Consultant Value Creation

Job Details

• Proposed Designation: Consultant
• Role Type: Individual Contributor
• Reporting To: Manager / Associate Director / Director
• Geo to be Supported: US
• Work Timings: Normal Shift

About Us

The KPMG Global Services (KGS) Deal Advisory & Strategy (DA&S) team offers advisory support across the deal lifecycle space and provides services on aspects preceding and succeeding a deal. Our service networks assess deal demands by carrying out due diligence both from the buy-side and the sell-side perspectives.

The team of over 1,700 professionals boasts proven capabilities in various sectors, such as financial services, consumer markets, healthcare and life sciences, energy and natural resources, industrial markets and TMT, addressing clients needs to resolve complex transactional and strategic challenges.

Through your work, youll build a global network and unlock opportunities that you may not have thought possible with access to great support, vast resources, and an inclusive, supportive environment to help you reach your full potential.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Working as part of a team to deliver cost optimization, synergy assessment, and value chain assessment.
• Setting and executing operational analysis e.g., financial & organizational baselining, functional benchmarking, financial modelling, and opportunity assessment.
• Leveraging client data to identify cost optimization opportunities in back office, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, and other business areas.
• Working with large (sometimes unstructured) datasets and analyzing them to help clients assess the impact of change on their organizations.
• Leading work-streams and analysis on engagements and taking responsibility for small teams when required.
• Producing high-quality input into deliverables (usually detailed written reports) within agreed timescales, briefing Manager / AD accordingly.
• Working collaboratively with onshore KPMG teams in the development of and delivery of recommendations.
• Actively supporting an Assistant Manager/Manager in building and managing the relationship with onshore professionals.
• Being involved with onshore KPMG teams in business development activity, supporting the development of proposals and sector insight material.
• Contributing to thought leadership and knowledge management to support practice development.

This Role is for You If You Have the Below

Educational Qualifications

• MBA / Post Graduate degree in a related field from an accredited college/university, preferably with a major in Finance.

Work Experience

• Strong experience (at least 3 years) in operational due diligence, cost optimization, synergy assessment, large data set analysis from a Big4 or reputed strategy firm.

Mandatory Technical & Functional Skills

• Strong numerical, analytical, and strategic thinking skills - able to demonstrate how one supports the other - and sound operational acumen.
• Strong Excel skills for advanced data modeling is a must.
• Prior working experience in operational due diligence, organizational baseline, financial baseline, benchmarking, and synergy assessment.
• Strong knowledge of financial statements & trial balance.
• Experience with large data management & visualization tools such as Alteryx / Power BI / SQL / Python.
• Strong report writing and reviewing skills, with an appropriate focus on attention to detail, conciseness, and value to the client.
• Goal-driven should be focused on helping clients meet their requirements by developing answers and solutions when client requirements remain unclear / change, and by providing relevant insights and key questions to fit the client objective.
• Experience of working in a deal environment with senior management.
• The ability to transform unstructured data into informative and creative outputs with minimal supervision.

Preferred Technical & Functional Skills

• Demonstrable stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure, learn quickly, and leverage skills in new situations.
• Ability to lead small teams, if required.

Key Behavioral Attributes/Requirements

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to demonstrate personal impact, flexibility, drive, and commitment.
• Personal drive and positive work ethic to deliver results within tight deadlines and in demanding situations.
• Strong team player coaching / mentoring & upskilling junior team members.
• Flexibility to adapt to a variety of engagement types, working hours, and work environments and locations.

Come As You Are at KGS