Associate Consultant - Integration and Seperation

Job Description #KGS KPMG Global Services (KGS) was set up in India in 2008. It is a strategic global delivery organization, which works with more than 50 KPMG member firms to provide a progressive, scalable and customized approach to business requirements The KGS journey has been one of consistent growth, with a current employee count of nearly 10,000 operating from four locations in India — Bengaluru, Gurugram, Kochi and Pune, providing a range of Advisory and Tax-related services to member firms within the KPMG network. As part of KPMG in India, we were ranked among the top companies to work for in the country for four years in a row by LinkedIn, and recognized as one of the top three employers in the region for women, as well as for policies on Inclusion & Diversity by ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India).

Team Overview The position in discussion is with Integration & Separation (I&S), Technology in M&A within the Deal Advisory group at KPMG Global Services (KGS), which is KPMG’s global delivery center and an integral part of the firm’s strategy to enhance innovation, build scalability, and improve profitability globally.

• KGS DA&S has been providing solutions to KPMG member firms globally. By leveraging insights and applying best practices, the team helps create customized approaches to M&A transactions. The team’s capabilities include Corporate Finance, Transaction Services, Strategy, Business Modelling, Accounting Advisory Services, Deal Advisory Research and Benchmarking.
• KPMG’s Integration & Separation team (ISA) advises clients on executing the operational integrations of acquisitions or joint ventures, and separations of businesses, in the case of divestitures or sale. I&S does this by taking an enterprise‑wide view of M&A deals, across all the functions, to deliver value to our clients. In addition, team is also involved in pre-deal Due Diligence on specific areas of business.

Responsibilities Roles & responsibilities

• We are recruiting for a Associate Consultant in the Deal Advisory Integration & Separation (I&S) team. Working as a Consultant in the team, your responsibilities will include:
• Provide daily support to project office activities of the I&S management office (IMO/SMO)
• Provide support to a number of work streams on integration /separation projects, supporting client work stream leads to fulfil their work stream objectives
• Work with cross-functional teams in implementing services and lead team interviews and workshops
• Assist in the development and presentation of final project deliverables
• Proactively co-ordinate with onshore engagement teams to procure new engagements / engagement work, obtain clarifications, communicate progress and post-delivery de-brief and feedback
• Support analytics on synergy and separation type projects and be responsible for first draft of significant sections, if not all, synergy commentary reports
• Ownership and maintenance of financial models on an engagement
• When you are not working on a project, you will provide support to senior colleagues in preparation of proposal materials

Qualifications Educational qualifications

• MBA/PG degree in a related field from an accredited college/university

Work Experience 1-3 years of total work experience

Mandatory Technical & Functional Skills

• Experience managing multiple complex initiatives within the complete M&A life cycle
• Experience of leading a full integration cycle as part of a professional services firm or an industry – possessing strong knowledge of working on Day 1 Readiness, TSA and TOM development, Synergy Benefits and Communication Plans
• Experience working within a Deals/M&A environment
• Project/programme management experience
• Experience of handling multiple stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills, such as Macros, VBA, etc.
• Preferred technical & functional skills
• International work experience preferred
• Presentation (oral and written)
• Good client relationship skills
• Analysis, problem solving and Report writing
• Strong team player - we pride ourselves on the way we work with and support each other
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to demonstrate personal impact, flexibility, drive and commitment
• A desire to broaden your current skillset and an embrace the opportunity to work at client sites with a relatively high level of autonomy
• You should be comfortable working in the high pressured yet often ambiguous and flexible conditions