Deal Execution (Integration, Separation and Synergies), Manager / Associate Director

Job description

The integration and separation team provides clients with transaction-related advisory services to clients related to mergers, acquisitions with the following key proposition:
Integration :Planning pre- and post-deal to support clients to safely deliver and take control of acquisitions, or facilitate JV partnerships, and integrate acquisitions, whilst enhancing value
Separation:
Supporting vendors to strategically deliver credible carve-out concepts, strategies plans, and execution, with value preserved and business continuity ensured
Synergies:
Helping clients understanding the potential benefits and costs of a transaction, or critically evaluating synergy cases
Due Diligence:
Highlighting key operational risks, opportunities and, if applicable, execution readiness at a target, order to ensure that acquirers are aware of key issues that may impact valuation or smooth and safe delivery of a transaction
Operations and value creation:
Using our data and analytics capabilities, as well as subject matter and sector/functional specialists, we help clients reduce costs, release cash and create revenue, both in-deal and post-deal
Responsbilities
Delivering high levels of client satisfaction, leading client relationships/interactions and updates, ownership of deliverables and outputs (which can include integration/carve-out strategies, designs and plans; synergies analysis/reviews), and leading project team(s) to assist clients in executing M&A related projects across multiple functional areas (including finance, technology, supply chain, HR, etc.), geographies, and within the project management office (PMO)
Confidently providing high quality insight and advice to clients related to deal strategy and execution
Application of the KPMG global deal execution methodologies to the practical aspects of business operations and the client’s market sector throughout the engagement process to support sound and practical recommendations to clients
Understand, articulate and critically assess the sources of value/risks for synergies, and critically assess client’s assumptions to support the pre-signing process
Understanding, articulating and helping clients mitigate against likely issues that could impact project success
Working collaboratively with wider KPMG service lines and geographies to support clients, differentiating and enhancing our service offering to clients
Leading the effort to create concise and high-quality client deliverables - due diligence reports, synergy cases, project management tools, client project templates and reports, providing the client with high quality recommendations and project plans
Being seen as a role model, ensuring our core values are maintained, and performance management, coaching, mentoring and supporting our people
Owning and/or supporting client pitches, proposals, business development initiatives and internal/external marketing initiatives
Ownership and input into practice development activities/initiatives.


Ensuring KPMG engagement quality and risk management procedures are consistently applied on each engagement to protect the interests of our clients, as well as those of KPMG
Requirements
Understanding of the market drivers, challenges and opportunities impacting our clients’ strategies and priorities: deep expertise in one or more of our key focus sectors (financial services; healthcare and life sciences; telecoms, media and technology)
Extensive M&A and/or restructuring/operational improvement experience in advisory/consultancy, or industry/based operational role, with deep industry focus and a strong understanding of the M&A cycle
Experience of executing and/or overseeing key integration and separation activities such as project management office support, synergy evaluation, communications planning, operating model development, finance, technology and HR project planning and execution is preferred
Experience in developing and delivering articulate client proposals and leading business development initiatives
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and project and time management skills
Self-motivated, well-organised with a positive attitude towards challenges
Enthusiasm and aptitude to forge strong relationships, lead a team, at times based across multiple geographies
Comfort in working in the high pressured, yet often ambiguous and flexible, conditions that characterise transactions
Commitment and ambition to develop team members personally and professionally to achieve their full potential, acting as a role model, coach and colleague
Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills
Willingness to travel when required
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by KPMG Talent Acquisition team, personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.


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We believe that diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities.

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