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Deal Advisory – Senior Manager, Strategy Services

Responsibilities

• Team lead on consulting projects including supporting clients to design, develop and deliver innovative and pragmatic strategy solutions to address business challenges and foster growth.
• Manage multiple day to day roles that include project delivery, client relationship management, team building, and business development.
• Support and guide the planning, budgeting, quality management and resource management of consulting (client) and internal (within KPMG) projects.
• Stay abreast on current business and economic developments relevant to the client’s business; and use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of services provided.
• Continuously review project’s performance against preset objectives and milestones to ensure quality control throughout its life cycle while identifying and addressing key challenges/lessons learnt.
• Ensure effective operation of projects by managing and facilitating flow of essential information and feedback among project stakeholders; regularly and effectively communicate project expectations and updates.
• Provide technical guidance on client assignments including preparation of reports and ensure projects are delivered according to client specification and within set timelines. 
• Demonstrate teamwork and responsibility with the engagement team members. 
• Facilitate project contracting with associates and coordinate tasks undertaken by sub-consultants.
• Ensure quality and internal risk management guidelines are observed during setup, execution, and closeout of projects.
• Work with colleagues in East Africa on client work and internal initiatives as well as with international teams where appropriate.

Desired competencies

• Demonstrate project management, business, and commercial acumen, drive for execution, people management and development skills.
• Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise workload whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), particularly ability to articulate concepts and recommendations in written form – reports, analytical analysis etc.
• Ability and willingness to travel within the East Africa where the project dictates.
• Strong ability to manage large project consulting teams.
• Demonstrated experience in development and implementation of practical solutions to complex strategic challenges.
• Demonstrated track record in relationship management and business development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from any reputable University and preferably in a business-related field. 
• Master’s degree or professional in business or strategic management would be an added advantage.
• CPA, ACCA or CFA or any other relevant professional qualification.
• At least 9 years work experience within a busy environment in a reputable organization. 
• Demonstrated experience in strategy development either as a consultant or internal strategy team.
• An in-depth understanding of management functions (i.e., people, systems, and operations etc.)

We offer

• A fantastic opportunity to work on exciting corporate deals across East Africa.
• Exciting unparalleled exposure to advisory skills, competencies, and tools.
• Continuous learning and development.
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams.
• Competitive remuneration alongside a range of other benefits provided to KPMG employees.
• Opportunity for travel.
• Unrivalled space to grow and be innovative.
• Opportunity to go on global secondment.

Deal Advisory – Transaction Services Manager (Specialist in Financial Due Diligence, Business Valuation and M&A) 

Responsibilities

• Manage Deal Advisory projects including supporting clients to design, develop and deliver innovative and pragmatic solutions to address business challenges and foster growth.
• Support and guide the planning, budgeting, quality management and resource management of consulting (client) and internal (within KPMG) projects.
• Stay abreast of current business and economic developments relevant to the clients business; and use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of services provided.
• Continuously review project’s performance against pre-set objectives and milestones to ensure quality control throughout its life cycle whileidentifying and addressing key challenges/lessons learnt.
• Ensure effective operation of projects by managing and facilitating flow of essential information and feedback among project stakeholders; regularly and effectively communicate project expectations and updates.
• Provide technical guidance on client assignments including preparation of reports and ensure projects are delivered according to client specification and within set timelines.
• Demonstrate teamwork and responsibility with the engagement team members.
• Facilitate project contracting with associates and coordinate tasks undertaken by sub-consultants. 
• Ensure quality and internal risk management guidelines are observed during set up, execution and close out of projects. 
• Work with colleagues in East Africa on client work and internal initiatives as well as with international teams where appropriate.

Desired Competencies

• Demonstrate project management, business, and commercial acumen, drive for execution, people management and development skills.
• Demonstrated track record in undertaking buy side and vendor due diligence, business valuation, restructuring, insolvency and/or M&A projects.
• Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise workload whilst being resilient, able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines..
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), particularly abilityto articulate concepts and recommendations in written form – reports, analytical analysis etc.
• The ability and willingness to travel within the East Africa as projects require.
• Demonstrated record of accomplishment in relationship management and business development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from any reputable University and preferably in a business related field.
• CPA, ACCA or CFA or any other relevant professional qualification.
• 6-15 years’ work experience within a busy environment in a reputable consulting firm.
• Demonstrated experience in provision of financial due diligence, valuation, restructuring, insolvency or M&A services.

We offer

• A fantastic opportunity to work on exciting corporate deals across East Africa.
• Exciting unparalleled exposure to advisory skills, competencies, and tools.
• Continuous learning and development.
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams.
• Competitive remuneration alongside a range of other benefits provided to KPMG employees.
• Opportunity for travel.
• Unrivalled space to grow and be innovative.

Associate Director – Blended Finance Specialist

Purpose of the Position

Governments, Development Partners and philanthropists are accelerating the drive towards attaining the sustainable development goals and need to attract the right type of funding for critical development infrastructure.

Multilaterals have come under pressure to scale up development finance. The Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) model is a powerful multiplier of shareholder capital in support of development. But much more is expected of MDBs in the 21st century given the magnitude and urgency of development and climate challenges confronting the globe.

Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) on the other hand are repositioning themselves to provide the much needed climate finance in all aspects of transition finance, mitigation and adaptation finance and nature finance. They are seeking solutions to be innovative and catalytic and in particular the opportunity to crowd in and mobilise commercial capital is a high priority at the moment.

In addition, Philanthropies are also quickly changing and shifting away from the model of pure giving to wanting to see their grant funds unlock projects, and deliver on impact.

All these Infrastructure eco system players are seeking solutions that KPMG can provide.

Key roles and responsibilities
The individual will assist the Deal Advisory leadership team in day-to-day engagement management on specific projects and will:

• Take ultimate ownership of a portfolio of blended finance mandates in the region, often taking the formal role of Team Leader and leading multi-disciplinary teams of KPMG professionals and sub-consultants, harnessing skills across commercial, financial, procurement, legal, regulatory, environmental, social and technical/engineering backgrounds. Provide leadership, direction, and guidance to junior team members.
• Have oversight of delivery teams that are developing strategy, policy, pipeline and investment attraction programs.
• Develop and present client materials including status reports, project reports and presentations.
• Actively participate in developing a suite of solutions for Development Partners, DFI’s and philanthropies with an emphasis on infrastructure funding and financing.
• Lead the development of a robust business development pipeline of opportunities including the development of detailed concept notes, ownership of the preparation of all elements of technical and financial proposals, leadership of (or participation in, as the case may be) of client pitches, etc..
• Lead on service line innovation and expansion for Development Partners, DFIs and Philanthropic clients working on infrastructure projects
• Maintain relationships with key client contacts.
• Provide research and project management support.
• Lead the capacity building of teams in the region on blended finance.

Academic/professional and experience requirement

• Relevant Master’s degree (Finance/ Business/ law).
• Minimum 15 years of experience working in a banking or capital market environment
• Experience working with MDBs, DFIs and Philanthropies.

Technical Skills and Competencies

• Project Finance and or Structured Finance transaction experience
• An expert-level grasp of blended finance and the issues impacting MBD reform, DFI strategies and Philanthropies.
• Strong research, analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Good interpersonal and client relationship skills.
• Priority account leadership: experience leading priority accounts and achieving stretch revenue targets.
• Strong Microsoft Excel / data analysis and manipulation skills.
• Strong written and verbal business communication skills.
• Proven ability to multi-task and ensure effective delivery of competing priorities to meet targets and objectives

Other:

Candidates must be willing to travel 

Personal Attributes
Demonstrate and articulate KPMG values as well as proven capability in:

• Good communication (written and verbal), numeracy, presentation and analytical skills.
• Excellent coordination and planning skills
• IT proficiency, especially Microsoft Office
• An eye for detail
• Team leadership: ownership of pursuit, conversion and delivery of multiple complex assignment simultaneously.Goal-driven and results-oriented mindset.
• Comfortable with multitasking, flexibility, and open-mindedness.
• Unquestionable integrity.
• Multicultural skills: must be able to operate and interact across multiple African jurisdictions and uphold cultural diversity.

We offer

• An exciting opportunity to work with a Big 4 firm on major cutting edge real estate, construction, and infrastructural developments across Africa.
• Continuous learning and development.
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams.
• Unrivalled space to grow and be innovative.

Method of Application

Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.

• Deal Advisory – Senior Manager, Strategy Services
• Deal Advisory – Transaction Services Manager (Specialist in Financial Due Diligence, Business Valuation and M&A)
• Associate Director – Blended Finance Specialist

Filling the link is mandatory for consideration alongside your email application to talentrecruit@kpmg.co.ke quoting the job title