Consultant

Working as a Consultant in the team, your responsibilities will include:

•Connect with research and benchmarking users (advisors from KPMG member firms across the world) to understand project objectives, scope, and deliverables. •Manage available staff resources and secure additional resource as required •Effectively manage the request intake process including participating in project scoping calls to clarify understanding and prepare a detailed project scope document capability •Deals confidently with challenges by responding with a rationale to support their argument •Conceive, design, and execute secondary research on: oCompany: business model, segments, revenue model, strategy, issues / challenges, M&A history, competitive positioning, organization structure, key management, recent developments, SWOT, etc. oMarket studies: industry value chain, size and growth outlook, trends and drivers, growth inhibitors and challenges, competitive landscape, Porter’s / PESTLE analysis, etc. oFinancials: broad analysis of income statement, balance sheet, cash flows, ratios, segment performance, etc. oCompetitors: comparative performance of companies on financial and operational KPIs, relative strengths and weaknesses, etc. oThought leadership piece: Able to help with content development by providing well-supported research findings and recommendations •Drive the analysis of the above to draw key insights; map a company’s strategy and pain points to KPMG’s services, in order to advise the practitioners on possible business development opportunities /scope; deliver insights on client engagements; etc. •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 •Guide Associate Consultants (A.Cons) and Business Associates (BA) across each stage of projects – from communicating client requirements, scoping and work allocation, to continuous supervision and review across secondary research, data analysis and discussions, story-boarding, and preparing deliverables •Ensure highest quality (for self and team members output) and on-time delivery for all the projects

Mandatory  technical & functional skills

•Proficiency in MS-Office - Intermediate/Advanced MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, and MS-Word •Proficiency at financial analysis - determining valuations and providing key take-aways from financial statements analysis •Highly articulate with excellent communication and presentation skills (especially PowerPoint) •Ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data quickly and draw meaningful insights •Ability to assess technical information to distill key strategic insights and convey these succinctly, clearly and confidently •Strong numerical, analytical and strategic thinking skills, and sound business / commercial acumen •Adept at strategic frameworks such as SWOT, Porter’s Five Forces, PESTLE, etc. •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

Educational qualifications

•Qualifications: Post Graduation degree from a reputable university

Experience Level

Mid Level