Consultant/AM Value Creation

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 on the development of proposals and sector insight material
• Contributing to thought leadership and knowledge management to support practice development

Educational qualifications

• MBA / Post Graduate degree in a related field from an accredited college/university preferably with 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 modelling is 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 requirement remains unclear / changes, 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 un-structured data into informative and creative outputs with minimal supervision