Manager- I&S UK Ops

The Integration & Separation Advisory Team

KPMG's Ops In M&A Integration & Separation Advisory Team is a growing and dynamic team. We work with both vendors and acquirers on mergers, acquisitions, divestments, exits and joint ventures, both pre and post-deal.

The team offers four key proposition areas:

• Separation: Supporting vendors to plan and deliver a credible, discrete standalone entity to the Buyer with value preserved and business continuity in place from Day 1, including supporting the definition and implementation of transitional service agreements.

• Integration: Pre and post deal integration design, planning and implementation to integrate the target business into the Buyer’s organisation whilst mitigating risk and enhancing value.

• Synergies: Understanding the potential benefits and costs generated through a proposed transaction, and the associated plans, interdependencies, risks and issues for the delivery of base and stretch case targets.

• Joint Ventures: Helping respective partners ensure the key value considerations are identified and prioritised early and delivered through the associated business plan, leveraging each party’s specific contribution and capabilities and managing broader stakeholder relationships.

Role Requirements - Leadership & Management:

- To act as a role model for Ops in M&A Integration and Separation (I&S) team values (in line with the values of the firm) and demonstrates behaviours in line with the I&S Charter

- To regularly seek feedback from peers, juniors and senior members of the team, and act on this feedback

- To actively contribute to an open, constructive and positive team environment

- To proactively offer support to other team members when they have capacity

- To proactively identify their own development needs, in consultation with their Performance Manager, and proactively manages engagement work to ensure they can attend relevant training

Experience Required:

Essential

- Previous experience of Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Procurement project management roles and responsibilities.

- Exposure to client environments and working with stakeholders at various levels

- Candidates will have strong interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrable personal impact, flexibility, drive and commitment.

- Working in a team environment

- A keen interest in mergers and acquisitions

Desirable

- Previous experience in Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Procurement, Transaction Services, Management Consulting, or Audit

- Previous experience of managing other team members

Expertise / Technical Role Requirements

- Highly competent user of MS suite (excel, powerpoint etc)

- Business acumen, with analytical and problem solving skills

- Ability to understand how business model decisions impact operating model design/execution across operations, technology, risk governance and organizational design

Skills Required:

- The candidate will be looking to broaden their current skill set and will embrace the opportunity to work at client sites with a relatively high level of autonomy

- Possess strong interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate personal impact, flexibility, drive and dedication.

- Excellent team player

- Good client relationship skills

- Financial acumen and commercial awareness

- Analysis and problem solving

- Report writing

- Individuals should be comfortable working in the high pressured yet often ambiguous and flexible conditions that characterise transactions.