Manager, Grants Management
Austin, Texas
viewManager, Grants Management
Requisition #: 131903
Practice Area: Advisory
Location: Austin, TX
<p>The KPMG Advisory practice is at the forefront of transformation, offering excellent opportunities for individuals to advance their careers and expertise with KPMG. Looking ahead, we anticipate continued evolution and success within the practice, fostering both personal and professional development, thereby creating new pathways for growth. In this ever-changing market environment, our professionals must be adaptable and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture. At KPMG, our people are our number one priority. With a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, a world-class training facility, and leading market tools, we help our people continue to grow both professionally and personally. If you're looking for a firm with a strong team connection where you can be your whole self, have an impact, advance your skills, deepen your experiences, and have the flexibility and access to constantly find new areas of inspiration and expand your capabilities, then consider a career in Advisory.</p>
<div><p>KPMG is currently seeking a Manager, Grants Management to join our <a href="https://advisory.kpmg.us/" target="_blank">Advisory Services</a> practice.</p></div><div><br></div><div>Responsibilities:</div><ul><li>Provide technical advisory services related to relief programs for disaster recovery including program design and management for all recovery efforts, and ensuring regulatory and process compliance in order to maximize funding and expedite rebuilding, and ensuring program integrity</li><li>Develop and implement strategies designated to maximize federal and state disaster assistance, provide expert programmatic and policy advice on federal disaster relief programs and developing long range recovery plans in the cost of reconstruction approaches cost of relocation/mitigation</li><li>Design and prepare presentations and reports, leveraging strong written communication skills to provide meaningful recommendations to clients</li><li>Contribute to industry and regulatory publications, write professional articles, and speak about current compliance issues at external seminars</li><li>Proactively participate in business development efforts for primary target clients within disaster locations</li><li>Schedule, plan, assign, and provide direction and review the work of the team members working on assigned engagements</li><li>Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG’s respectful and courteous work environment</li></ul><div><br></div><div>Qualifications:</div><ul><li>Minimum five years of recent and applicable experience in a compliance or project/program management related role, working with state and federal disaster aid programs/agencies such as Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Community Development Block Grant; Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)</li><li>Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university; current and thorough knowledge of federal laws, rules and regulations associated with federal and state disaster aid programs; preferred certifications such as CEM, CFE, CGM, PMP</li><li>Previous experience leading teams, managing projects, and accustomed to taking an active role in executing engagements</li><li>Demonstrated track record of client service and business development</li><li>Possess exceptional interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to gain the confidence and respect of senior executives</li><li>Travel may be up to eighty to one hundred percent of the time</li><li>Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)</li></ul>
<div><div>KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. KPMG is an equal opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. The <a href="https://resources.kpmguscareers.com/EEO.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 125, 188);">attached link</a> contains further information regarding KPMG’s compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws. No phone calls or agencies please.</div><div><br></div><div>KPMG recruits on a rolling basis. Candidates are considered as they apply, until the opportunity is filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously to any role(s) for which they are qualified that is also of interest to them. </div><div><br></div><div>Los Angeles County applicants: Material job duties for this position are listed above. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, and safeguard business operations and company reputation. Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.</div></div>
