Corporate Finance Manager (in Dubai)

About Us

• KPMG was established in the Lower Gulf in 1973 and has grown to over 1,300 professionals, led by more than 90 partners and directors, across six regional offices.
• Over the last 40 years, KPMG has worked with leading industry players across the region, helping identify and manage risks and capitalize on opportunities - making us a preferred professional services provider.
• We play a pivotal role in helping clients make their own success stories. At various stages of growth, our clients look to us for timely and independent advice.
• Our professionals are selected from a deep talent pool of industry specialists. They offer significant knowledge, local experience, and a client-focused approach – and are integrated into a network of professionals working with KPMG firms around the world

Responsibilities

• Interprets and synthesizes data, exercises professional skepticism to challenge data, and develop recommendations to support the client’s objectives
• Prepare workplan, budgets and timeline for engagements
• Assist Partners/Directors in carrying out valuation engagements
• Conduct industry research and understand drivers of growth within an industry/sector, identify relevant trends, competitive landscape, and market conditions
• Review and analyzes historical trading, cash flow, and balance sheets to identify risks or price affecting considerations
• Responsible for engagement management and risk management
• Coach junior staff in technical valuations skills, industry knowledge and soft skills.
• Assists and take part in various internal initiatives (digitization, industry specialization, value creation)
• Ability to develop financial models for assessing key financial drivers for conducting valuations and sensitivities
• Present valuation findings internally and externally to clients
• Prepare high quality client presentations and participate in internal and external marketing activities as well as general business development
• Show real interest and desire to understand clients, market features and technical aspects while providing input into designing/implementing solutions alongside senior colleagues
• Actively develop, monitor, mentor and coach team members and Junior member by demonstrating appropriate behavior and delegate where appropriate
• Identify areas for development and proactively seek opportunities for greater responsibility to increase skill set and build on existing strengths
• Enhance KPMG's reputation in the market by delivering high quality engagement work and project management, showing high attention to detail, and always managing risk
• Set up procedures to monitor work progress, quality, and cost against budget, while consulting widely on engagements and other matters
• Create a visible presence within KPMG and the external market, increasing interactivity across teams and with clients

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Financial advisory / Corporate Finance either in an Investment bank, Big 4 or boutique advisory firms
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related fields with strong academic background
• Preferably MBA graduate and qualified CFA
• Experience in M&A, Business Valuation, Financial Modeling
• Strong numerical, analytical; strategic thinking and project management skills
• Ability to work on a range of projects simultaneously to demanding timetables
• Personal drive and integrity to deliver results within tight deadlines
• Commitment to high quality standards and a detail-oriented approach
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to build and develop strong relationships with clients and multipliers in the market

We offer

• Competitive tax-free salary + performance based annual bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday and flight ticket annually
• Private Medical Group Insurance (including family cover)
• Family-friendly benefits and policies
• Flexible and Hybrid working options
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