Transaction Manager

Roles and responsibilities

As a Manager, you will have a significant team management role in delivering on mandates. The practice focuses on key closely related service offerings:

• Pre-deal Evaluations - Undertaking public domain due diligence to provide an objective initial assessment of the financial and commercial position of potential acquisition or merger targets
• Buy-side Financial Due Diligence - Using investigative analysis to assess the key issues facing a target business and the drivers of its historic and projected profits and cash flows and other factors having a bearing on the proposed transaction
• Vendor Assistance - Providing services to vendors ranging from evaluating disposal options through to various post-sale actions and obligations
• Vendor Due Diligence - Compiling objective information to help vendors make sound business decisions and to facilitate the buy-side due diligence process of potential purchasers

Responsibilities

• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to lead/manage/participate in buy-side and sell-side transaction advisory engagements, providing financial due diligence, divestiture support and post deal assistance to major corporate, MNC and private equity clients
• Incisive analysis of Target company data to identify historical and projected financial and operational trends and issues, net debt, quality of earnings, working capital considerations and potential liabilities and risks which may impact valuation of the Target company
• Project management including engagement set-up and planning, execution of fieldwork, drafting and presentation of high-quality proposals and reports to clients, coordination of due diligence activities and the review of transaction documentation

Practice Development

• Work closely with other Managers, Directors and Partners
• Train junior staff and contribute to the overall skills enhancement and experience of the practice to build and develop a high-quality team
• Manage clients proactively, making client service a main priority and culture of the practice

Desired candidate profile

• Building, commercializing and sustaining relationships with top client management team members.
• Developing TS offerings focusing on specific themes and/or clients across sectors.
• Regularly providing input into horizon scanning activities and discussing asset opportunities with clients
• Actively participating in responding to Requests for Proposal for TS mandates
• Supporting positioning the team and KPMG’s profile in the marketplace and develop business through industry involvement, contribution to internal and external publications, and presentation at conferences and industry events

Education

• Bachelor’s in Accounting, Finance or related field from a reputable university
• Professional accountancy qualification such as CA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent

Skills and Experience

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English is mandatory, fluency in Arabic would be a strong plus (although not mandatory)
• Minimum of 7-10 years specialized (post-bachelor’s degree) experience in TS
• The experience should include significant exposure in the top ten accounting firms
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions
• Project management skills demonstrated with experiences managing individual and multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to manage business development, including through competitive proposals

Personal Characteristics

• Demonstrated hypothesis-driven problem solving and transaction skills with exceptional ability to build structured quantitative and qualitative analysis; sound business judgment and problem framing
• Goal driven - focused on helping the client to understand issues and resolve key questions, ability to drive through to an outcome and to gain stakeholder support in circumstances of complexity and ambiguity
• Strong communication and presentation skills demonstrated in working with senior stakeholders in financial institutions and the private sector, with excellent prose and PowerPoint writing skills and sense of design
• Proven track record at managing multiple and competing priorities
• Demonstrated initiative and ability to communicate and effectively engage with a diverse group of clients
• Willingness and flexibility to expand and apply skills to new applications and industries