Assistant Manager Strategy & Performance Transformation, Media sector

Job description

The Opportunity

KPMG’s Strategy & Performance Transformation practice is looking for exceptional candidates for a Senior Associate role.  The role will focus on Deal Strategy within the Media industry as part of the wider Telecommunications-Media-Technology sector, but with scope to work on the wider range of services including Growth Strategy, Deal Strategy, Cost and Operational strategy (including Economic Profitability Analysis) and Enterprise-wide Transformation.

The Strategy & Performance Transformation team is part of KPMG’s rapidly expanding Strategy Group, which delivers value for clients by challenging conventional thinking, bringing deep industry and functional insights and executing with investor-grade rigour.  We are a diverse team of over 150  practitioners, working collaboratively with and orchestrating KPMG’s broad set of capabilities within our Deal Advisory business.

Responsibilities

To be an effective Senior Associate within our Strategy & Performance Transformation applicants will be expected to:

• Liaise effectively with clients while working on engagements and act as an 'ambassador' for KPMG
• Design and run small projects and / or large, complex workstreams with limited oversight
• Produce client-ready deliverables that exceed expectations and require limited review
• Develop solutions to complex problems and challenge the thinking of more senior colleagues and clients
• Construct detailed financial / business models performing complex scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Ensure the firm's risk management frameworks are adhered to
• Be a strong and effective team player
• Provide timely feedback and coaching to other team members
• Contribute to thought leadership and knowledge management activities
• Support practice development activities to ensure successful delivery of initiatives

Key Competencies

At KPMG, we seek candidates who can thrive in our high-performance culture and can demonstrate the following behaviours:

Deliver Impact:

• Make sound decisions: Exercises sound business judgment when making decisions
• Foster innovation: Embraces a culture of innovation and experimentation to create value
• Apply a strategic perspective: Uses diverse sets of inputs to develop a broad perspective on business and people issues

Seek Growth:

• Take opportunities to learn and adapt: Uses insights and self-reflection to build capability and embrace new challenges
• Develop and motivate others: Engages teams, instils confidence, and coaches people to find meaning in their work and achieve exceptional results
• Build collaborative relationships: Establishes strong relationships internally and externally and builds wide and productive networks

Inspire Trust:

• Drive quality: Delivers high-quality products and exceptional service that provide value
• Act ethically and responsibly: Behaves ethically and encourages others to do the same
• Advocate for Equality: Creates opportunities to address inequity and enables all people to feel like they belong

Your Experience

Successful applicants will demonstrate the following:

Experience:

• More than 2 years’ experience working in a leading strategy house, Big 4 firm, or strategy / corporate development team in industry
• Strong interest in the Media sector and foundational understanding of the value drivers within Media businesses
• Experience of leading project workstreams and taking responsibility for small teams
• Prior involvement in business development activity and ability to contribute to thought leadership and knowledge management initiatives
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with team members and broader (internal and external) stakeholders

Technical skills:

• Strong academic track record
• Evidence of strong problem-solving & analytical capabilities
• Structured thinking skills combined with creativity
• Ability to evaluate complex challenges and deliver insightful recommendations that can be practically executed
• Ability review and assess large volumes of technical data and distil the key strategic insights
• Strong numerical capabilities combined with sound commercial acumen
• Ability to build complex financial models that support our recommendations to clients
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Other language skills would be a strong bonus

KPMG Overview:

KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Legal, Tax and Advisory services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity, insight and experience to solve our clients’ and communities’ biggest problems. We’ve been doing this for more than 150 years.

We aim to be universally recognised as a place for great people to do their best work. A firm known for our collaborative and inclusive culture, using technology to empower and equip our people to deliver outstanding work with real flexibility – through inspiring workspaces, innovative ways to collaborate and hybrid ways of working.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our mission is simple: To support the UK in a connected world. It guides everything we do, underpinned by our values: Courage, Integrity, Excellence, Together and For Better.