Economist Manager P&U, Telecoms Digital - London

Economist Manager – Power + Utilities, Telecoms and Digital

Base Location: London

KPMG’s Infrastructure Group in the UK consists of c400 professionals and is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading independent business, financial and regulatory advisers in infrastructure.

The group has locations in London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds and Manchester, but is organised on a national basis.

We provide in-depth advice on strategic, financial, regulatory and commercial issues driving investments in infrastructure across Power & Utilities (“P&U”), Transport, Telecoms and Social Infrastructure in the UK and globally. Our work includes market and policy design, economic and regulatory analysis, deal structuring and execution, as well as strategic and transaction advice to enable private and public capital to fund infrastructure. We work closely with other functions within KPMG to advise clients on mergers and acquisitions, valuations, tax, accounting, and due diligence.

Power & Utilities is the largest business area for the Infrastructure Group and encompasses work for large clients in the sector, including all of the leading UK energy and water companies as well as some of the largest utilities in Europe and beyond. We are currently expanding our Telecoms and Digital practice within our Power & Utilities business. Our Telecoms and Digital team deliver expert advice on regulations, policy development, and commercial strategy. Drawing on our diverse expertise in economics, regulatory finance and sector-specific knowledge, we help clients navigate complex challenges and capitalize on emerging opportunities.

Examples of projects the Telecom and Digital have delivered include:

• Economic analysis across several projects for government departments to support decision making on mobile telecoms strategy and policy.
• Regulatory costing advice for telecoms regulators
• Expert regulatory and costing advice for international mobile and fixed network operators.
• Industry insights on international good practice to inform 5G and fibre strategies for international telecoms businesses.
• Support to operators on regulatory pricing consultations.
• Support for a European regulator in running its regulatory accounting consultation.
• Assessment of 5G policies across countries leading the 5G rollout and lessons learnt from these.
• Strategic review of the telecoms supply chain for 5G services of a large European country.
• Economic review of the telecoms supply chain for 5G standalone, telco cloud, RAN, optical communications and BSS/OSS services for a large European country.
• Benchmarking and assessment of the current regulatory framework and performance of the Communications ministry of a country in the Middle East.
• Support for a large telco in developing its full fibre business case model to get funding approval from its Board of Directors.
• Members of the team led on the design, development, and implementation of a B2B customer profitability solution for a leading global telco across its operating companies in Europe and Africa.

The Role

Our business is continuously expanding and we are looking for high quality candidates to support the growth of the Telecoms and Digital team.

As a Manager you will be expected to manage projects from conception to completion. The work will include a combination of report drafting, preparing presentations for key stakeholders, economic analysis, and engaging with clients. To support the expansion of the Telecoms and Digital team, you will also be expected to support the business development activities such as drafting proposals and thought leadership materials.

You will also need to be comfortable managing, coaching, and mentoring junior staff on specific projects.

Requirements for this role include:

• Building relationships with clients and other advisors
• Maintaining a good understanding of policy and regulatory issues in the Telecoms and Digital sector and the associated financial implications.
• Being involved in business development to identify new opportunities
• Contributing to specific business development initiatives, particularly proposals and pitches
• Managing delivery of several small and medium size engagements on a day-to-day basis
• Ensuring quality of economic and financial analysis as well as written and verbal advice
• Taking responsibility for the quality of deliverables produced for clients
• Providing effective management, coaching and mentoring of junior staff on specific engagements
• Ensuring KPMG’s risk and compliance procedures are adhered to
• Recognising and addressing potential risks
• Any other duties commensurate with the role

The Person

We are looking for someone with the following experience:

• Proven experience in the Telecoms and Digital sector, in the industry, as a regulator, policy maker or as a consultant specialising in these sectors.
• Have a detailed knowledge of the current UK regulatory regimes and regulatory mechanics for Telecoms as well as their application.
• Understand operations of the wider Telecoms and Digital sector, its structure, composition, stakeholders and relevant policy debates.
• Be skilled in financial analysis, with a detailed working knowledge and experience of financial modelling.
• Have a sound knowledge of finances and financial structures of Telcos
• Demonstrate good working knowledge of economic and financial theory and its application.
• Propose compelling and well-thought-out solutions to complex economic and/or financial problems, being able to provide persuasive and self-assured responses in a credible manner
• Bring excellent report writing Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Be comfortable and experienced in an external facing role and in presenting to clients
• Be an independent thinker with the ability to identify problems and contribute to the development of solutions, helping us to remain at the cutting edge of innovative thinking in the sector

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Our Locations:

We are open to talk to talent across the country but our core hub for this role is London.

This position will be hybrid.

With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.

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