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JobDescription

Our Deal Advisoryprofessionals help buyers, sellers, private equity investors,governments, and lenders in developing and executing on their valuestrategies. The Transaction Services team focuses on due diligence(financial and commercial) deal strategy assistance in relation toacquisitions, disposals, public bids/mergers, joint ventures,buy-outs, market entries, financing and other transactions. Theteam also helps clients identify upside opportunities and risks intheir transaction processes to satisfy the due diligencerequirements of underwriting banks.

AsAssociate/Senior Associate/Assistant Manager in TransactionServices - Deal Strategy, you are a motivated self-starter withexpertise in finance, strategy, research and business operations,with focus on deal strategy and commercial due diligence in a dealenvironment.

Responsibilities

• Working in multi-disciplinary teams, you will apply yourprofessional and technical skills on a wide variety of transactionsand at different stages of the transaction process
• Evaluate markets, assess market size, growth,segmentation and overall attractiveness, customer interviewing, andassess strengths and weaknesses of market participants
• Work on broader deal strategy and market entry/growthadvice, including M&A target identification and deal hypothesisdevelopment
• Undertake day to day client ortarget interactions to manage data flows and support overallproject management of projects
• Assist clientswith building detailed business models including market forecasts,competitor share forecasts, evaluating synergy and cost savingopportunities, and product/service improvements
• Deliver deeper insights to our clients, using third-partydata analytics tools
• Participate in KPMG'sengagement teams with senior client executives, attorneys, andinvestors
• Draft detailed professional reportsand assist in preparing pitch documents e.g. proposals andpresentations
• Perform financial analysis,review on target projects and formulate deal rationale andstrategy
• Apply standard Customer Due Diligence(CDD) techniques and methods inanalysis

Requirements

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in strategy, commercialdue diligence, or consulting experience
• Bachelor Degree in Business, Numerate or Analyticaldisciplines such as Mathematics, Economics, and Accounting, or theequivalent preferred
• Sector experience in anyof the following areas preferred: Financial Services, Healthcare,Transportation, Energy, Consumer & Retail, ICT
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel (other dataanalytics tools/languages will be highly regarded)
• Financial and commercial awareness with strong analyticaland problem solving skills
• Deep expertise andability to add sector insights into client deliverables andproposals
• Curiosity, healthy skepticism,creativity, and attention to detail; with ability to lead morejunior associates
• Experience in leading duediligence and strategy projects
• Excellentverbal and written communication skills, highly motivated and ableto learn and succeed in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness and ability to travel as required
• Regional experience in South East Asia would be an addedadvantage

Only shortlistedcandidates will be contacted by KPMG Talent Acquisition team,personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposesonly.

At KPMG in Singapore we are committed tocreating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe thatdiversity of thought, background and experience strengthensrelationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, ourclients and communities. As an equal opportunity employer, allqualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentregardless of age, race, gender identity or expression, colour,marital status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or othernon-merit factors. We celebrate the different talents that ourpeople bring and support every staff member in their journey toachieve personal and professional growth. One of the ways we dothis is through Take Charge: Flexi-work, our flexible workingframework which enables agile and innovative teams to help deliverour business goals.