Consultant​/Senior Consultant, Financial Modelling & Value Creation

Overview

At KPMG, you’ll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.

We help companies grow and enhance shareholder value by providing strategic advice on major transactions. As one of the world’s leading transaction advisers, we provide an integrated portfolio of investment banking and advisory services, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, transaction support, capital market transactions, restructuring services, valuations and fairness opinions. Acting independently of financing sources, we are able to provide clients with pure, objective advice, focusing on strategies that can help meet corporate objectives.

Individuals who take deep personal accountability for their work, have a passion for excellence, driven to achieve their full potential and understand the value of building relationships with clients, future clients, their communities, the global firm and each other. A KPMG professional should have all the following characteristics

• Strong work ethic
• Thrive on challenges
• Dedicated to providing outstanding client service
• A strong entrepreneurial mindset

KPMG is experiencing significant growth in demand to support our clients. We are currently searching for a Consultant/Senior Consultant in KPMG’s Investment Analytics team (Financial Modelling & Value Creation). This dedicated team of specialists, as a part of the larger KPMG Valuation group, advises corporations and institutional investors on strategic, operational, and financial topics. We work directly with our clients to quantify and solve complex business and investment challenges, and support client’s management with making the right decisions, based on sound, fundamental analysis.

The successful candidate will be responsible for

• Working in teams to develop and review complex financial models for strategic business planning, mergers & acquisitions, investment decisions, portfolio analysis and capital allocation, debt analysis, cost‑benefit‑analysis, and tax planning
• Identify issues and propose strategies to client’s management related to business planning and forecasting
• Working in teams to conduct industry research and detailed financial analysis of targeted companies/projects
• Independently performing primary and secondary research, including data gathering, interviews, surveys, and benchmarking analysis
• Working on strategic cost evaluation projects and designing strategies to capture/create value
• Participating in discussions and meetings with clients’ management teams
• Preparing and presenting client documentation
• Developing relationships with current and prospective clients

The successful candidate will also possess the following

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce with a major either in finance or accounting
• 0 to 5 years of related work experience
• Prior working experience in a financial modelling role is an asset (investment banking, corporate development, equity research, corporate FP&A, consulting)
• A CFA title (completed or in progress) and/or a CBV title (completed or in progress) will be considered major assets
• Advanced financial modelling skills in Microsoft Excel; additional skills with visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI are considered assets
• Exceptional problem‑solving skills - analytical, quantitative and conceptual
• Effective organization and time management skills with ability to work in a demanding environment, overtime and adhere to project deadlines
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
• Bilingual (French and English) with strong writing skills in both French and English

This position requires proficiency in both French and English. The selected candidate may be required to support and collaborate with English‑speaking colleagues or stakeholders from KPMG Canada located outside of Quebec. This requires the ability to communicate effectively in both spoken and written French and English.

• Ability to manage own learning and succeed in a fast‑paced environment
• Excellent organizational skills and…