Associate Consultant IT Due Diligence

About the Role

This position is with the Integration & Separation (I&S) Technology in M&A team within the Deal Advisory group at KPMG Global Services (KGS). You will work closely alongside senior members of the team, who will provide guidance and insight into the deal environment, enabling you to build your transactions knowledge and further develop your technology skills base.

Key Responsibilities

• Due Diligence
• Analyzing target data to build up a view on the technology of the business including cost, products and systems, and IT contracts.
• Condensing the data and explaining findings simply to other team members, highlighting the impact of technology on the business strategy, operations, and ultimately, deal valuation.
• Developing an understanding of IT benchmark and qualitative information to provide insights to clients to describe a typical IT function.
• Assisting in client communications, calls and meetings.
• Contributing content for sections of IT reports/deliverables.
• Integration and Separation
• Understanding technology aspects of integration, separation (carve outs) and optimization initiatives (e.g. synergy analysis) including understanding the current IT landscape, supporting the development of target operating models, defining transitional service agreements, developing detailed plans, and supporting the implementation of such plans.
• Supporting the IT workstream lead in integrations and separations within a larger team of Integration & Separation colleagues to fulfil their workstream objectives.
• Supporting key client workshops and meetings.
• Supporting the identification or review of client synergies for IT within a larger team.
• Wider Responsibilities
• Interacting with senior client stakeholders as well as internal stakeholders (KPMG Partners and Directors).
• Providing support to senior colleagues in preparation of proposal materials and the development of team propositions and initiatives.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Mandatory Skills
• MBA / Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited college/university preferably with major in Technology.
• 1 to 3 years of technology consulting experience focused on the deal advisory integration and separation processes.
• Experience in implementing Information Technology processes, technologies, best practices, and frameworks, including:
• Application Support & Maintenance
• Network & Data Center Operations Management
• Security
• Cloud-based Deployment Models (e.g., Infrastructure-as-a-Service)
• Infrastructure Optimization (e.g., consolidation, rationalization, cost savings)
• Knowledge about enterprise business applications (e.g. ERP, CRM).
• Experience in assisting with technology assessment/diligence.
• Preferred Skills
• A good understanding of the M&A environment.
• IT specialization such as: IT strategy, applications, infrastructure, architecture, cyber security.
• Experience in facilitating client meetings, workshops and interviews.
• High quality outputs on Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge or experience on Visio, Power BI, SmartSheet would also be beneficial.
• Project management experience and track record of successful delivery of projects.
• Comfort with ambiguity, fluid consulting situations and a highly pressured environment as characteristic of transactions.
• Ability to work well under pressure, learn quickly and leverage skills in new situations.
• Ability to travel at a moderate level.