Associate Consultant

•The position in discussion is with Capability Hubs (CH) DAS & Advisory Markets Research team at KPMG Global Services (KGS), which is an integral part of the firm’s strategy to enhance innovation, build scalability, and improve profitability. It is a multi-capability team delivering insights and sales enablement support to KPMG member firms. This capability is currently ~200 members’ strong.

Key attributes:

•Contribute to research and benchmarking assignments – either as a part of an ongoing client engagement, or as a part of business development efforts conducted by the entity •Conceive, design, and execute secondary research on:

  ‒ Company: business model, segments, revenue model, strategy, issues / challenges, M&A history, competitive positioning, organization structure, key management, recent developments, SWOT, etc.

  ‒Market: industry value chain, size and growth outlook, trends and drivers, growth inhibitors and challenges, competitive landscape, Porter’s / PESTLE analysis, etc.

  ‒Benchmarking: basic understanding of the role of support functions, operational KPI benchmarking, and vendor assessment from a business perspective

  ‒Financials: broad analysis of income statement, balance sheet, cash flows, ratios, segment performance, etc.

  ‒Competitors: comparative performance of companies on financial and operational KPIs, relative strengths and weaknesses, etc.

•Guide juniors (if required) across stages of projects – from communicating client requirements, scoping and work allocation. Support in review across secondary research, data analysis and discussions. •Articulate findings through visually appealing / appropriate frameworks and in a clear, concise, and grammatically correct business English (both written and verbal) •Ensure effective presentation of client deliverables – prepare client ready presentations that are well structured, logical, and clear to understand. •Upskill junior team members to add stronger value by providing training and coaching on different projects / activities and support in reviewing the work performed by the team. •Showcase a greater degree of flexibility, steer well through complexity/ambiguity and cater to everchanging requirements from the Leadership

Prior Experience:

•Total experience: The candidate must have 1–3 years of relevant experience in a similar role. •MBA / M.Com/ PG in Commerce

Technical skills:

•Proficiency in MS-Office - Intermediate/Advanced MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, and MS-Word. •Knowledge of preparing Information Memorandum analysis, M&A studies, target screening, private equity reports, industry landscapes, company analysis and thought leaderships. •Experience in using specialized databases and free sources. •Excellent report writing and PPT skills ability to weave together a story starting with a problem statement and presenting it in a high impact manner suitable for senior leadership. •Understanding of/proficiency with visualization platforms such as PowerBI will be an added advantage.

Behavioral / team skills

•A pragmatic approach to analysis and problem solving; ability to drive through to an outcome in circumstances of complexity and ambiguity. •Ability to assess technical information to distill key strategic insights and convey these succinctly, clearly and confidently, verbally and in written form. •Excellent business communication (structuring, writing, speaking and articulation). •Excellent interpersonal skills.

Experience Level

Mid Level