25/26 Off-cycle intern-ADV-Transaction-Deal Strategy-Hong Kong

【Service Line Overview】

KPMG Deal Strategy team helps companies identify and deliver real value from major deals, including acquisitions and divestitures, that have lasting impacts on the future of their business. We support our clients during all stages of the deal cycle, including pre-acquisition commercial due diligence, operational due diligence, carve-out assistance, post-merger integration and other value creation opportunities. We help executive teams, management, and stakeholders to assess the impacts of a deal and develop thorough, strategies and executable plans that ensure the strategic rationale of the deal is delivered. We work with clients in the financial services industry, from fintech to insurance companies, banks to asset managers and securities brokers to crypto-currency exchanges in the Asia Pacific region.

【Job Description】

KPMG Deal Strategy provides various types of buy-side and sell-side deal advisory support throughout the deal cycle:

• Integration/separation planning and execution

• Value creation opportunity identification, analysis and realisation

• Target identification and evaluation

• JV and partnership strategy

• Exit strategies, divestments and carve-outs

• IPO support

Potential areas of exposure during Placement in the KPMG Deal Strategy Team:

Integration

• Support pre deal due diligence and provide strategic advice to Executives on Integration Risk
• Help set up and manage an Integration Management Office
• Develop a target operating model to outline how the merged company will operate post transaction
• Assist the client to develop detailed integration plans
• Offer change management support and advice

Separation

• Support sell side due diligence
• Help develop the operating model for the separated business and remaining business
• Assist with negotiating transaction commercial terms
• Assist with drafting deal documents
• Assist in development of detailed separation plans
• Help set up and manage a Separation Management Office

Commercial, Operational Due Diligence And Other Value Creation Opportunities

• Assess markets, segmentations and overall attractiveness, including estimating size and projected growth
• Review the regulatory landscape and assess the strengths and weaknesses of competitors
• Identify synergy initiatives and/or review synergy plans presented by management during merger transactions
• Assist in estimating additional costs required for the carved-out entity to operate as a standalone business in a carve-out transaction
• Help identify operational risks and upsides associated with a transaction
• In a post-deal scenario, assist clients with synergy or cost savings tracking, planning, and initial execution
• Support the identification, analysis and delivery of value-creation opportunities through the development of extensive models rooted in financial and non-financial data
• Perform industry research, produce benchmarks, and collect financial and operational KPIs to leverage external insights and challenge performance

【Job Requirements】

• Strong interest in Deal Strategy, financial services and corporates

• An interest in planning and/or implementing business performance improvement initiatives in an operational, financial, engineering or strategy role is considered a plus

• Ability to interpret financial statements and evaluate financial performance of a business through analysis

• Strong analytical, financial and commercial skills

• Good time management skills

• Good written and verbal presentation and communication skills

• A team player with high levels of enthusiasm and a self-driven mentality

• Ability to perform under pressure

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Word. Other advanced analytics skills are also a differentiator (Alteryx, Python, Power BI, SQL, etc)

• Proficiency in English. Written and spoken Mandarin is preferred (but not a requirement)

Keys to your success:

• Demonstrated ability to work with senior management/managing multiple stakeholders

• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, and comfortable working with incomplete information and ability to make intelligent assumptions to produce high level estimates

• Organizational and prioritization skills; ability to work with guidance, and manage priorities in a fast-paced environment often with multiple or competing deadlines

• Willingness to challenge, question and investigate facts, which is a key part of the due diligence process

• A motivated self-starter with a high level of attention to detail