Director, Finance & Accounting M&A Strategy

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KPMG is currently seeking a Director to join our KPMG Strategy practice.

Responsibilities :

• Lead sales and delivery of client engagements assisting corporate and private equity clients with significant transactions including acquisitions and divestitures with focus on the finance & accounting function
• Work with KPMGs M&A Services teams on F&A engagements and/or work streams, focusing on full range of finance and accounting activities at the clients
• Partner with KPMG teams including financial due diligence, accounting advisory services, transaction tax, management consulting financial management, enterprise system, risk consulting and treasury services
• Assist with selling, and delivering client engagements for corporate and private equity groups with significant transactions including acquisitions and divestitures with operational focus on the finance & accounting function

Qualifications :

• Minimum of eight years of experience providing accounting and management consulting services to corporate and/or private equity clients as part of a major consulting/advisory firm or minimum of eight years of financial reporting and consolidations experience with a Fortune 500 organization; experience to include go-to-market activities including writing proposals and orals presentations, engagement setup including drafting engagement letters, working with risk management, and setting up engagements
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in an appropriate field; licensed CPA or MBA a plus
• Experience with engagement delivery to include project management of complex cross-functional and Finance only engagements; ability to build and maintain strong client relationships at the functional and executive level
• Significant Operational M&A transaction experience in all phases of the deal lifecycle from pre-signing to post-close operations; must have extensive hands-on experience assisting with the operational details of transactions both pre- and post-close
• Extensive experience with the finance and accounting function of large complex organizations focusing on Target Operating Model design for Day 1 events and beyond; experience with Finance & Accounting sub-functions including Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, FP&A, Treasury, Tax and Internal Audit
• Proven knowledge and experience with legal entity optimization, transition service agreements (TSAs), charts of accounts, shared services and Day 1 readiness
• Willingness and ability to travel
• 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)