Transaction Services Commercial Due Diligence (CDD), Assistant Manager / Manager

Job description

We invite highly motivated and dynamic professionals to join our growing Deal Advisory – Transaction Services practice in the Singapore office.

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

As (Assistant) Manager, Commercial Due Diligence - Transaction Services (Deal Advisory), you are a motivated self-starter with expertise in finance, strategy, research and business operations, with focus on commercial due diligence in a deal environment.

Responsibilities
• Working in multi-disciplinary teams, you will apply your professional and technical skills on a wide variety of transactions and at different stages of the transaction process.
• Evaluate markets, assess market size, growth, segmentation and overall attractiveness, customer interviewing, and assess strengths and weaknesses of market participants.
• Assist clients with building detailed business models including market forecasts, competitor share forecasts, evaluating synergy and cost saving opportunities, and product/service improvements.
• Deliver deeper insights to our clients, using third-party data analytics tools.
• Participate in KPMG’s engagement teams with senior client executives, attorneys, and investors.
• Draft detailed professional reports and assist in preparing pitch documents e.g. proposals and presentations.
• Perform financial analysis, review on target projects and formulate deal rationale and strategy.
• Apply standard Customer Due Diligence (CDD) techniques and methods in analysis.

At times, business needs arise and employees are required and agree to work beyond their normal work day or work week to fulfil the accountabilities required for their job. Likewise, people need extra time to devote to personal matters, and our approach to flexibility provides for this.

Experience, skills and qualifications
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in strategy, commercial due diligence, or consulting experience.
• Bachelor Degree in Business, Numerate or Analytical disciplines such as Mathematics, Economics, and Accounting, or the equivalent preferred
• Sector experience in any of the following areas preferred: Financial Services, Healthcare, Transportation, Energy, Manufacturing
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel
• Financial and commercial awareness with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Deep expertise and ability to add sector insights into client deliverables and proposals.
• Experience in leading due diligence projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, highly motivated and able to learn and succeed in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness and ability to travel as required.
• Due to the engagements, regional experience in South East Asia would be an added advantage.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by the KPMG Singapore Recruitment Team.