Analyst Relations

KPMG has been recognized as a Worldwide Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Supply Chain Oracle Ecosystem Services 2023 Vendor Assessment. The report notes “KPMG uses a focus on operations optimization developed over many years in practice. KPMG believes its experience and understanding of both technical and operational requirements help give a clear view of what it takes to enable large transformations. KPMG approaches all supply chain management services with an operating model lens — helping its clients build new internal capabilities and define organizational roles and ways of working that stick — long after a shared project has ended.”

Additionally, the report states “KPMG brings practice expertise to the table in the solutions it delivers. This is customized for client nuances and acts as a starting point for clients to accelerate benefits and mitigate risks of over complicating a solution or strategy. This is especially true in the areas of planning and supplier collaboration, where projects influence supply chain decisions that cross organizations and extend to trading partners.” Adding “Manufacturers across all industries and geographic regions should consider KPMG when looking for a partner in Oracle solution ecosystems that can drive SCM value and supply chain transformation on a global scale with a focus on optimizing operational models.”

This IDC MarketScape study evaluates 13 information technology (IT) services organizations that support the assessment, selection, and implementation of the Oracle suite of supply chain management tools. Most of these companies support a broader range of Oracle tools, but for the purpose of this study, the IDC MarketScape is only assessing the supply chain. This study is both a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the characteristics and capabilities that affect a vendor's success in delivering supply chain transformation for manufacturers and retailers.
Learn more here.

KPMG has been recognized as a Worldwide Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Operations Improvement Consulting Services 2023-2024 Vendor Assessment. The report notes “KPMG is seen as a practical and patient firm that can pivot when necessary. These three aspects are not always possible with business consulting providers that support operations improvement work.” Further, “KPMG's assessment methods and playbooks provide a practical baseline for organizations making operation model shifts. The company exhibits patience through its willingness to listen and sense a problem instead of rolling through a set approach with clients.”

Additionally, the report states “KPMG is a good choice when you are looking for a practical operations improvement provider that can pivot to your needs. The company is suitable for organizations looking for global operational improvement in building modern, intelligent, resilient, trusted enterprises that deliver value. The company provides a phased plan to deliver capabilities and implementation execution support to launch and enhance solutions. KPMG's approach is appropriate for lower-maturity organizations that need a lot of support and guidance and higher-maturity organizations seeking a provider that can collaborate on their near and long-term visions. The company can support both types of clients due to its willingness to ask questions and listen to client needs.” Adding “Clients describe KPMG as an organization that listens carefully to their needs and as a steadfast transformation partner supporting clients' long-term success.”

This IDC study looks at 12 organizations that offer operations improvement consulting-related services. IDC defines operational consulting practices as the strategy consulting work that takes place prior to deployment of a full BPO/managed services engagement, starting with the major moves the client needs to make for their operations to run smoother.
Find out more here

Monday 06 November

KPMG has been recognized as a market Leader in ESG environmental consulting, the report notes “For KPMG, ESG is transformative for both themselves and their clients, where ESG is embedded throughout the organization to drive measurable change.” Adding, “For KPMG, ESG is everything a business does and how it does it. Therefore, authenticity in an organization's ESG approach is critical to developing a sustainable future. In addition, to optimize ESG and build sustainability, KPMG works with organizations to embed ESG into the business strategy with board-level support to drive financial value, and effectively communicate goals throughout the organization using ESG metrics to understand KPIs. As a result, KPMG provides an integrated and holistic ESG framework that is embedded throughout the organization to ensure a successful transformation.”

Additionally, the report states “…Climate IQ is KPMG’s tool that allows clients to assess their current portfolios and quantify the potential financial impact of such physical and transition risks as well as opportunities. Climate IQ methodology is streamlined and automated generating financial estimates that provide the forward-looking information to help with strategic capital planning as expected by boards and investors and outlined by the TCFD.”

The report explores how the most innovative professional services providers in 2023 are helping clients understand, develop, and properly manage environmental factors as part of their business strategy – as well as how innovative providers themselves are developing an environmental focused approach that is aligned to meet their own ESG organizational goals.

Learn more here.

Wednesday 29 November

KPMG firms have been recognized as a worldwide Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Cybersecurity Risk Management Services 2023 Vendor Assessment. The report notes “KPMG has a cybersecurity advisory service and works closely with clients to review, enhance, improve, and optimize various cybersecurity processes and solutions. KPMG’s talent pool is made up of professionals skilled in cybersecurity, with deep industry experience, and retains these professionals through a variety of different internal upskilling programs.”

Additionally, the report states “Consider KPMG if your organization needs senior practitioners to provide appropriate strategic cybersecurity and risk guidance and enables clients to deliver their full transformation journey to ensure the cybersecurity risk management program provides resilience across people, process, and technology.” Adding “Couple this outcome to alignment with executive management and board members such that decision-making regarding risks is effective, actionable, and communicated in financial terms and delivered/maintained over time through the managed services offering.”

The IDC report studied 18 vendors that provide cybersecurity risk management services throughout the world. The vendors included in the study had to meet certain criteria to qualify for this vendor assessment.

Learn more here.

KPMG has been recognized as a market Leader in climate change consulting, the report notes “KPMG stands out for its climate risk strategy and emissions data assurance capabilities.” Adding, “KPMG offers a strategy-led approach to climate risk, with expertise in readiness reviews and board engagement capabilities for climate action. Through the use of its proprietary ClimateIQ multi-industry risk management tool to help firms assess both physical and transitional climate risks, KPMG helps firms understand and project the impact of climate change on their business.”

Additionally, the report states “KPMG’s capabilities in disclosure and assurance-related services make it a strong shortlisting candidate for businesses that are at the readiness stage for complying with regulations. Furthermore, KPMG’s global footprint will be a benefit to firms with cross-jurisdictional operations and complex disclosure requirements.”

The report provides a detailed, fact-based benchmark of 15 of the most prominent climate change consulting providers in the market to identify those who “demonstrated the most comprehensive climate change consulting capabilities. Based on the proprietary Verdantix Green Quadrant methodology, the analysis included two-hour live briefings, customer interviews and vendor responses to a detailed 94-point questionnaire, covering 15 capability and three momentum categories.

Learn more here.

KPMG firms have been recognized as a worldwide Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Cybersecurity Risk Management Services 2023 Vendor Assessment. The report notes “KPMG has a cybersecurity advisory service and works closely with clients to review, enhance, improve, and optimize various cybersecurity processes and solutions. KPMG’s talent pool is made up of professionals skilled in cybersecurity, with deep industry experience, and retains these professionals through a variety of different internal upskilling programs.”

Additionally, the report states “Consider KPMG if your organization needs senior practitioners to provide appropriate strategic cybersecurity and risk guidance and enables clients to deliver their full transformation journey to ensure the cybersecurity risk management program provides resilience across people, process, and technology.” Adding “Couple this outcome to alignment with executive management and board members such that decision-making regarding risks is effective, actionable, and communicated in financial terms and delivered/maintained over time through the managed services offering.”

The IDC report studied 18 vendors that provide cybersecurity risk management services throughout the world. The vendors included in the study had to meet certain criteria to qualify for this vendor assessment.

Learn more here.

KPMG has been recognized as a global Leader in the HFS Horizons report: Data Modernization Services 2023. (PDF 1.87 MB) According to the report, “KPMG applies industry knowledge alongside data management and governance capabilities to deliver data estate modernization ready for complex AI and analytic solutions. Leading with protecting business value: KPMG delivers “data for value,” driven by data literacy and culture building, automation and productivity, insight generation, assets and new business models, and metric transparency. Focusing on how data enables products: KPMG Connected Enterprise helps accelerate enterprise journeys toward becoming customer-centric and digital enabled. It comes with a sector-tailored integrated suite of preconfigured enablers.”

Additionally, the report notes that “Clients feel KPMG’s key strengths are its partner ecosystem, industry knowledge, and knowledge of business needs and technology architecture.”

The report evaluates 23 service providers’ capabilities across a range of dimensions to understand the Why, What, How, and So What of their service offerings supporting data modernization. The assessment is based on inputs from clients and partners, augmented with analyst perspectives.

Learn more here.

Wednesday 22 March

According to the report, “KPMG’s Operations services and solutions anchor supply chain transformation in a comprehensive, end-to- end, and digitally rounded and collaborative framework for helping clients redesign their supply chain strategy”.

Additionally, the report notes “KPMG’s approach seeks to transform supply chain from a passive cost reduction governor to a potentially differentiating element in the customer experience. KPMG is focused on total business transformation, and its guiding mantra –“Connected. Powered. Trusted.” –aligns well with its end-to-end network redesign approach to supply chains.”

The report explores how the most innovative professional services providers can effectively connect the dots between technology, process, and people to deliver outstanding client outcomes. After reviewing dozens of professional services providers for innovation in their supply chain offerings, ALM arrived at 16 Innovators in four market segments across five categories. KPMG was named among the top five in four categories—business model, value proposition, service delivery and brand eminence—indicating strengths in adapting core capabilities to evolving client needs and generating quality insights, research, and marketing.

Learn more here.

According to the report, “Customer-centric firms now lead the way for improved business decision making, and KPMG is no different in trying to achieve the same. OneOffice integrations play a huge role in this aspect, and KPMG has already embarked on this journey by aiming to deliver centralized services. KPMG ensures that all new FP&A hires are well-equipped with emerging tech knowledge and experience, which will go a long way toward improving delivery.”

Additionally, the report notes that clients find value around the intersection of finance and data knowledge “Their experience with a global company like ours with high transactions in the tech space, element of demand planning, and datacenters is what sets them apart. They really understood better than the competition the new approach to FP&A,” a KPMG client shared with HFS.”

The report provides a snapshot of financial planning and analysis services capabilities of leading F&A service providers, including F&A business process outsourcing (BPO) service providers and global advisory firms. HFS examined 13 service providers across a defined set of criteria spanning value propositions, execution and innovation, go-to-market strategy, voice of the customer, and alignment with the HFS OneOffice.

Read the report here.

Monday December 12

Forrester’s 28-criterion evaluation of customer experience strategy consulting providers identified, analyzed, and scored the 14 most significant providers. KPMG was one of only 4 providers named a leader, receiving one of the three highest scores in the strategy and current offering categories. According to the report, “KPMG powers CX revolutions through culture transformation. KPMG has built its CX strategy consulting practice in the past decade, leaping forward through a combination of external acquisitions and internal investments in service development, staff, and training.”

Additionally, the report notes “Reference clients were uniformly positive about the firm’s professionalism and relationship management, and they cited the project team as their initial reason for selecting KPMG. As one reference client explained, “They really do act as an extension of your team.”

Read the Forrester Wave here.

According to the report, “For KPMG, digital transformation is about solving business problems using technology as a solution-enabler. In this sense, digital transformation engagements for KPMG are “experience transformation projects.” KPMG’s approach to digitalization is summed up in what it calls the “Connected. Powered. Trusted.” organization, where a fully digitally-powered business model utilizes total cross-organizational connectivity, the latest advanced technologies, and laced with embedded risk and compliance frameworks.”

Additionally, the report notes “KPMG’s focus for clients is on creating digitally-enabled business capabilities, building the tactical building blocks that serve as the foundation for the strategic – the business model.”

The report explores how the most innovative professional services providers can effectively connect the dots between technology, process, and people to deliver outstanding client outcomes. ALM Intelligence reviewed 16 innovators in four market segments across five categories. KPMG was named among the top five in four categories—business model, value proposition, service delivery and brand eminence—indicating strengths in adapting core capabilities to evolving client needs and generating quality insights, research, and marketing.

Learn more about KPMG’s Digital Adoption and Transformation services.

Tuesday 7 February

KPMG firms have been recognized by Forrester in the Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) space in their report titled The Cyber Risk Quantification Landscape, Q4 2022. The report provides Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) insight into CRQ solutions offered by 15 notable vendors and research on business value, market dynamics and top use cases in the market.

The report notes, “Cyberattacks, incidents, and disruptive events have become so frequent globally that the increased level of cyber risk is now considered normal. Forrester’s 2022 data shows that 74% of global security leaders reported experiencing at least one cyberbreach in the past 12 months, compared to 63% of 2021 respondents.”

Learn more about KPMG’s Cyber Security Services.

Monday 12 December

KPMG firms continues to be recognized by the analyst community as a leader in Asia Pacific (ASPAC) and for the first time ever, KPMG has been positioned as a leader for Professional Security Services in the 2022 IDC MarketScape report. According to the report, “KPMG, being one of the big four firms, has always demonstrated strong capabilities in the realm of audit and assurance. This is no exception in terms of providing quality risk and security assessments to its customers.”

The report also highlighted that, “KPMG emphasizes mixed delivery model supporting primarily supporting engagements with in-country resources while being supported by global and regional SMEs.” The report further notes, “According to customer feedback, KPMG’s Powered Enterprise is a robust and comprehensive framework that emphasizes on agility and is easily digestible. Because of the vendor’s foresight, KPMG has recognized that digital transformation is now a fundamental part of continuous business transformation and, as a result, has catered to the needs of the market through its Powered Enterprise service.”

Learn more about the KPMG’s Cyber Security Services.

According to the IDC MarketScape, “KPMG's strengths include breadth and depth of IP, methodologies, and tools to deliver AI services; breadth and depth of tools to assist clients with identifying the benefits of an AI services project; breadth and depth of pre-built analytic and functionally tuned AI and intelligent automation solutions; significant vendor partnerships with co-creation, co-marketing, and joint go-to-market efforts; and incorporation of newer pricing models such as outcomes-based pricing and AI-as-a-service monthly flat fee pricing for appropriate offerings.” In this study, IDC assessed 12 Canadian AI service providers to explain their success in the market both short-term and long-term. This evaluation includes Canadian market survey data on offering features and functionality, skill sets, and capabilities that buyers consider important for AI service vendors.

Learn more about how KPMG innovates, click here: Bringing your data to life

Source Risk Client Perceptions has ranked KPMG in the number one position in several categories including quality of risk transformation, most authoritative risk advisory firm, and first choice of advisory firms to work with. KPMG in the US also ranked number one in more Risk services than any other competitor. Services include actuarial, environment risk, financial risk, governance and compliance, operational risk, reputational risk, and responding to regulation.

In this client perceptions study, Source provided a current snapshot of risk advisory firms by surveying 300 US based global clients and prospects. Survey participants represented a wide range of sectors, with 80% working in companies with over US$0.5bn in revenue KPMG member firms benefit from the recognition, as it shows the strength of our brand and how we differentiate from our competitors.

Learn more about KPMG’s KPMG’s Cyber Security Services

Monday 19 September

According to the report, KPMG’s firms’ views M&A: “as a value creation event and as an opportunity for business (e.g., digital) transformation with a special focus on addressing deal complexity and speed, critical for value capture and preservation.”

The report also remarked highlighted KPMG’s thought leadership and proprietary research, data and analytics capabilities, integrated and comprehensive service offering, and ecosystem of alliances and partnerships.

ALM Intelligence reviewed over 70 global professional services firms across five categories. KPMG was named among the top five in two categories—business model and brand eminence—indicating strengths in adapting core capabilities to evolving client needs and generating quality insights, research and marketing.

Learn more about this report and KPMG’s Deal Advisory and Strategy services KPMG recognized as M&A Innovator by ALM.

Wednesday 29 June

According to the report: “KPMG’s responsiveness to rapidly evolving client needs has led the firm to address key client needs through a multidisciplinary approach, willingness to co-source solutions with external partners, offering managed and security-as-a-service solutions, flexibility in helping clients adapt complex solutions, and its focus in cyber security to longer-term client business resiliency goals.”

The report also remarked that KPMG firms’ cyber security offering is embedded across its Audit, Tax and Advisory areas, reflecting the organization’s ‘golden thread’ approach and view of cyber security as ultimately a growth enabler for clients.

ALM Intelligence assessment evaluated KPMG firms across five categories and were identified as a leader in value proposition, service delivery, client enablement and brand eminence.

Learn more about this report and KPMG’s Cyber Security Services: KPMG named a Pacesetter ‘Leader’ in cybersecurity

Monday 6 June

The Forrester Wave™: Oracle Cloud Apps Implementation Services Partners, Q2 2022 report names KPMG firms a “Strong Performer” following Forrester's comprehensive evaluation of the organizations “that matter most” among today's most significant service providers.

Based on an analysis of 11 top firms and 21 criteria, the Forrester report stresses that today’s Oracle Cloud Apps Implementation Services Partners can help organizations maximize the transformation potential of Oracle Apps. The report gave KPMG firms the highest scores possible in the business consulting, modern delivery methods, and vision criteria.

Read more about this report:KPMG named 'Strong Performer' in The Forrester Wave

KPMG ranked number one for ‘current brand score’ among risk advisory firms in Source Global Research’s latest report, Perceptions of Risk Firms in 2021. KPMG received the highest score of the 16 vendors evaluated in this category — a high achievement determined by clients and prospects alone. This ranking is based on mindshare, our level of credibility, authority, and competitive resilience — and topping this ranking recognizes our brand as the strongest in clients’ minds today.

Other first place rankings among risk firms include: Quality of security services, Quality of governance and compliance services, Quality of responding to regulation services, Future readiness, Mindshare, Awareness, Unaided awareness, Relevance, Credibility and Authority.

Learn more about KPMG’s Risk consultingand Cyber Security Services.

KPMG is cited as a leader among Cybersecurity Consulting Providers in APAC and was noted for demonstrating intimate knowledge of the diversity of customer needs, and for differentiating with pragmatism and a deep focus on APAC customers. “KPMG firms’ clients are accelerating their digital and cloud transformation journeys, significantly increasing the complexity of their technology footprint through the use of third-party service providers. That makes the recognition all the more significant as cyber security continues to rapidly evolve with new threats and opportunities.” Matt O’Keefe, Head of Cyber Security, KPMG Asia Pacific.

The Forrester Wave^TM: Data Management Service Q4 2021 report calls KPMG a “leader”, with high scores for data governance, training and literacy, data integration, community, and business impact offerings. Read the Forrester Wave here.

"Organizations seeking a partner that has a strong methodology to connect data to process and decision flows will find that KPMG is exceptional in this approach and will help them with its unique but pragmatic strategy and services."

Learn more about KPMG’s services at: Data, AI & emerging technologies.

Monday 5 November

KPMG placed in the Leaders category in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Microsoft Implementation Services 2021 Vendor Assessment. The assessment recognizes KPMG firms for taking a business-led, technology-enabled approach to help transform companies in the areas most critical to their ongoing sustainable success, and for working with Microsoft to provide end-to-end transformation services across the entire cloud life cycle.

According to the 2021 IDC MarketScape Report, “Buyers rate KPMG highly for its ability to meet project timelines and handle changes in project scope and for its thought leadership around the Microsoft platform.”

Based on IDC’s Global Microsoft Implementation Services Buyer Perception Survey feedback from 66 of the evaluated vendors’ customers, the most critical business priority was to improve operational efficiency, while the most critical vendor attribute was to achieve desired business outcomes. Learn more about KPMG’s alliance with Microsoft

The Forrester Wave:TM Data Management Service Q4 2021 report calls KPMG a “leader”, with high scores for data governance, training and literacy, data integration, community, and business impact offerings. Read the Forrester Wave here.

"Organizations seeking a partner that has a strong methodology to connect data to process and decision flows will find that KPMG is exceptional in this approach and will help them with its unique but pragmatic strategy and services."

Learn more about KPMG’s services at: Data, AI & emerging technologies.

Thursday 15 July

KPMG ranked number one for ‘current brand score’ among risk advisory firms in Source Global Research’s latest report, Perceptions of Risk Firms in 2021. KPMG received the highest score of the 16 vendors evaluated in this category — a high achievement determined by clients and prospects alone. This ranking is based on mindshare, our level of credibility, authority, and competitive resilience — and topping this ranking recognizes our brand as the strongest in clients’ minds today.

Other first place rankings among risk firms include: Quality of security services, Quality of governance and compliance services, Quality of responding to regulation services, Future readiness, Mindshare, Awareness, Unaided awareness, Relevance, Credibility and Authority.

Learn more about KPMG’s Risk consultingand Cyber Security Services.

Monday 5 November

KPMG has achieved the top score in an international study of brand recognition among Energy & Resources consulting firms conducted by Source Global Research.

In a global survey of 238 energy and resources clients and prospects, KPMG ranked top for aided awareness. The study, carried out by Source Global Research, asked participants to select three brands from a list of the world’s top 15 consulting organizations that they would be most comfortable talking about in more detail. Each organization was then also scored on how quickly it takes to fill a quota of responses.

The research is seen as a key measurement of brand recognition, with KPMG steadily rising from ninth in 2018 to third in 2020 and first this year.

Learn more about how KPMG helps Energy and Natural Resources clients globally.

Saturday 4 September

KPMG has been named a global market Leader for Digital Strategy Consulting services in a 2021 IDC MarketScape report.

The report states: “KPMG is a good choice for organizations looking for a strong consulting partner to help them drive challenging organizational and people change.” IDC adds that “on average, the three areas where KPMG clients surveyed commended the firm most highly were for ability to drive measurable business value, people quality and driving cultural transformation.”

IDC MarketScape’s assessment analyzed the capabilities and business strategies of 13 prominent global providers of Digital Strategy Consulting Services. See how KPMG helps clients on their digital transformation journeys.

Thursday 15 July

The Forrester Wave:TM AI Consultancies Q1 2021 report calls KPMG a global leader among Artificial Intelligence service providers and “the master of AI for business transparency, automation, auditability and risk,” giving high scores for Delivery, Business Model, Partner Ecosystem and Global Customers. “KPMG is unique in recognizing how the core business for finance and risk management translates into a bedrock of AI services, platforms, solutions and tools,” the Forrester report states. “Proven frameworks from audit and security practice areas combine with AI to embed context and expertise into solutions at the start. This translates into consistent and strong client feedback of engagements exceeding expectations.”

KPMG in Canada has been named as a Leader for Canadian Cloud Professional Services by the IDC MarketScape.

The report found “KPMG's differentiation in cloud professional services is its deep business domain and industry expertise it brings to ensure the client's strategic imperative of digital transformation is achieved using cloud. Its expertise in managing risk complements the cloud transformation and draws in its cybersecurity practice.”

The IDC MarketScape analyzed 10 key service providers that support clients' use of private and hybrid cloud computing environments and public cloud services, specifically infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS). For more information visit the Cloud services webpage.