Manager, Due Diligence Strategy

KPMG

$120K — $150K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of external consulting experience in strategy at a reputable firm, with emphasis on private equity due diligence
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or similar; MBA preferred
  • Experience in operational due diligence and performance improvements for global corporations or private equity
  • Strong project/program management and strategic cost management skills
  • Analytical/problem-solving skills with a focus on business model and operating model alignment
  • Willingness to travel as needed

Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise-level strategy projects in due diligence and performance enhancement for corporate and private equity clients
  • Manage day-to-day project operations, ensuring effective problem formulation and resolution
  • Oversee KPMG teams throughout the project lifecycle and interface with executive clients
  • Generate insights that align with client ambitions while challenging investment theses via data analysis
  • Support the professional development of KPMG team members

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental plans
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k) savings plan
  • Disability and life insurance
  • Generous Personal Time Off and observed holidays
  • Programs aimed at supporting mental health and personal well-being
Full Job Description
KPMG is currently seeking a Manager to join our KPMG Strategy practice.

Responsibilities :
  • Lead enterprise-wide Strategy engagements in business due diligence and performance improvement initiatives across corporate and private equity clients
  • Act as the day-to-day, full-time project manager to help ensure successful problem formulation, hypotheses generation, comprehensive analysis, testing hypotheses, and problem resolution
  • Provide oversight of highly skilled KPMG work teams throughout the project lifecycle and serve as the primary team interface with various levels of executives/team members including setting scopes, budgets, staffing resources, generating information/data requests, leading client workshops, coordinating final deliverables and presentation of results
  • Create value-add insights that tie to the clients strategic and financial ambitions, including identifying the underlying value proposition and challenging the clients investment thesis through structured data analyses to identify operational risks, efficiencies, or other opportunities
  • Support professional development of KPMG team members

Qualifications :
  • Minimum of five years external consulting experience in a client-facing strategy discipline at a Big 4 firm, major strategy firm, or a boutique strategy firm, with a focus on private equity due diligence, operational due diligence, and performance improvement; additional relevant work experience, ideally within M&A Operations for a private equity or Fortune 100 firm is preferred
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university, preferably in Business Administration, Engineering, or other related field; Masters degree in Business Administration from an accredited college/university is preferred
  • Experience helping global corporations and/or private equity firms conduct thorough analysis of potential acquisition targets, including assessing and executing operational due diligence and performance improvements; solid experience in project/program management, strategic cost management, operational improvement, customer profitability, discount optimization, organizational restructuring, change management and/or corporate turnarounds
  • Strong business acumen with deep analytical/problem solving skills and the ability to understand how business model decisions impact operating model design/execution across operations, technology, and organizational design
  • Ability and willingness to travel as necessary


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