The hiring spree will support KPMG Products, a new division launched by the Big Four firm, to provide a portfolio of powerful new digital tools and applications, designed by KPMG sector experts and built by the firm’s technologists to help clients address some of the most challenging issues facing their businesses and speed up the delivery of their digital transformation strategies.

The creation of KPMG Products is part of the firm’s broader £300m investment plan, which will see KPMG invest in new technology and develop solutions for its clients.

Over a third (34%) of UK CEOs ranked digital transformation as their top operational priority over the next three years in the KPMG 2021 UK CEO Outlook survey. KPMG’s new specialist team will build a portfolio of products designed to help clients streamline their processes, and better understand and analyse their data as they relook at their operations against a challenging operating landscape and invest in digital transformation.