Consultant

About the Role

We are recruiting a Consultant – Technology M&A to join our Deals team.

Key Responsibilities

Due Diligence

• Analyzing target data to understand the technology of the business, including cost, products, systems, and IT contracts.
• Condensing data and explaining findings to team members, highlighting the impact of technology on business strategy, operations, and deal valuation.
• Developing an understanding of IT benchmarks and qualitative information to provide insights to clients on typical IT functions.
• Assisting in client communications, calls, and meetings.
• Contributing content for IT reports and deliverables.

Integration and Separation

• Understanding technology aspects of integration, separation (carve-outs), and optimization initiatives, including synergy analysis.
• Understanding the current IT landscape.
• Supporting the development of target operating models.
• Defining transitional service agreements.
• Developing detailed plans and supporting their implementation.
• Supporting the IT workstream lead in integrations and separations within a larger team.
• Supporting key client workshops and meetings.
• Identifying or reviewing client synergies for IT within a larger team.

Wider Responsibilities

• Interacting with senior client stakeholders and internal stakeholders (KPMG Partners and Directors).
• Supporting senior colleagues with proposal material preparation and the development of team propositions and initiatives.

Requirements & Tech Stack

The ideal candidate will have experience in:

• IT Due Diligence
• IT Integration
• Carve-out/Separation
• Technology Transformation initiatives

With strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.

Experience in implementing Information Technology processes, technologies, best practices, and frameworks, including:

• Application Support & Maintenance
• Network & Data Center Operations Management
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Service Management
• Security
• Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity
• Cloud-based Deployment Models (e.g., Infrastructure-as-a-Service)
• Software Asset Management/Compliance
• Infrastructure Optimization (e.g., consolidation, rationalization, cost savings)
• Service Level Definition and Agreements / IT Scorecard and Metrics

Knowledge/certification in:

• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) service management and service support processes.
• CMM SEI and/or CoBiT standards.

Knowledge about:

• Enterprise business applications (e.g., ERP, CRM).

Experience in:

• Assisting with technology assessment/diligence.

Qualifications

• MBA / Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited college/university, preferably with a major in Technology.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in the deal space (ITDD / IT Carve out / IT Integration), not transformation projects.