Deal Advisory

As a graduate, you can expect real variety here in Deal Advisory. On this programme, you’ll join either our Deal Analytics or Technology in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) team, undertaking client-facing work, providing advice and adding value at every stage of the deal cycle – including on some very high profile deals.

Deal Analytics is a fast-growing team within Deal Advisory that adds value for clients across a wide variety of industries, using data-enabled solutions. Our team uses big data tools and our own analytics platform to transform large volumes of financial data into a user-friendly format, in order to provide insights into what really boosts performance. We provide insights on customers, products, and other areas including, but not restricted to, sustainability, revenue, pricing, profitability drivers, concentration risk, ‘winners & losers’ and wallet share.

The Technology in M&A team at KPMG has ambitious growth plans and you will be part of a growing and dynamic team. We work globally with both acquirers and vendors on pre- and post-deal technology challenges in M&A transactions while also developing technology-enabled in-house tools to best support our clients. Working alongside our colleagues within Deal Advisory, we provide an integrated and value-adding service to our clients to support them to make their transactions successful.

We help our clients to buy, sell, fund, fix and partner with confidence, taking them from an initial idea right through to delivery. It’s all about blending our deep sector expertise with our execution skills and working with teams from the wider firm to help each client make the right decisions. It’s about aligning the work we do to where our clients need us most.

As a graduate, you can expect real variety here in Deal Advisory. As we’re involved in the whole deal cycle, it isn’t just about simply handling transactions. You’ll be undertaking client-facing work, providing advice and adding value at every stage – including on some very high-profile deals. It could be that you’re advising a company on a merger, how to see a new acquisition through successfully. It’s a fast-paced environment and you’ll come across plenty of new challenges. But you’ll also have the support that comes from being part of a collaborative environment where fresh perspectives are valued and questions are welcomed. Put simply, we’ll make sure you have the responsibility you need to grow quickly along with the training you need to feel confident from the start. We’ll also support you to achieve a professional qualification and you can choose the learning style that best suits you – you could front-load your exams or spread them out across the programme. Either way, you’ll be an important part of the team from the start, with real scope to play your own part in shaping our future.

Joining either Corporate Finance (Valuations and Infrastructure Advisory Group)or Transaction Services (Financial Advisory, and Integration & Separation), during the 3 years programme you will have the opportunity to enhance your commercial understanding and broaden your knowledge and networks.

We offer 2 different training paths for our Deal Advisory Graduate Programmes – Empowered or Intensive. Both programmes take 3 years to complete; they just offer different routes to achieving success. Our Empowered Programme offers you the chance to work and study near your KPMG office and follow blended work experience and study (classroom and online learning) towards ACA or CA (Scotland) qualification - local to your home office location. Some travel will be required for client work and exams will be spread out over the 3 year programme.

We help our clients to buy, sell, fund, fix and partner with confidence, taking them from an initial idea right through to delivery. It’s all about blending our deep sector expertise with our execution skills and working with teams from the wider firm to help each client make the right decisions. It’s about aligning the work we do to where our clients need us most.

As a graduate, you can expect real variety here in Deal Advisory. As we’re involved in the whole deal cycle, it isn’t just about simply handling transactions. You’ll be undertaking client-facing work, providing advice and adding value at every stage – including on some very high-profile deals. It could be that you’re advising a company on a merger, or how to see a new acquisition through successfully. It’s a fast-paced environment and you’ll come across plenty of new challenges. But you’ll also have the support that comes from being part of a collaborative environment where fresh perspectives are valued and questions are welcomed. Put simply, we’ll make sure you have the responsibility you need to grow quickly along with the training you need to feel confident from the start. We’ll also support you to achieve a professional qualification and you can choose the learning style that best suits you – you could front-load your exams or spread them out across the programme. Either way, you’ll be an important part of the team from the start, with real scope to play your own part in shaping our future.

Joining either Corporate Finance (Valuations and Infrastructure Advisory Group) or Transaction Services (Financial Advisory, and Integration & Separation), during the 3 years programme you will have the opportunity to enhance your commercial understanding and broaden your knowledge and networks.

We offer 2 different training paths for our Deal Advisory Graduate Programmes – Empowered or Intensive. Both programmes take 3 years to complete; they just offer different routes to achieving success. Our ACA Intensive Programme offers you the chance, in year one to study full-time near a KPMG training hub in either London, Birmingham or Manchester – completing a 12 months study focus to pass 14 of 15 exams. Then in years 2 and 3 of the programme, you'll work at your KPMG office base, focus on work experience, which includes some travel for client work, and complete exam 15 of 15.

In today's ever-changing world, businesses need to move quickly if they want to make the most of new opportunities. In Mergers & Acquisitions, we provide the advice that enables organisations on both sides of a transaction to navigate the challenges successfully. Our remit spans acquisitions, disposals, mergers and IPOs across a host of end markets and sectors and is at the sharp end of business strategy. It makes life as a graduate here very fast-paced – and incredibly rewarding.

Our 3 year programme will give you a solid insight into the world of business, combining structured training, work experience and on-the-job coaching. You'll not only gain a broad commercial awareness, you'll also develop an end-to-end understanding of the deal and economic cycle.

Whether we're advising sellers or buyers, we create holistic solutions that add real value. You might find yourself helping a business prepare for exit, for example, or looking at which companies could be open to acquisition in a particular market. A market leader, we are consistently ranked among the most active corporate finance advisors globally and the deals we advise upon are often international in scope – many of these in the public eye. We operate within a robust framework but, as you grow in experience, you'll have the opportunity to shape the strategies behind our clients' decisions and help to influence their successes. We're looking for people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a collaborative mentality. You'll be keen to share ideas and build relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders alike. You'll also welcome different perspectives and be happy to share your own.

We work with a range of clients including both private and public companies, the Public Sector, private equity houses, leading financial institutions and individuals across two core areas: Corporate Finance and Transaction Services.

In Restructuring we support companies to address the complex challenges that cause them to underperform or threaten their survival. Restructuring is engaged by a wide range of stakeholders to companies, or the businesses themselves, to provide them with advice wherever an element of stress or distress is evident in a company’s operations.

You could find yourself helping our clients by acting as advisors to businesses or their key stakeholders, providing a range of operational, strategic and financial assistance; or restructuring financially troubled businesses, often performing reviews focused around the structure of existing debt and based on current and forecast trading performance – this could be on behalf of financial institutions, in addition to working directly with corporates. You could be supporting in providing turnaround services to underperforming businesses, including reviews of cash and working capital as well as more operational restructuring. Or even acting in a formal insolvency capacity as an administrator, liquidator, receiver or trustee. In these processes, you’d be part of a team wholly responsible for day-to-day management of the insolvent’s affairs and have responsibility for maximising the outcome from the process for the benefit of creditors.