Strategy Senior Consultant/Manager

KPMG International Limited; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted Health Insurance

Additional Annual Leave

Enhanced Family Leave

Emergency Childcare Cover

Learning & Development opportunities

Early Finish Fridays

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

KPMG Ireland is seeking a Manager in its Strategy team, based in Dublin with a hybrid working model. You will join a group of 25+ professionals, delivering growth strategies, economic modelling, and due diligence across sectors.

The role focuses on private and public sector clients, building bespoke analyses and presenting findings to senior stakeholders. The team emphasises development, inclusion, and cross-border collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in economics, business, or related subjects.
• 2-4 years in a challenging corporate graduate programme, supply chain role, consulting environment or economics role in government.
• For Manager role, 3-5 years of equivalent experience.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to liaise with clients.
• Ability to produce quality documentation using PowerPoint, Excel, Word.
• Demonstrated interest in driving sales and winning work.
• Enthusiasm for cross-sector work in priority sectors.

Responsibilities

• Assisting a diverse range of clients including private sector, government, and trade groups with economic modelling to inform decisions.
• Developing bespoke analysis based on available information.
• Utilising academic qualifications and professional experience in a varied environment.
• Working across sectors, especially the priority sectors.
• Leading on project delivery content: problem framing, research, write-up, planning and completion of programmes.
• Lead on Excel modelling, data gathering, and hypothesis testing.
• Contributing to business development and internal networking.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Client communication

Presentation skills

Analytical skills

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in economics or related

Further studies in business (MBA preferred)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

When you join KPMG Ireland, you are joining a community of over 4,200 employees who collectively work together, both in person and virtually, to achieve their full potential.

We are known as an organisation who want you to come as you are and do work that truly matters. Joining KPMG Ireland is an opportunity to enhance your career, not only in the work that you enjoy doing, but equally through the global connections that you make, the lifelong learning that you can accomplish and the chance to make your mark.

Location: Dublin, as part of our hybrid working model.

Grade: Manager

Contract type: Permanent

Within KPMG Ireland, you will be joining the KPMG Ireland Strategy team – the number one onshore Strategy house on the island of Ireland. This team is a dedicated team of skilled professionals with backgrounds across economics, finance, engineering and other disciplines who work collaboratively to help private and public sector organisations.

We are looking for people from one of 3 backgrounds:

• Operational Due Diligence and/or supply chain strategy

A snapshot of your peer group:

• Senior Consultants, 2-4 years in a challenging corporate graduate programme, supply chain role, consulting environment or economics role in government. For Manager role, 3-5 years of equivalent experience
• Excellent supporting academic training in economics, business and similar subjects
• A strong interest in preparing analysis to inform commercial decisions or growth strategies
• An appetite for driving sales and winning work
• Experience, or an interest in learning, analytical approaches to support economic impact assessments, regulatory and market studies, CDD/ODDs and evidence-based policy making
• A track record of quickly adapting to new challenges on a regular basis
• Able to produce quality documentation communicating analysis, approach, and findings to a non-technical audience (especially using PowerPoint, Excel, Microsoft Word)
• Evidence of having strong presentation skills and experience liaising with clients
• Commitment to high-quality analysis and attention to detail
• An enthusiasm for working across different sectors and industries, with a focus on our teams priority sectors: built environment (including digital infrastructure and engineering), aviation, financial services, food and agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences

Your responsibilities and achievements will evolve as you enhance your career with us. Here is what you can initially expect:

• Assisting a diverse range of clients including in the private sector, and in government and with trade groups with economic modelling to inform commercial and strategic decision-making
• Developing bespoke analysis to answer the challenge in hand based on information available
• Utilise your academic qualifications and professional experience to date in a varied and dynamic working environment
• Working across all sectors in the economy, especially in our priority sectors
• Playing an active role across all parts of project delivery:
• Problem framing, hypothesising, storyboarding, research, write-up
• Planning and completing research programmes, identifying insights
• Leading on Excel modelling, gathering data and testing hypotheses
• Contributing to the team’s growth through external business development and internal networking
• Supporting wider team deliverables and owning specific elements of content
• Delivering succinct and action-oriented recommendations to clients to add value to their own activities/operations

Your team:

You will be joining a team of more than 25 people based across Dublin and Belfast. Our team is part of KPMG Strategy globally, forming a global network over 2,000 strategy practitioners in over 35 countries. Our team provides a diverse range of services (e.g. economic modelling, Commercial Due Diligence, Operational Due Diligence, Growth Strategy) and we work across all key sectors in the Irish economy (e.g. construction, agri-food, aviation, life sciences, manufacturing, etc). You can read more about us here: https://kpmg.com/ie/en/home/services/deal-advisory/services/strategy.html .

Discover How KPMG Can Enrich Your Life Beyond Your Career

Benefits Tailored for You

At KPMG, we understand that life is multifaceted. That’s why we offer a flexible benefits package designed to support your unique lifestyle. Our benefits include:

• Discounted Health Insurance: Prioritise your well-being with our health insurance options.
• Additional Annual Leave: Purchase extra leave to spend more time with friends and family or to travel.
• Enhanced Family Leave: Enjoy more time with your family with our generous leave options.
• Emergency Childcare Cover: For times when your regular childcare plans fall through
• Social Events: Connect and network with colleagues through our engaging social events.
• Early Finish Fridays: Start your weekends early on bank holidays and during the summer.
• Relocation Assistance: Smooth your transition if you’re moving to Ireland.
• Learning & Development: Access our extensive supports, including LinkedIn Learning, to grow your skills.

We also offer a variety of flexible working options to help you balance your professional and personal life.

Career Progression with Continuous Support

From the moment you join KPMG, you’ll receive dedicated support from your performance manager to enhance your skills. Our award-winning Business School provides continuous learning opportunities to deepen your expertise.

We stand out as the only Big Four firm to announce promotions four times a year, offering you frequent opportunities for career advancement.

Commitment to Inclusion & Diversity

Inclusion, diversity, and equity are at the heart of KPMG. We celebrate diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable environment at every level. Our goal is to attract and retain the best talent by building a culture where everyone can achieve their potential. Learn more about our commitment here - https://kpmg.com/ie/en/home/about/inclusion-diversity-equity.html

KPMG is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process if needed. Necessary arrangements can be made at interview stage to accommodate the needs of candidates with disabilities.

For any specific queries about the role, please contact Niamh McRory.

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Please note that agency assistance is not required for this position.