Financial Services Advisory - Advisory Challenger Academy 2025

Are you looking to kick-start your career in the consulting industry and thrive amongst supportive colleagues and leaders who will help you grow both professionally and personally? Are you a problem-solver who is energized by challenges? And do you see yourself supporting Danish and Nordic Financial Services companies becoming more digital, resilient, and compliant enterprises? You’ve come to the right place.

Perks of joining our amazing team

Our team consists of +70 diverse people, servicing financial services companies in the Nordics on their digital, risk and compliance transformation journeys. We spent some time thinking about what sets our team apart – hopefully these resonate with you:

• We are casual and social: We believe in the value of psychological safety and mentoring because we think that if you bring your whole self to work, everyone benefits. You might want to join our book club, to discuss things that do not surface in the 9-17 job.
• We are diverse: We believe in the power of intellectual and personal diversity, and when you join you might sit next to a historian, an actuary, and a business graduate.
• We are transformative and commercial thinkers: You might find yourself digging around in the bottom an excel-sheet some days, but we always put an effort into formulating just exactly how our projects support enterprise value for our clients.   
• We are specialists with range: You might have lunch with people speaking only in acronyms, but we value the virtue of being able to speak a little about a lot and focus on cutting through complexity.
• We are local and global: You will be working in the Nordics, but we serve our Nordic clients through the global KPMG firm, and you will learn from colleagues across EMEA, UK and US offices.

KPMG Challenger Academy

Are you looking for a graduate programme? We think we have something better! At KPMG, you have the freedom to shape your own career. With endless opportunities to grow, learn, and take on new challenges, the KPMG Challenger Academy is where you build a future you are excited about. As part of the Academy, you set your own goals, work on interesting client projects, and get the best training to develop yourself. To make things even better, you get your own Koach (not Coach—we did spell-check this job ad, but KPMG’s equivalent of a performance manager) to help you reach your full potential and achieve your goals.

The Academy is designed for your early career after graduating your master studies. The Academy is split into 3 dynamic off-site modules, each designed to get you started in your new role and develop you as a consultant. Regardless of whether you are a recent graduate or bring previous experience, we ensure that everyone starts from the same point with equal opportunities to grow professionally.

Curious to know more about the KPMG Challenger Academy? You can read much more here.

Do you recognize yourself in the following?

We do not have a formula for the perfect candidate. However, our experience tells us that one personal trait often leads to a good fit within our team: You should be curious by nature and passionate about learning – not just about the next consulting buzz, but also to learn more about yourself.

On the professional side, we seek candidates who are energized by work that aligns with one or more of our three service pillars:

• Risk Transformation: We help clients foresee, understand, and manage risks, use this insight to build more resilient businesses and competitive advantage – ex. risk modelling projects and/or or implementation of ERM frameworks and actuarial projects.
• Digital Transformation: We help clients in cutting through the red-tape and transforming into digital enterprises, that delivers data-driven, digital, and AI-first services in a cost efficient, customer-centric, and compliant way – ex. digital target operating model design or technology strategy design.
• Financial Crime, Legal and Compliance Transformation: We help clients addressing the impact of new regulatory requirements in a world where compliance is more than a license to play, and where non-financial risks such as fraud and misconduct threaten to erode enterprise value – ex. Anti-money laundering operational transformation.

You might have an emerging super-power or just a strong interest in one of our three service pillars or want to develop yourself as a generalist transformation advisor within Financial Services. In either case, we are sure you will find our team a great place to grow.

Are you ready to take on the challenge and become part of KPMG? Send your application today!

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Kirsten Gaubatz [email protected] or on phone +45 61 96 68 52.

We are excited to receive your application. The deadline for applying is 31 December or as soon as we have found our new team member. This might be before the final deadline since we invite candidates for interviews on an ongoing basis.

Please note that we do not accept applications by e-mail to ensure GDPR compliance.

At KPMG, we are committed to developing diverse talent at all levels. We encourage all interested candidates to apply, regardless of age, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or ethnicity.

We can’t wait to hear from you!