Manager-Transaction Services

KPMG Lower Gulf


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Dubai
Contract type: Full time
Job Description

Manager - Transaction Services, Deal Advisory

Core Technical Skills

  • Previous experience working with financial institutions (banks, insurance, fintechs, asset managers, etc.) in advisory, consulting or audit
  • Strong project management capabilities, ability to effectively multi-task and work with limited supervision to develop a well written report
  • Improving the focus of the report to meet client needs
  • Improving the quality of recommendations by focusing on key valuation and deal issues
  • Understands the dynamics of each transaction and manages each stage of an engagement, seeking input from the partner or director as required
  • Seeks to understand and articulate transaction rationale and implications on KPMG project team tasks and deliverables by facilitating start up meetings and team briefings and other team interactions
  • Ensures kick off meetings and debriefs with directors and partners are taking place
  • Evaluates and prioritizes transaction issues and risks arising from the project team’s analysis, and formulates solutions and deal recommendations for the client
  • Reviews forecast and projected financial results and comments on the assumptions and sensitivities, and their implications for the financial model and the transaction
  • Monitors and evaluates a complex project regularly to check how they are proceeding against deadlines and budget
  • Prioritizes issues by using clear project management principles and is capable to judge the extent of required involvement of AD/Director/Partner and requests such involvement on a timely basis
  • Manages client expectations over level and speed of service
  • Involves the other KPMG functions when necessary
  • Monitor delays/scope extensions on the job and identify and discuss possibilities for cost overruns with Partners/Directors
  • Ensure prompt billings and collection on jobs (debtors and WIP)
  • Sets and agrees objectives with each team member prior to the project kickoff and ongoing timely feedback
  • Ensure that risk documentation are completed online for all jobs and that files are appropriately documented in accordance with Firm policy

Relevant Advisory Skills And Behaviors

  • Seeks to be actively involved in client interaction and participates in setting up client events on their chosen client accounts
  • Develop strong relationships with Client and Target at middle/senior levels and leverage on these relationships to identify business opportunities.
  • Collaborate with other functions on joint deals
  • Present solutions to problems and issues
  • Considers the practicalities and costs involved when proposing a solution to a problem
  • Puts procedures in place to avoid common problems from occurring again
  • Makes decisions independently, without unnecessarily referring to others
  • Questions current practices by thinking about the longer-term impact and wider implications
  • Initiates smarter ways of working by making improvements to processes and looking for efficiency enhancements
  • Takes firm and decisive action when a situation requires intervention
  • Shows and instills enthusiasm in others to achieve desired results
  • Provides effective coaching to junior team members
  • Establishes and manages a clear set of standards for others to work within
  • Manages the expectations of people regarding career development and progression
  • Addresses objections from others by responding with well-reasoned responses

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