Intern, Economic Valuation Services

About the Role

Valuation professionals at KPMG provide clients with robust and informed guidance on valuation matters across multiple sectors, deal stages, and business needs. They determine the fair (market) value of equity shares, assets, or complex financial instruments for mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, tax, and other regulatory standards. Engagements include providing pre and post-deal Purchase Price Allocations (PPA), Impairment Testing, employee or management incentive scheme valuations, and recurring fund valuations. As a member of a diverse team, interns will help high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges. Career development opportunities are available through multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze competitive industry dynamics and financial condition of peer companies.
• Evaluate business plans.
• Adjust financial statements and build financial models, including discounted cash flow analyses, capital asset pricing model, market multiples methods, and replacement cost valuation approaches.
• Participate in due diligence activities on pending mergers and acquisitions transactions, public-company purchase price allocations, goodwill impairment measurement, international restructurings, and private-company fairness opinions.
• Research, analyze, and communicate key qualitative factors and quantitative drivers of companies and industries.
• Analyze data and prepare documentation of analyses for financial reporting, tax, and other business purposes using various data analysis and visualization tools, including MS Excel, MS Access, MS Power BI, Alteryx, and similar tools.
• Prepare proposals, executive presentations, memos, and/or narrative valuation reports detailing methodologies, inputs, and assumptions.
• Build capabilities in key technologies that enable tax professionals for client service delivery such as artificial intelligence (AI), Alteryx, Power BI, and more.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, Business, Finance, Mathematics, or an equivalent program.
• Upon completion of this internship, candidates must have additional academic credits to complete before obtaining their degree and/or CPA eligibility requirements.
• Preferred GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Coursework or minor in information systems, software engineering, computer science, or data and analytics is preferred.
• Strong technical aptitude, business acumen, critical thinking, and agility skills.
• Demonstrated ability to excel and drive strategic outcomes, coupled with a professional demeanor and a collaborative leadership approach in a dynamic, evolving environment.
• Demonstrated quality service mindset, ability to learn and navigate technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Alteryx, and Power BI, MS Office Applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Ability to apply emerging technologies to enhance tax processes and insights.
• Excellent communication, time management, and leadership skills.
• Feedback oriented and resourceful in delivering high-quality work.
• Must reside within a reasonably commutable distance to the office for this position.
• Must be able to travel to reasonably commutable work locations using own means of transportation (personal vehicle or public transportation).
• Ability to travel and/or work on-site at client premises as needed, at times with relatively short notice.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.