Manager- I&S UK Ops

Job Description
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The Integration & Separation Advisory Team
KPMG's Ops In M&A Integration & Separation Advisory Team is a growing and dynamic team. We work with both vendors and acquirers on mergers, acquisitions, divestments, exits and joint ventures, both pre and post-deal.
The Team Offers Four Key Proposition Areas
Separation: Supporting vendors to plan and deliver a credible, discrete standalone entity to the Buyer with value preserved and business continuity in place from Day 1, including supporting the definition and implementation of transitional service agreements.
Integration: Pre and post deal integration design, planning and implementation to integrate the target business into the Buyer’s organisation whilst mitigating risk and enhancing value.
Synergies: Understanding the potential benefits and costs generated through a proposed transaction, and the associated plans, interdependencies, risks and issues for the delivery of base and stretch case targets.
Joint Ventures: Helping respective partners ensure the key value considerations are identified and prioritised early and delivered through the associated business plan, leveraging each party’s specific contribution and capabilities and managing broader stakeholder relationships.
Responsibilities
Role Requirements - Leadership & Management:
To act as a role model for Ops in M&A Integration and Separation (I&S) team values (in line with the values of the firm) and demonstrates behaviours in line with the I&S Charter
To regularly seek feedback from peers, juniors and senior members of the team, and act on this feedback
To actively contribute to an open, constructive and positive team environment
To proactively offer support to other team members when they have capacity
To proactively identify their own development needs, in consultation with their Performance Manager, and proactively manages engagement work to ensure they can attend relevant training
Qualifications
Experience Required:
Essential
Previous experience of Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Procurement project management roles and responsibilities.
Exposure to client environments and working with stakeholders at various levels
Candidates will have strong interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrable personal impact, flexibility, drive and commitment.
Working in a team environment
A keen interest in mergers and acquisitions
Desirable
Previous experience in Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Procurement, Transaction Services, Management Consulting, or Audit
Previous experience of managing other team members
Expertise / Technical Role Requirements
Highly competent user of MS suite (excel, powerpoint etc)
Business acumen, with analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to understand how business model decisions impact operating model design/execution across operations, technology, risk governance and organizational design
Skills Required
The candidate will be looking to broaden their current skill set and will embrace the opportunity to work at client sites with a relatively high level of autonomy
Possess strong interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate personal impact, flexibility, drive and dedication.
Excellent team player
Good client relationship skills
Financial acumen and commercial awareness
Analysis and problem solving
Report writing
Individuals should be comfortable working in the high pressured yet often ambiguous and flexible conditions that characterise transactions.

Work arrangement
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