior staff members, they will play a significant role in our sales’ efforts, from researching for and drafting proposals to going to pitches. They will build and maintain effective relationships with clients at all levels.
- They will also be involved in the management and the development of the ER team as a whole, including contributing to our recruitment efforts, performance appraisal, mentoring and thought leadership.Qualifications and Skills:
- Top academic qualifications in economics, with a focus on industrial economics and/or microeconometrics, from a leading institution, at least at MA/MSc level (PhD desirable but not essential).
- Significant experience and qualifications in quantitative techniques/econometrics, including proficient knowledge of suitable software (e.g. Stata), highly desirable.
- Financial and economic modelling techniques, including proficient knowledge of suitable software (e.g. Excel, Matlab, SAS), highly desirable.
- Knowledge of competition law and/or regulatory regimes highly desirable.
- Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing.
- Perfect command of English. Fluency in other languages preferable but not necessary.
- A desire and ability to work to tight deadlines and budgets, on multiple projects simultaneously, and to produce deliverables of consistently high quality.
Experience and Background:
- Clear track record of managing projects or significant work streams in competition cases, at either a competition authority or a consulting firm.
- Excellent knowledge of both the theoretical and empirical economics that apply to competition cases.
- Experience of leading/managing the production of quantitative evidence for clients desirable.