Manager - Finance in M&A - Finance Centre of Excellence

Manager - Finance in M&A - Finance Centre of Excellence, The Strategy Group

Base Location: London or Manchester plus network of 20 offices nationally:

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Why join KPMG as Manager – Finance Centre of Excellence?

The Finance Centre of Excellence at KPMG brings together individuals with diverse backgrounds from both industry and deal consulting. We work with senior finance teams at deal pace throughout a deal environment. Our strong understanding of the finance function and its’ role in the deal lifecycle means we can provide the right mix of constructive challenge, holistic support and tried and tested frameworks. In doing so, we help clients navigate the complexities of a deal to deliver effective governance and risk management to protect and create deal value.

We work with both acquirers and vendors on pre- and post-deal finance issues, our propositions include: Buy side diligence, sell side diligence, separations, integrations, IPOs, JVs and standing up businesses. We support our clients across the deal lifecycle.

You will gain exposure to the high pressure, fast-paced world of transactions through delivering operational finance integration and separation projects.

What will you be doing?

• 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 deal 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 analytics on synergy and separation type projects and be responsible for first draft of significant sections, if not all, synergy commentary reports.
• Lead the support to the finance workstreams on integration / separation projects, supporting client workstream leads to fulfil their workstream objectives.
• Ownership and maintenance of financial models on an engagement and on larger engagements oversee the work of more junior staff.
• Contribution of content for sections of reports/deliverables on separation and integration projects.
• When you are not working on a project, you will provide support to senior colleagues in preparation of proposal materials.
• You will need to be willing to travel as we mainly work from client sites and have a global portfolio of clients. The length of a project can be anywhere from one week to one year, although a typical project will last a few weeks and we would aim to give you as diverse an experience as possible.

What will you need to do it?

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.

Candidates will be looking to broaden their current skill set and will embrace the opportunity to work at client sites with a relatively high level of autonomy.

Candidates will be expected to have as a minimum the following skills and experience:

• Background in Management Consulting or an operational finance role in industry.
• Professional qualification preferred (ACA, CIMA, MBA or equivalent).
• Operational finance experience could include activities such as planning, budgeting and forecasting, finance business partnering, management reporting, ERP systems implementation, cash management or design and operation of core end-to-end processes (Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash etc.).
• A good understanding of the component parts of a finance function and the typical organisational structure, processes, controls, systems and performance metrics/ benchmarks.
• A good knowledge and understanding of core finance processes.
• Awareness of current leading practice and future trends in creating efficient and effective finance functions, including supporting business strategy, operating model design and implementation, disruptive technologies and creating insight from data.
• Exposure to the operational finance issues created by finance integrations, separations and carve outs.
• Experience of leading finance change projects and business improvement in industry or a consulting environment.
• Experience of organisational change in finance/ back office functions.
• A keen interest in merger and acquisitions.
• Financial and commercial awareness.
• Presentation (oral and written).
• Good client relationship skills.
• Analysis and problem solving.
• Report writing.
• Individuals should be comfortable working in the high pressured yet often ambiguous and flexible conditions that characterise transactions.

Our Locations:

We are open to talk to Finance talent across the country but our core hubs for this role are:

• London Canary Wharf
• Manchester

With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.

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