Jobs at KPMG New Zealand

Lead technology consulting engagements, workstreams, and project teams across IT operating model design, enterprise architecture, procurement, service design, transformation, and strategy. Support requirements definition, project and change management, supplier selection, and contract processes. Contribute to proposals, business development, methodologies, and knowledge management while building client relationships and mentoring junior consultants.

Manage and deliver internal audit services for a portfolio of clients within KPMG’s Risk Consulting team. Responsibilities include overseeing engagements, understanding client businesses, preparing reports, developing risk and control solutions, managing concurrent tasks, collaborating with clients, and coaching junior staff. The role is primarily Christchurch-based with occasional travel to other South Island locations.

Coordinates the Brand team's design workflow by managing incoming requests, assigning work, tracking deadlines and statuses in Monday.com, scheduling meetings, maintaining project documentation, and monitoring priorities. The role also manages relationships with external suppliers, supports access to research resources, assists stakeholders, and identifies process improvements. Success requires strong organization, communication, problem-solving, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a collaborative environment.

Manage private enterprise advisory engagements, including management reporting, cash-flow forecasting, tax deliverables, outsourced finance functions, and virtual CFO services. Build trusted client relationships, identify business opportunities, supervise and coach staff, ensure engagement quality and profitability, and provide strategic insights. The role also involves using business tools such as Xero, TaxLab, and Excel, developing proposals and client deliverables, and applying AI tools to improve service outcomes.

Advise privately owned businesses, companies, and high-net-worth families by building trusted client relationships and delivering financial insights. Responsibilities include management reporting, cash-flow forecasting, tax and GST-related deliverables, business-tool support, client communications, deadline management, and participation in broader advisory assignments. The role requires using analytical skills to develop strategic insights, supporting business growth, and contributing to team knowledge sharing.

Manage risk consulting and internal audit engagements for government and private-sector clients. Responsibilities include reviewing projects, processes, and controls; analyzing data to identify risks; developing practical recommendations; partnering with subject-matter experts; supervising junior staff; supporting business development; and delivering client proposals and thought leadership. The role requires strong risk and assurance experience, communication, report writing, project management, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.

Lead the end-to-end design, delivery, and operation of secure, scalable AI solutions. Build production AI services on Azure, establish monitoring and guardrails, evaluate agent behavior and tool use, and automate business workflows. Review and harden AI-generated code, infrastructure, and pipelines while maintaining strong testing, security, data protection, and cost-effectiveness. Design agentic workflows and retrieval solutions across the technology stack.

Entry-level audit graduate role conducting statutory audits, assurance engagements, investigations, and special reports. Responsibilities include evaluating client controls, identifying risks, researching audit matters, summarizing conclusions, responding to client queries, and identifying improvement opportunities. Candidates should be pursuing an Accounting, Finance, Business, or related degree and demonstrate collaboration, problem-solving, communication, professionalism, adaptability, and commitment to quality.

Entry-level consulting role supporting projects that address social, economic, strategic, and Māori development outcomes across New Zealand. Responsibilities include research, analysis, workshops, stakeholder engagement, report and business-case development, proposal support, project tracking, and client relationship building. The role requires fluent te reo Māori and cultural capability, with opportunities to work across strategy, transformation, economics, public sector, risk, and Māori advisory engagements.

Supports M&A advisory mandates involving acquisitions, divestments, capital raisings, and growth initiatives. Responsibilities include industry and business analysis, financial modelling, valuation, preparation of transaction materials, commercial recommendations, deal process management, stakeholder engagement, and coaching junior team members. The role requires at least three years of relevant experience in M&A, investment banking, corporate development, or strategy.

Leads end-to-end Workday Finance transformations, directing module leads and integrated financial management designs. Translates business objectives into scalable solutions, facilitates executive workshops, and manages dependencies across data, integration, security, testing, change, deployment, quality, risk, scope, and reporting. Builds consulting capability through team leadership, coaching, recruitment, market development, and reusable assets.

Lead the design and delivery of Workday Financial Management modules and finance transformation workstreams. Translate business requirements into scalable configurations, facilitate client workshops, manage testing and deployment, oversee integrations and controls, coach consultants, assure delivery quality, and support proposals and practice growth.

Leads KPMG New Zealand’s enterprise applications portfolio, strategy, modernisation, governance, service delivery, operational resilience, and lifecycle management. The role partners with senior business leaders, technology teams, and vendors to align application investments with business priorities, improve service quality, manage risk, and drive transformation. It also develops high-performing technology teams and oversees initiatives involving cloud adoption, application rationalisation, security, compliance, and business continuity.

Lead technology consulting workstreams and project teams for large ERP and digital transformation implementations. Advise clients on IT operating models, technology strategies, requirements, project delivery, change management, supplier selection, procurement, and contracting. Contribute to proposals, business development, service development, and methodology design while managing multiple projects, building client relationships, and coaching junior consultants.

Support privately owned businesses and individuals with tax returns, GST and FBT returns, ledger reconciliations, financial statements, management accounting, income projections, and investment research. Respond to client and IRD queries, maintain client relationships, assist senior staff with assignments involving trusts and partnerships, contribute to proposals and business development, and develop accounting software and advisory skills through KPMG’s graduate program.

KPMG’s Private Enterprise Graduate supports privately owned businesses with tax returns, GST and FBT returns, ledger reconciliations, financial statements, management accounting, investment research, client management, and business development. The role offers exposure to trusts, partnerships, compliance, operational efficiency, and strategic planning while developing accounting software, advisory, communication, and client relationship skills. Applicants should be pursuing an Accounting or Finance degree, or another degree meeting Chartered Accountancy prerequisites.

Supports organizations and startups with government innovation funding, including assessing eligibility, interpreting legislation, preparing and lodging R&D tax incentive claims, calculating funding amounts, and responding to client queries. The role involves client communication, financial statement review, continuous learning, process improvement, and collaboration within KPMG’s Innovation & Growth Advisory team.

Supports privately owned businesses with tax returns, GST and FBT returns, ledger reconciliations, financial statements, management accounting, investment research, client queries, and relationship management. The role also assists senior staff with assignments involving trusts and partnerships, contributes to business development and proposals, and develops accounting software and advisory skills through KPMG’s graduate program.

Lead actuarial and insurance risk consulting engagements across life, general, and health insurance, risk management, and government sectors. Responsibilities include actuarial modeling and valuation, climate risk modeling and reporting, reinsurance and capital optimization, process transformation, client relationship development, business winning, and project and people management.

Manage M&A tax advisory engagements, including tax structuring, buy-side and sell-side due diligence, tax research, opinions, and client advice. Lead and mentor junior specialists, maintain relationships with clients and external stakeholders, monitor New Zealand tax legislation and case law, collaborate across teams, and improve internal processes and best practices.