Consultant - Financial Transformation

#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 — Mumbai, 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. 

1. 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.

You will gain exposure to the high pressure, fast-paced world of transactions through delivering operational finance Integration and Separation (I&S) projects. Your role on a project will include:

• Assisting CFOs and finance stakeholders on the buy-side or sell-side to plan and execute changes in the finance organisation as required by the transaction. This will be across the entire deal life-cycle from pre-deal to post-deal phases of the transaction.
• You will work across a variety of industry sectors and locations with clients of varying size and complexity. We also work with other advisory firms (banks, law firms, technology companies, and other accounting firms) on deals, as required, which depends on the nature and scope of the engagement.
• Providing day to day support to project office activities, and lead PMO activities on small to medium sized engagements.
• Lead the support to the finance work streams on I&S projects, supporting client work stream leads to fulfil their work stream objectives.
• Ownership and maintenance of engagement financials and on larger projects oversee the work of more junior staff.
• Contribution of content for sections of reports/deliverables on I&S projects.
• When you are not working on a project, you will provide support to senior colleagues in preparation of proposal and business development initiative.

Mandatory Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited college/university
• Professional qualifications preferred (MBA or CA/ACCA/CIMA - Accounting equivalent)
• 1-5 years or less of experience either in finance industry or in a consulting related discipline at a Big 4 firm, major strategy firm, or boutique firm
• Familiar with the deal lifecycle from pre-signing to post-close operations; Experience assisting with M&A transactions will be a huge plus
• Experience with project management, process analysis, process redesign, financial systems, analytics, or financial analysis required.
  • Understand the finance and accounting function and experience with one or more F&A sub-functions including Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, and Internal Audit is preferred
  • Familiar with transition service agreements (TSAs), charts of accounts, and shared services
• A good awareness of the component parts of a finance function and the typical organizational structure, processes, controls, systems and performance metrics/ benchmarks
• A keen interest in merger and acquisitions, with financial and commercial awareness, Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills are essential

Preferred Skills

• Individuals should be comfortable working in the high pressured yet often ambiguous and flexible conditions that characterise transactions
• Candidates must be team players. We pride ourselves on the way we work with and support each other
• Candidates will have strong interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrable personal impact, flexibility, drive and commitment