KPMG - Team Leader - KGS Research

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 RAK; Research, Analysis & Knowledge Division (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.
 
Roles and responsibilities : 

We are recruiting for a Team Leader in the Research, Team. Working as a Team Leader in this team, your responsibilities will include:

- Connect with research users (advisors from KPMG member firms across the world) to understand project objectives, scope, and deliverables Manage available staff resources and secure additional resource as required.

- Effectively manage the request intake process including participating in project scoping calls to clarify understanding and prepare a detailed project scope document capability.

- Conceive, design and execute secondary research on: Deals confidently with challenges by responding with a rationale to support their argument

- Company: business model, segments, revenue model, strategy, issues / challenges, M&A history, competitive positioning, organization structure, key management, recent developments, SWOT, etc. - High job volume.

- Market: industry value chain, size and growth outlook, trends and drivers, growth inhibitors and challenges, competitive landscape, Porter's / PESTLE analysis, etc.

- Financials: broad analysis of income statement, balance sheet, cash flows, ratios, segment performance, etc.

- Competitors: comparative performance of companies on financial and operational KPIs, relative strengths and weaknesses, etc.

- Drive the analysis of the above to draw key insights; map a company's strategy and pain points to KPMG's services, in order to advise the practitioners on possible business development opportunities /scope; deliver insights on client engagements; etc.

- Articulate findings through visually appealing / appropriate frameworks and in a clear, concise, and grammatically correct business English (both written and verbal)

- Ensure effective presentation of client deliverables - prepare client ready presentations that are well structured, logical and clear to understand

- Guide Senior Analysts (SA) and Business Associates (BA) across each stage of projects - from communicating client requirements, scoping and work allocation, to continuous supervision and review across secondary research, analysis and discussions, story-lining, and preparing deliverables

- Ensure highest quality (for self and team members output) and on-time delivery for all the projects. Manage work in case of:

- Independently handle multiple projects, with minimal supervision from Manager/Assistant Manager

- Provide on-the-job and other classroom-based training (technical/databases) to SAs and BAs, and implement regular feedback mechanism

- Work collaboratively with onshore KPMG teams in the development of and delivery of presentations and key findings

- Drive the team's operations (staffing, MI, etc.) and key initiatives (such as training, team get together, BD collaterals, etc.)

Essential skills required:

Education / professional qualifications:

- The candidate must have 3.5 to 5.5 years of relevant experience in a similar role, particularly in a professional services firm / third-party KPO / specialized research houses, or research divisions of investment banks;

- With Post Graduate qualification (MBA / CFA / CA / M.Com. / PG in Economics)

- Experience of working on disruptive technology concepts (such as cloud computing, big data, consumerization of IT), fundamentals of the hardware and software industry, and/or telecom concepts (regulatory environment, the telecom ecosystem, spectrum holding patterns, shift in telco strategy, value-added, non-voice services, enterprise services, etc.) and/or the localized media landscape

- Understanding of challenges and growth drivers for the sector and have a view on their implications

- Experience in preparing reports, thought leaderships, media articles, industry landscapes, company analysis and regulatory updates

- Experience of working within a dynamic environment across different time zones

Prior Experience:

- Prior experience in team management (of 2-4 juniors for 2-3 years) - ability to identify team members- strengths, development areas and training needs, effectively allocating work, providing feedback, etc.

- Strong numerical, analytical and strategic thinking skills, and sound business acumen.

- Prior experience in project scoping, effort estimate, project work planning, team handling, staffing, providing feedback, etc.

- Credible record of operating as an independent contributor and also working as part of a team during larger projects

- High problem solving skills; ability to drive through to an outcome in circumstances of complexity and ambiguity

- Ability to assess technical information to distill key strategic insights and convey these succinctly, clearly and confidently, verbally and in written form

- Produce professional, neat and client ready power point presentations and excel worksheets

- Team player; self-driven and ability to work independently

Technical skills: 

- Strong numerical, analytical and strategic thinking skills, and sound business / commercial acumen

Behavioral / team skills : 

- Personal drive and positive work ethic to deliver results within tight deadlines and in demanding situations

- Flexibility to adapt to a variety of engagement types, working hours and work environments and locations

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Team player; self-driven and ability to work independently