Senior Associate, Strategy - Private Equity

Responsibilities

• Participate in enterprise-wide strategy and performance improvement engagements for private equity clients and support the process from start to finish, including scopes, coordinating final deliverables, and assisting with presentation of results
• Establish client value propositions that tie key strategic, financial, and operational metrics directly to business improvement for both corporate and private equity clients
• Act as a day-to-day, full-time project member to help ensure successful problem formulation, comprehensive analysis, and problem resolution
• Support the development and implementation of strategic roadmaps, key engagement interviews, and research, and help facilitate client workshops
• Work closely with the engagement Partner, Managing Director, Director or Manager to help build relationships with clients, with focus on private equity firms and their portfolios
• Participate in professional development of more junior KPMG Strategy team members and assist with the recruiting and training of new staff

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of consulting experience in a client-facing strategy discipline at a major strategy, boutique strategy, or Big 4 firm with strong private equity focus
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in Business Administration, Engineering, or other related field; Masters degree in Business Administration from an accredited college or university is preferred
• Proven experience of articulating and advising on strategic issues in several of the following business areas: value creation, growth strategy, product innovation, business model transformations, operating model and profitability improvement, data monetization, and strategic planning, with experience leading and managing consulting teams; experience in one or more of our key industry sectors (Consumer/Retail, Energy, Financial Services, Industrial Markets, TMT, HCLS); cross-industry background preferred
• Excellent foundational consulting skills including strong interpersonal and presentation skills, deep strategic business acumen, and well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to understand how business model decisions impact operating model design and execution across operations, technology, and organizational design
• 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)