Job Description

Associate Director - Strategy & Performance Transformation, Consumer, Retail & Leisure sector #LI-CP1
London
Advisory
Permanent, Full-Time
The Opportunity
KPMG's Strategy Group is looking for candidates with Deal Strategy experience to help further strengthen our Strategy Consulting presence in the Deals market - across a range of sectors. This particular role is for an Associate Director with a sector focus on the Consumer, Retail & Leisure industry. However, experience outside of this sector, and in other forms of strategy consulting, may also be relevant.
Our Deal Strategy proposition is delivered from within KPMG's Strategy Group, an expanding and ambitious business unit which works across Growth, Transact and Transform situations. The Strategy Group consist of a diverse team of ~500 UK practitioners working collaboratively with capabilities from across our wider Advisory business and our international partner firms.
Responsibilities
To be an effective Associate Director within our Strategy & Performance Transformation applicants will be expected to:

• Take a leadership role with the team and to hold a high quality, credible reputation with clients and in the broader market - experience of a range of M&A related projects will be critical, eg Commercial DD, M&A Strategy, Value creation etc
• Design and run mid-sized to large projects and / or very large, complex workstreams
• Act as primary client liaison on KPMG engagements and act as an 'ambassador' for the firm
• Produce client-ready deliverables that exceed expectations and require minimal review
• Develop solutions to complex problems and challenge the thinking of more senior colleagues and clients
• Help design - and guide junior staff to - execute detailed financial / business models performing complex scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Identify go-to-market and marketing opportunities and assume day-to-day responsibility for taking these to clients
• Maintain active contact with mid-level clients outside of engagement situations
• Show initiative to identify and drive thought leadership and knowledge management activities
• Take day-to-day responsibility that the firm's risk management frameworks are adhered to
• Actively seek out leadership opportunities, take responsibility for a selection of internal processes and generally act as a leader in the S&PT and an inspiration to more junior team members
• Provide timely feedback and coaching to other team members
• Lead on practice development activities to ensure successful delivery of initiatives

Key Competencies
At KPMG, we seek candidates who can thrive in our high-performance culture and can demonstrate the following behaviours:
Deliver Impact:

• Make sound decisions: Exercises sound business judgment when making decisions
• Foster innovation: Embraces a culture of innovation and experimentation to create value
• Apply a strategic perspective: Uses diverse sets of inputs to develop a broad perspective on business and people issues

Seek Growth:

• Take opportunities to learn and adapt: Uses insights and self-reflection to build capability and embrace new challenges
• Develop and motivate others: Engages teams, instils confidence, and coaches people to find meaning in their work and achieve exceptional results
• Build collaborative relationships: Establishes strong relationships internally and externally and builds wide and productive networks

Inspire Trust:

• Drive quality: Delivers high-quality products and exceptional service that provide value
• Act ethically and responsibly: Behaves ethically and encourages others to do the same
• Advocate for Equality: Creates opportunities to address inequity and enables all people to feel like they belong

Your Experience
Successful applicants will demonstrate the following:
Work Experience:

• Extensive experience working in a leading strategy consulting business, Big 4 firm or strategy / Corporate Development team in industry
• Strong foundational understanding of the value drivers across the broadly defined Consumer sector: Consumer Goods, Retail & Travel & Leisure businesses - and views on the future outlook for this sector
• Experience of leading mid-sized and large projects: designing work plans, team structures and then managing these to (i) excellent client output and (ii) strong project economics

• This should include an extensive coverage of recent M&A transactions, eg CDD, VDD, M&A Strategy or Value Creation projects in the Consumer sector
• Evidence of taking responsibility for designing proposals, scopes and pricing for mid-sized and large consulting assignments
• Pro-active role in business development activity, designing client ready pitches, generating differentiated insights and holding personal client relationships
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with team members and broader (internal and external) stakeholders
• Strong track record of building followership among more junior staff members
• Non-client facing roles in driving practice forward in areas such as team management, training, technical tool development, liaison with service suppliers etc

Technical skills:

• Strong academic track record
• Evidence of strong problem-solving & analytical capabilities
• Structured thinking skills combined with creativity
• Ability to evaluate complex challenges and deliver insightful recommendations that can be practically executed
• Ability review and assess large volumes of technical data and distil the key strategic insights
• Strong numerical capabilities combined with sound commercial acumen
• Ability to build complex financial models that support our recommendations to clients
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Other language skills would be a strong bonus

KPMG Overview:
KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Legal, Tax and Advisory services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity, insight and experience to solve our clients' and communities' biggest problems. We've been doing this for more than 150 years.
We aim to be universally recognised as a place for great people to do their best work. A firm known for our collaborative and inclusive culture, using technology to empower and equip our people to deliver outstanding work with real flexibility - through inspiring workspaces, innovative ways to collaborate and hybrid ways of working.
With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our mission is simple: To support the UK in a connected world. It guides everything we do, underpinned by our values: Courage, Integrity, Excellence, Together and For Better.