Manager - Transaction Services
Location
Hamilton, ON | Canada
Job description
Overview
At KPMG, you'll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause: turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.
Within KPMG's Transaction Services practice, our Deal Advisory professionals collaborate and provide financial due diligence services on behalf of our clients to help drive value from M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) with a forward-thinking approach to deal planning.
Learn more about KPMG's Transaction Services practice here and careers in Deal Advisory here.
Are you a talented mentor and leader with a proven track record for motivating teams and delivering exceptional client service?
Our Deal Advisory, Transaction Services team in Ontario is looking for a professional like you with the skills and drive to make a real difference. As Manager, Financial Due Diligence, you will collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams and provide a range of transaction support and financial due diligence services on behalf of our clients.
Our team helps buyers, sellers, private equity investors, and lenders in developing and executing on their M&A strategies. As trusted advisors to our clients, we keep in regular dialogue with the CEO, CFO, Principals, and other the primary decision makers to keep them well consulted through the deal lifecycle.
We offer our clients start-to-finish support in the acquisition process, including coordination and execution of financial due diligence investigations, input on strategy, identification and mitigation of risk areas, and input and advice on contract terms geared to reduce risks. We also assist our clients with a host of services to help close the transaction and prepare for post-deal integration.
Our people are motivated self-starters with expertise in finance, valuation, tax, accounting, and financial reporting.
This role offers you the opportunity to work in a fast paced and exciting environment, as part of a close-knit team of professionals, who have over 50 years of combined M&A experience. Over the last 2 years our Transaction Services team in Ontario regional markets has doubled in size and we are continuing to grow at a record pace. We are looking to add an experienced Manager to help us continue this incredible growth story.
What you will do - Co-coordinate and execute financial due diligence analysis and provide M&A transaction support and advisory services to our clients
- Interpret and examine information memoranda, business plans, publicly available information on the target business being acquired or sold
- Financial due diligence on both Sell Side and Buy Side engagements that includes reviewing and commenting on historical trading results, analysis on quality of earnings / cash flow/ working capital/ and net debt, capital expenditure, review of forecasts, and underlying assumptions
- Evaluate potential synergies and post-merger integration considerations
- Report writing is critical which includes effective write-ups and illustration of potential key issues for our clients, including identification of risk or price factors impacting valuation and investment decisions
- Review sale and purchase agreements and financial model to reflect findings discovered during the due diligence process
- Mentor and coach high performing junior team members
- Deliver exceptional client service by maximizing results and fostering collaboration across businesses and borders
What you bring to the role - Must have a CPA or equivalent designation
- 2+ years of Transactional Services experience
- Demonstrated accounting experience in a consulting and/or corporate environment including:
- Financial due diligence, M&A analysis and report writing
- Identification of issues and factors impacting valuations
- Financial statement interpretation and analysis, including an understanding of the application of and compliance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
- Experience reviewing target projects and formulating deal rationale and strategy
- Demonstrated ability in project diagnosis, solution development, facilitation of decision making, documentation, managing client expectations and team influence
- Ability to effectively coach, develop and manage junior high performing engagement teams, deliver full cycle projects simultaneously and client deliverables
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills (e.g., report writing and presentation skills) to assist in preparing pitch documents e.g., proposals and presentations.
- Solid investigative skills and attention to detail
- Ability to think "outside the box" is a must
Providing you with the support you need to be at your best For more information about KPMG in Canada's Benefits and well-being, click here.
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