Manager – Deal Advisory / Transaction Services (Financial Due Diligence)

KPMG Middle East; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 500,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG Middle East in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Manager – Deal Advisory / Transaction Services (Financial Due Diligence) for Energy & Natural Resources. You will lead buy-side and sell-side engagements, guiding planning, data requests, analyses, and client presentations.

The role requires strong sector knowledge, leadership, and the ability to translate complex numbers into clear insights for PE, corporates, and lenders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering or related field required.
• Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CA, CFA, or equivalent preferred.
• Significant experience in financial due diligence, transaction services, deal advisory, audit, corporate finance, or related field.
• Proven experience managing due diligence engagements and leading teams in a professional services environment.
• Experience in energy, natural resources, infrastructure, or related sectors is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end financial due diligence engagements, from planning to client presentation.
• Assess earnings quality, working capital, cash flow, and debt trends.
• Coordinate with valuation, tax, strategy, ESG, and other teams to deliver integrated deal advice.
• Present findings to senior stakeholders with clear, actionable recommendations.
• Manage multiple concurrent engagements with budgets and timelines.

Skills

Deal execution

Financial due diligence

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Client management

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering

ACA/ACCA/CPA/CA/CFA or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Designation: Manager – Deal Advisory / Transaction Services (Financial Due Diligence) – Energy and Natural Resources

Core Technical Skills

Financial Due Diligence & Transaction Execution

• Extensive experience leading buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence engagements across a range of transaction sizes and structures.
• Strong understanding of key deal drivers and transaction risks, with the ability to identify and communicate issues that may impact valuation, pricing, deal structure, financing, or post-deal integration.
• Lead the end-to-end execution of financial due diligence engagements, including planning, scoping, data request management, analysis, reporting, and client presentations.
• Perform and oversee analysis of quality of earnings, normalized EBITDA, net debt, working capital requirements, cash flow generation, and other key financial metrics.
• Evaluate historical financial performance, business trends, earnings sustainability, and underlying operational drivers.
• Review management forecasts, business plans, and financial models, assessing key assumptions, sensitivities, and risks relevant to the transaction.
• Translate complex financial analyses into clear, concise, and commercially relevant insights for private equity, corporate, infrastructure, and sovereign investors.
• Prepare and review high-quality due diligence reports, ensuring findings are focused on matters most relevant to client investment decisions.
• Identify, prioritize, and communicate critical transaction issues and develop practical recommendations to support client decision-making.
• Coordinate with valuation, tax, strategy, operational, ESG, and other specialist teams to deliver integrated transaction advice.

Energy and Natural Resources Expertise

• Demonstrated experience advising on transactions within the energy, natural resources, and infrastructure sectors, including oil & gas, petrochemicals, mining & metals, power & utilities, renewables, energy transition, and related industrial assets.
• Understanding of sector-specific value drivers, operating metrics, commercial structures, regulatory frameworks, and financial reporting considerations.
• Experience assessing project-based businesses, long-term contracts, commodity price exposure, reserve/resource-based assets, regulated businesses, and capital-intensive operating models.
• Ability to evaluate sector-specific risks and opportunities and articulate their impact on earnings, cash flows, valuation, and transaction structure.
• Knowledge of energy transition trends, decarbonization initiatives, renewable energy markets, and emerging infrastructure investment themes is advantageous.

Project & Client Management

• Manage multiple concurrent engagements, ensuring delivery within agreed timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Lead engagement teams and allocate resources effectively across workstreams.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with clients, target management teams, investors, lenders, and other transaction stakeholders.
• Proactively manage client expectations and ensure a high standard of client service throughout the transaction lifecycle.
• Understand transaction objectives and tailor analyses and deliverables to address key client concerns and investment considerations.
• Facilitate effective coordination across internal and external stakeholders to ensure efficient project execution.
• Escalate key risks, issues, and commercial matters to Directors and Partners in a timely manner.
• Monitor project economics, including scope management, budgets, billing, collections, and profitability.
• Ensure compliance with firm risk management, independence, quality control, and engagement documentation requirements.

Communication, Stakeholder Management & Presentation Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex financial and operational issues into clear, concise, and commercially relevant messages.
• Lead or co-lead management meetings, diligence sessions, data request discussions, status calls, and report debriefs with clients, targets, investors, lenders, and other transaction stakeholders.
• Present due diligence findings, key risks, and deal considerations confidently to senior management, investment teams, executive stakeholders, and investment committees.
• Facilitate discussions between multiple parties and drive alignment on key transaction matters in a professional and constructive manner.
• Demonstrate strong interviewing and information-gathering skills when interacting with target management teams and functional leaders.
• Effectively communicate project priorities, findings, and expectations to engagement teams, ensuring efficient execution and high-quality deliverables.
• Adapt communication style to different audiences, ranging from operational management to C-suite executives, boards, and investors.
• Prepare and review client-ready reports, presentations, and other transaction deliverables to a consistently high professional standard.

Leadership & Advisory Skills

• Build trusted relationships with clients, management teams, investors, and other transaction stakeholders.
• Demonstrate commercial awareness and an ability to understand transaction rationale, investment objectives, and broader market dynamics.
• Collaborate effectively across service lines to identify opportunities for broader client support and integrated deal solutions.
• Exercise sound judgment and make informed decisions in complex and fast-paced transaction environments.
• Challenge assumptions constructively and provide independent, evidence-based perspectives to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Coach, mentor, and develop junior team members through continuous feedback, technical guidance, and on-the-job training.
• Foster a high-performance team environment that emphasizes quality, accountability, collaboration, and professional development.
• Establish clear performance expectations and support team members in achieving their career development objectives.
• Uphold the highest standards of professional integrity, ethics, independence, and risk management.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CA, CFA, or equivalent.
• Significant experience in financial due diligence, transaction services, deal advisory, audit, corporate finance, or a related field.
• Proven experience managing due diligence engagements and leading teams in a professional services environment.
• Demonstrated transaction experience within the energy, natural resources, infrastructure, or related sectors.
• Strong analytical, financial modelling, and financial statement analysis capabilities.
• Experience working with private equity, sovereign wealth funds, infrastructure investors, corporates, lenders, and other transaction participants is advantageous.