KPMG’s Deal Advisory practice wishes to recruit a Manager who has demonstrable experience in delivering sustainable finance-related projects that can achieve measurable impact..

The role of development finance within the Deal Advisory team is to deliver projects that support our clients to design and implement innovative financing solutions that achieve impact, while embedding fundamentals of our corporate finance services, including due diligence, valuations, strategy and financial modelling into programmatic approaches.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Working with senior colleagues in the business to manage small project teams for bespoke clients and situations or assisting in the management and delivery of larger complex projects.
• Supporting to identify client and stakeholder needs, supporting project teams in discussing solutions with clients and managing stakeholder communications.
• Using your own commercial experience, sector experts across the Firm and technology to undertake critical financial analysis of client forecasts and business plans.
• Maintaining a keen interest in the latest digital tools available to you within the Firm and how these can support us in solving complex client problems.
• Leading and attending meetings with client directors, key business intermediaries and other stakeholders (internal and external).
• Undertaking and overseeing analysis, including the identification of the root cause of financial / operational issues while also being able to adopt a more holistic perspective to a problem.
• Developing strategic options and engaging in stakeholder discussions and negotiations to achieve a client's strategic objectives.
• Producing high quality reports / presentations for a range of clients and stakeholders.
• Creating an inclusive environment which ensures different opinions are heard, our people can flourish, and we get the best outcomes for our clients.
• Actively involved in business development activities and networking events with potential new clients and intermediaries as well as proactively identifying new opportunities and innovative areas for us to support our clients
• Helping to foster a culture of continual development through the continuous investment in your own and your team's personal development and technical acumen, including initiating open and honest coaching conversations.

Academic/Professional qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in finance, accounting, economics or any other relevant field.
• Masters in development finance or any other relevant field is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 6-8 years experience within the development finance/ impact investing space.