Manager - Finance in M&A - Finance Centre of Excellence

KPMG International Cooperative; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial consultancy in Camden Town is seeking an experienced professional to assist CFOs and finance stakeholders throughout the deal lifecycle. The role involves supporting project activities, leading finance processes, and ensuring successful integration and separation projects. Ideal candidates will possess a strong background in finance and consulting with relevant qualifications like ACA or MBA. Opportunities for travel and flexible working arrangements are available.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Part-time options

Opportunities for diverse experiences

Qualifications

• Background in Management Consulting or an operational finance role.
• Good understanding of finance function processes and structures.
• Experience in finance change projects and business improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to project office activities.
• Lead analytics on synergy and separation projects.
• Maintain financial models on engagements.
• Collaborate with advisory firms on deals.

Skills

Management Consulting experience

Operational finance experience

Financial modeling

Client relationship skills

Education

ACA, CIMA, MBA or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Assisting CFOs and finance stakeholders on the buy-side or sell-side to plan and execute changes in the finance organisation as required by the transaction. This will be across the deal cycle from pre-deal to post-deal phases of the transaction.

Responsibilities

• Work across a variety of industry sectors and locations with clients of varying size and complexity. Collaborate with other advisory firms (banks, law firms, technology companies, and other accounting firms) on deals as required, depending on the nature and scope of the engagement.
• Provide day-to-day support to project office activities and lead PMO activities on small to medium sized engagements.
• Lead analytics on synergy and separation type projects and be responsible for the first draft of significant sections, if not all, synergy commentary reports.
• Lead the support to the finance workstreams on integration/separation projects, supporting client workstream leads to fulfil their workstream objectives.
• Own and maintain financial models on an engagement and on larger engagements, overseeing the work of more junior staff.
• Contribute content for sections of reports/deliverables on separation and integration projects.
• When not working on a project, provide support to senior colleagues in preparation of proposal materials.
• Willingness to travel as we mainly work from client sites and have a global portfolio of clients. Project length can range from one week to one year; typically a few weeks, with opportunities for diverse experiences.
• With 20 sites across the UK, potential for office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you need flexibility, register and discuss with our team.
• Candidates should be team players who value supportive collaboration.

Qualifications and Skills

• Background in Management Consulting or an operational finance role in industry.
• Professional qualification preferred (ACA, CIMA, MBA or equivalent).
• Operational finance experience including planning, budgeting and forecasting, finance business partnering, management reporting, ERP systems implementation, cash management, or design and operation of core end-to-end processes (Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, etc.).
• Good understanding of the component parts of a finance function, organizational structure, processes, controls, systems and performance metrics/benchmarks.
• Knowledge of core finance processes and awareness of current leading practice and future trends in finance function design and implementation, including data-driven insights and disruptive technologies.
• Exposure to operational finance issues in finance integrations, separations, and carve-outs.
• Experience leading finance change projects and business improvement in industry or a consulting environment.
• Experience of organizational change in finance/back-office functions.
• Keen interest in merger and acquisitions.
• Financial and commercial awareness, strong presentation (oral and written), client relationship skills, analysis and problem solving, and report writing abilities.
• Ability to work in high-pressure, ambiguous, and flexible transaction environments.

About Us and Focus

The Finance Centre of Excellence at KPMG brings together individuals with diverse backgrounds from both industry and deal consulting. We work with senior finance teams at deal pace throughout a deal environment. Our strong understanding of the finance function and its role in the deal lifecycle means we provide the right mix of constructive challenge, holistic support and frameworks. We help clients navigate the complexities of a deal to deliver effective governance and risk management to protect and create deal value.

Engagement Themes

We work with both acquirers and vendors on pre- and post-deal finance issues. Our propositions include: buy-side diligence, sell-side diligence, separations, integrations, IPOs, JVs, and standing up businesses. We support clients across the deal lifecycle and provide exposure to the high-pressure, fast-paced world of transactions through delivering operational finance integration and separation projects.