Consultant/Associate Consultant - IT Due Diligence - Big4

Consultant - IT DD

Job Description

Roles and responsibilities:

- We are recruiting for a Consultant in the team. Working as an Associate Consultant in this team, your responsibilities will include:

- Work under the supervision of the KGS IT Due Diligence Manager

- Reconcile Target provided data points against the requested data list

- Review and extract relevant data from the client provided documents and structure them for US team to analyze

- Communicate gaps. risks, related opportunities, investments and costs specifically around : Strategy, Organization & Governance, Applications, Assets, Infrastructure, Security and Compliance to KGS IT Due Diligence Manager or the US IT due diligence team as required

- Assist in research on Target around history, industry trends and issues. Collaborate with the US team to make the analysis relevant to Target.

- Assist in conducting benchmarking around IT spend, organization and others as requested

Essential skills required :

Education / professional qualifications

- MBA / Bachelor s degree in a related field from an accredited college / university

- MCSE or other infrastructure certification preferred, or equivalent experience

Prior Experience:

- The candidate must One to Three years of technology consulting experience focused on the deal advisory integration and separation processes

Technical skills:

Experience in implementing Information Technology processes, technologies, best practices, and frameworks, including:

- Application Support & Maintenance

- Network & Data Center Operations Management

- Software Development Life Cycle

- Service Management

- Security

- Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity

- Cloud - based Deployment Models (e.g., Infrastructure - as - a - Service)

- Software Asset Management / Compliance

- Infrastructure Optimization (e.g., consolidation, rationalization, cost savings)

- Service Level Definition and Agreements / IT Scorecard and Metrics

Knowledge / certification in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) service management and service support processes, and CMM SEI and / or CoBiT standards

- Knowledge about enterprise business applications (e.g.ERP, CRM)

- Experience in assisting with technology assessment / due diligence

- Knowledge of 3rd party contractual relationships, including an understanding of sourcing deal / contract risk exposures and areas / gaps between current state and leading industry practices;

- Can work with other members of the IT Diligence team to develop current state findings, identification of risks and opportunities, and develop transformation plans;

Country: India

Location: Gurgaon

Service Line: Integration & Separation

Industry Sector / s: Financial Services

Contract Type: Permanent

Employment Type: Full Time

About us

KPMG is a leading professional services firm comprising over 174, 000 professionals who work together to deliver value in more than 155 countries through in - depth industry insights in Audit, Tax & Advisory. The firm recorded more than USD 24.4 billion in revenues in 2015.

The position in discussion is with the Deal Advisory team at KPMG Global Services (KGS), which is KPMG s global delivery center and is an integral part of the firm s strategy to enhance innovation, build scalability, and improve profitability, globally.

KGS Deal Advisory Group is a team of over 415 professionals based in Gurgaon.

KGS DA has been providing solutions to KPMG member firms globally. Leveraging insights and applying best practices, the team helps create customized approaches to M&A transactions. The team s capabilities include Corporate Finance, Transaction Services, Strategy, Business Modeling, Accounting Advisory Services, Deal Advisory Research and benchmarking.