Sr Consultant - Financial Modeling - Big4

KPMG Global Services (KGS) is a joint venture setup between KPMG INTERNATIONAL, Europe, US & India as a global capability hub to provide professional services to KPMG member firms. It is focused on specialized knowledge services & development.

KGS is seeking professionals to work as Associate Consultant /Consultant in Business Modelling domain.

Department Overview :

- Business Modelling hub is a cross functional group and works on a wide variety of engagements in the public and private sectors. Some of the work is directly M&A related however the majority involves supporting clients in solving wider business and commercial problems.

- Recent projects have included financial forecasting to support the sale of heavy equipment division in various geographies of a big industrial company in UK, advising one of the UK Health Trust to achieve business effectiveness, advising a market leading company for international listing on LSE, and support a UK NGO firm to obtain funds from PE house.

Our work includes :

- Work effectively with stakeholders from variety of disciplines (Clients, KPMG advisory teams from different geographies such as UK, US, Europe, Middle East etc.) to provide business modelling driven advisory solutions to a wide variety of business challenges / problems;

- Application of analysis and modelling solutions to complex and diverse client problems;

- Support transactional strategy advice which is typically commercial and operational due diligence on potential buy/sell target companies to help a buyer understand the commercial outlook for the business and identify any commercial/operational issues/upsides that need to be considered;

- Support non transactional strategy work that ranges from advising company boards on portfolio strategy and capital allocation through to helping clients with specific strategic questions around business units, growth options, pricing and operating model design;

- Development of Business Planning & Forecasting processes and tools;

- Development of Management Information processes and tools;

- Transaction (M&A) Modelling; and

- Model testing & review.

JD :

- Support the specification / design of models and analysis tools;

- Develop models (incl. integrated P&L, Cash flow and Balance sheet models) from scratch;

- Amend models developed by KPMG staff or by third parties;

- Carry out financial analysis of the outputs of models;

- Ensure the consistency in client models and create / maintain project documentation and data books;

- Carry out testing of models as per KPMG quality control procedures;

- Review models and feedback findings to clients using KPMG proprietary software;

- Review and comment on revised models received from clients to verify whether review comments have been acted upon;

- Document the operation of models and the findings from our work;

- Document issues in a business model for inclusion in review reports and liaise with the project manager to fully explain the points raised;

- Design and execute commercial analysis e.g. market sizing, market driver analysis, competitive bench-marking, etc.;

- Develop business cases and business plans underpinned by robust financial analysis in support of strategic initiatives.

Experience :

- 4 - 8 years working experience in Business Modelling or Financial Modelling, Financial Analysis, Strategy or Transactions experience;

- A good working knowledge of accounting, financial statements and financial analysis;

- Strong problem solving skills;

- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel;

- A commercial outlook and a good understanding of the general business and economic environment;

- Excellent communication and presentation skills; and

- Ability to build effective networks internally and externally.