Senior Associate, M&A IT Due Diligence Strategy

The KPMG Advisory practice is at the forefront of transformation, offering excellent opportunities for individuals to advance their careers and expertise with KPMG. Looking ahead, we anticipate continued evolution and success within the practice, fostering both personal and professional development, thereby creating new pathways for growth. In this ever-changing market environment, our professionals must be adaptable and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture. At KPMG, our people are our number one priority. With a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, a world-class training facility, and leading market tools, we help our people continue to grow both professionally and personally. If you're looking for a firm with a strong team connection where you can be your whole self, have an impact, advance your skills, deepen your experiences, and have the flexibility and access to constantly find new areas of inspiration and expand your capabilities, then consider a career in Advisory.

• Perform buy-side and sell-side assessments across key IT domains identifying IT risks, opportunities, and investments needed
• Draft due diligence reports outlining findings, impact analysis, and recommendations for clients
• Support sign-to-close and post-close IT integration and separations from planning to project execution, support development of deliverables including IT current state assessments, IT entanglement identification, IT operating model definition, IT synergies, and day 1 and post-close plan development
• Monitor the execution of IT plans and develop program governance work products including status reporting and identification and risk and issues
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify IT-related dependencies, risks and opportunities, ensuring alignment with deal objectives
• Facilitate discussions and support presentations with executive IT and business client stakeholders
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment
  
  

• Minimum three years of recent experience in technology/business consulting, or a combination of consulting and technology roles, with demonstrated involvement in IT transformation projects supporting IT-focused M&A projects: system integration/separation, platform migration, IT architecture modernization, outsourcing of IT operations, or regulatory technology implementation
• Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, finance, or a related field from an accredited college or university is required
• Familiarity with post-merger IT integration, carve-out separation, process reengineering, offshoring, or IT risk and compliance as well as an understanding of IT best practices and the core requirements for operating enterprise IT ecosystems
• Strong foundational project management skills, with the ability to analyze and present complex information to support decision-making processes
• Proficient in productivity suites (such as Microsoft Office 365) with strong skills in Excel; experience in Excel cost modeling is preferred
• Willingness and ability to travel as needed
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)