Manager, IT Infrastructure Due Diligence, M&A Strategy

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• Lead buy-side and sell-side assessments across key IT domains for potential client acquisitions; identify IT risks, opportunities, and investments needed, and compile comprehensive due diligence reports that include findings, impact analyses, and strategic recommendations for senior stakeholders
• Drive IT integration and separation initiatives from sign-to-close and post-close stages
• Lead development of draft deliverables and work products such as IT current state assessments, entanglement identification, IT operating model definitions, IT synergies, and day 1 and post-close plans
• Oversee the execution of IT plans and establish robust program governance frameworks; develop and manage work products such as status reports and risk and issue logs, ensuring successful delivery and alignment with project timelines
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and address IT-related dependencies, risks, and opportunities and ensure alignment with deal objectives and adjust strategies as needed to meet evolving business requirements
• Facilitate high-level discussions and lead presentations with executive IT and business client stakeholders
• Mentor and develop junior staff, providing guidance and support to enhance their skills and professional growth
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment
  
  

• Minimum five 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/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 as well as proficiency 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)

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