Assistant Manager -UK I&S Tech

#KGS

We are recruiting for Assistant Manager / Manager in the Technology M&A team. In this role you would leading small to medium sized engagements (technology due diligence, post-merger integrations, carve outs) and being the day to day support for clients on these engagements. You will work closely alongside Senior Managers/Directors on delivery of multiple projects simultaneously. 

1. Your responsibilities will include 

Due Diligence

• Analyzing target data to build up a view on the technology of the business including cost, products and systems, and IT contracts 
• Finding risks in Target’s IT environment, remediations and associated costs 
• Condensing the data and explaining findings to other team members, highlighting the impact of technology on the business strategy, operations, and ultimately, deal valuation
• Developing an understanding of IT benchmark and qualitative information to provide insights to clients to describe a typical IT function
• Assisting and leading client communications, calls and meetings
• Contributing content for sections of IT reports/deliverables

Integration and Separation

• Advising clients and managing all client communications on all technology aspects of integration, separation (carve outs) and optimization initiatives (e.g. synergy analysis) including the development of target operating models, understanding the current IT landscape, defining transitional service agreements, developing detailed plans, and supporting the implementation of such plans.
• Leading the technology workstream in integrations and separations within a larger team of Integration & Separation colleagues to fulfil their workstream objectives
• Facilitating and leading key client workshops and meetings
• Identifying, reviewing, or calculating client synergies for IT within a larger team

Wider responsibilities

• Business development, ensuring high chargeability of the KGS team
• Project Management, including work allocations, guiding and reviewing quality of work of junior project team members
• People management, managing the performance of junior staff members through coaching and mentoring
• Interacting with senior client stakeholders as well as internal stakeholders (KPMG Partners and Directors)
• Supporting the growth of the team through development of new propositions and initiatives
• Ensuring engagement management protocols are followed and kept up to date including quality and risk management
• When you are not working on a project, you will provide support to senior colleagues in a number of different aspects such as preparation of proposal materials, development of propositions 

Job Requirements

Mandatory Skills

• MBA / Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited college/university preferably with major in Technology
• 6 to 10 years of experience in M&A IT Integration and Separation / IT strategy / IT due diligence / solution architecture / IT project management
• Good overall understanding of the following areas with specialist knowledge of at least one
  • Application Support & Maintenance
  • Network & Data Center Operations Management
  • Software Development Life Cycle
  • Service Management
  • Cyber Security 
  • End user computing
  • Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity
  • Cloud-based Deployment Models (e.g., Infrastructure-as-a- Service) Software Asset Management/Compliance
  • Infrastructure Optimization (e.g., consolidation, rationalization, cost savings)
  • Service Level Definition and Agreements / IT Scorecard and Metrics
  • Enterprise Resource Planning 
• Technology certifications such as ITIL, AWS, Azure, GCP, TOGAF, COBIT, CISSP, COMPTIA etc. would be a plus
• Knowledge about enterprise business applications (e.g. ERP, CRM) 
• Experience in assisting with technology assessment/diligence

1. Preferred Skills

• A good understanding of, or preferably a background in, an M&A environment
• IT specialization such as: IT strategy, applications, infrastructure, architecture, cyber security
• Experience in facilitating client meetings, workshops and interviews
• Project management experience and track record of successful delivery of projects
• Comfort with ambiguity, fluid consulting situations and a highly pressured environment as characteristic of transactions
• Ability to work well under pressure, learn quickly and leverage skills in new situations
• Ability to travel at a moderate level

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