Manager - Transaction Services

KPMG International Cooperative; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG International Cooperative in the United States seeks a Manager for Transaction Services to lead financial due diligence engagements with diverse clients. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, deliver insights, manage budgets, and act as a trusted adviser to clients and deal teams.

The role requires ACA or equivalent, strong Excel/PowerPoint/Word skills, and excellent communication. A flexible, collaborative culture supports professional growth.

Qualifications

• Strong academic background with a financial qualification such as ACA or equivalent experience.
• Strong Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills.
• Strong personal impact and self-awareness.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial due diligence engagements for a variety of clients and sectors.
• Interpret data, generate insights and construct client solutions.
• Oversee cost management, reporting, and invoicing on engagements.
• Deliver end-to-end work streams and add value as a trusted adviser.
• Produce robust financial analysis and review teammates’ outputs.
• Serve as a key client and advisor contact on a day-to-day basis.

Skills

Financial Due Diligence

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Communication skills

Education

ACA or equivalent

Job description

Manager - Transaction Services

Our Transaction Services practice comprises approximately 500 people across the UK, organised to align to KPMG's market orientated structure, and is at the heart of the Firm's agenda to increase its penetration of boardrooms and work with clients across the economic and transaction cycle. Our team works closely with colleagues across Deal Advisory as well as Tax, Audit and other Advisory teams; it is a multi-disciplinary and international environment that sits right at the heart of our One Firm agenda.

Why join KPMG in our Transaction Services team?

Here in the KPMG Transaction Services team, we have created an exciting and nurturing environment to bring out the best in our people who are looking to make an impact. Our extraordinary people help us to achieve our growth ambitions as the largest service line within Deal Advisory. We are proud to have fostered a friendly, collaborative, and supportive culture where we encourage you to use your voice, have your own views, and contribute to the client's agenda. We offer a flexible working environment, where we enable you to focus on your development and the development of others.

What will you be doing?

• You will be able to draw on your strong Financial Due Diligence experience to work with a variety of clients or sector specific clients.
• Using your analytical skills you will interpret data, generate insights and construct solutions for your clients.
• You will have overall responsibility for cost management, reporting, monitoring of recovery rates against budget and invoicing.
• You will be responsible for delivering large sections/full work streams from end-to-end and will add value to your clients by working together with other areas of the business to become a trusted adviser.
• Producing robust financial analysis and supporting your team by reviewing their work.
• You will be a key contact for the client and advisors on a day-to-day basis.

What will you need to do it?

• The ability to direct and operate in high performing, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Able to identify the deal implications of due diligence findings and derive recommendations for clients, clearly identifying the 'so what' aspect of findings.
• The ability to provide advice and insight directly to clients and demonstrating technical expertise.
• A flexible approach so that you can adapt to changing requirements and re-plan accordingly.
• The ability to effectively project manage the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Have previous experience managing upwards and reviewing output to ensure consistency and quality.

Skills & Technical role requirements

• Strong academic background with a financial qualification such as ACA or equivalent experience.
• Strong Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills.
• Strong personal impact and self-awareness.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.

How we work

Our Deal

If the chance to work with interesting clients and innovative technology wasn't rewarding enough, we'll motivate you in other ways too. At KPMG you can expect real responsibilities and opportunities to grow professionally. 'Our Deal' sets out all the different ways you'll be rewarded at KPMG. Among other things you can benefit from honest conversations about your career as well as a range of other rewards. In all these ways and more, we have created an environment that can bring out the best in you.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Our employees have many varied work schedules to suit their individual needs! Our intelligent working options range from role sharing and flexible start and finish times, to home working and more informal arrangements agreed within teams. Check out examples of KPMG employees enjoying different working patterns on our website and please do share your own individual requirements with us. We are proud of the value we place on individuality. We want you to bring your full self to work and maximise your potential. KPMG is a place where everyone can thrive, whatever their gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. We also value the wealth of experience and knowledge that people who have taken a career break can bring to us, so the role welcomes applications for individuals who have been out of work for 12 months or more and who have previous relevant experience.

Applying with a Disability

While some of our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, we are supportive where possible of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands. We are happy to discuss individual requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements could be of interest. Furthermore, as part of the recruitment process, we can put you in touch with people who work flexibly so you can understand from them what our culture is like.

Flexible Working

While our client-facing professionals are required to travel regularly, and often based at client sites, we are supportive where possible of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands. We are happy to discuss individual requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements could be of interest. Furthermore, as part of the recruitment process, we can put you in touch with people who work flexibly so you can understand from them what our culture is like.