We support the public sector in providing citizens and companies with modern, competent, user-centred and reliable services.
With more than 500 employees, we work on individual, innovative and service-oriented solutions for our more than 3,000 clients, helping federal ministries, public administration, the healthcare sector, social insurance companies, churches, foundations, non-profit organisations and public companies to fulfil their current and future tasks.
Our experts contribute their extensive experience from numerous projects and in-depth knowledge from the research projects of the Public Sector Institute e.V. in order to meet the current challenges of our clients in a future-oriented manner.
In doing so, we keep an eye on socially, politically and economically relevant topics such as digitalisation and AI-supported automation, climate change, the energy transition, the dynamisation of the world of work and demographic change.
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the digitalisation of public administration offers extensive opportunities to rethink processes, for example by using AI to assist with automation processes, decision-making and data analysis. This technology is therefore an essential factor for modernising administrative structures and increasing resilience in times of crisis.
We support our clients with our comprehensive expertise in the transformation towards more innovation, efficiency and sustainability in the following areas, among others:
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Managing Partner, Head of Public Sector & Law
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Far-reaching changes often require expert external support. In order to master strategic requirements, we offer consulting services for financial reporting and controlling, among other things. We also advise our clients on reorganisation, process and personnel changes in times of demographic change.
Our IT strategy and IT security consulting as well as IT sourcing and rule-based decision making services help our clients to meet the challenges of technological change. We master the changes in the financial situation together with our clients by advising them on state aid law, (major) project management, public procurement law and purchasing.
Our integrated consulting approach takes a holistic approach to all issues relating to corporate consulting, tax law and auditing. Legal advice is provided by KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH*. All projects are individually tailored to the needs of our clients.
Managing Partner, Head of Public Sector & Law
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
The public sector faces tasks that closely combine financial management, digital transformation and social responsibility. The federal government, states, municipalities and public companies must provide services reliably, manage investments effectively and recognise risks at an early stage. At the same time, the requirements for transparency, resilience, sustainability and digital services are increasing.
The special fund for infrastructure and climate neutrality is intended to enable investments of 500 billion euros, including for modern infrastructure, hospitals, schools, daycare centres and digitalisation. A total of 100 billion euros has been earmarked for the federal states and local authorities from the special fund since 2025. These funds increase the pressure to act: projects must be prioritised, properly planned, economically implemented and transparently managed.
For us, consulting for the public sector means translating strategic goals into sustainable structures, resilient processes and effective management models. In doing so, we do not view the requirements of the public sector in isolation. The budgetary situation, regulatory requirements, political objectives, skills shortages and technological developments are all intertwined.
We support you in the further development of organisations, administrative processes and public investments. This includes target images for modern administration, sustainable transformation programmes, profitability analyses, organisational analyses and the implementation of digital administrative services. Our aim is to provide orientation, prepare decisions in a resilient manner and consider suitable risk management strategies at an early stage.
&public organisations are often caught between a long-term mission and short-term implementation pressure. We help to manage this tension productively. To this end, our experts combine a strategic perspective with operational implementation experience and a clear view of the specifics of public decision-making processes.
Effective risk management in the public sector creates transparency regarding financial, organisational, technological and regulatory risks. It helps to set priorities, strengthen control mechanisms and document decision-making processes in a comprehensible manner. Structured risk identification forms the basis for this: only when risks are systematically identified, assessed and classified can suitable risk management strategies be developed.
With large investment programmes, information technology modernisation (IT modernisation), funding management or public investments in particular, risk management in the public sector is a central component of good governance. We review existing control structures, support you in identifying risks, identify weaknesses and develop risk management strategies that fit the tasks, size and maturity of your organisation. The topic area Corporate Governance & Compliance provides additional impetus.
The digitalisation of administration remains a key driver of modernisation. The Online Access Act & Amendment Act (OZG-Änderungsgesetz) came into force in July 2024 and creates the framework for the further end-to-end digitalisation of federal administrative services. For public institutions, this means that processes must be designed to be less media-intensive, more data-based and more user-oriented.
We provide support in the development of digital target architectures, process analyses, the introduction of new systems and the management of complex digitalisation programmes. In doing so, we keep an eye on data protection, information security, cost-effectiveness, risk identification and acceptance in equal measure. This results in digital solutions that are not only implemented, but remain controllable in the long term. Further perspectives on this can be found in the KPMG topic area KI & Digital Transformation.
Investments in infrastructure, climate protection and digitalisation will only have an impact if planning, financing, procurement and implementation fit together. Public clients must structure programmes in such a way that political objectives, legal requirements and practical feasibility are brought together.
Our teams support ministries, authorities, municipalities, universities, health and social institutions and public companies in the transformation. We provide support in strategy development, project management, funding processes, organisational design, financing issues, risk identification, control systems and the development of suitable risk management strategies. For sustainability-related transformation issues, the Sustainable Transformation division offers further specialist points of contact.
KPMG has many years of experience in working with public sector organisations. We know the special framework conditions of public sector mandates: high accountability, complex stakeholder structures, tight budgetary constraints and the need to provide services reliably for citizens and the economy.
We support you in designing projects with foresight, security and precision. Feel free to contact us if you want to further develop your organisation in the public sector, better manage risks or effectively implement transformation programmes.
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Consulting in the public sector involves supporting authorities, local authorities, public companies and other institutions with strategy, organisation, digitalisation, governance, financing, risk identification and transformation.
Risk management in the public sector helps to identify financial, organisational and technological risks at an early stage. Structured risk identification creates the basis for developing suitable risk management strategies and managing public funds more effectively.
Digitalisation improves administrative services, reduces media breaks and creates a better data basis for decision-making. It is crucial to manage digital projects not only technically, but also organisationally, procedurally and with clear risk identification.
KPMG supports public sector organisations in strategy development, transformation, risk management, risk identification, process optimisation, digitalisation, funding processes and the development of sustainable risk management strategies.
