Manager - Strategy

Role Overview

Manager - Strategy at KPMG. This role leads independent engagements with analytical and financial rigor across Commercial Due Diligence, feasibility, and strategy work.

Role Purpose

To independently lead engagements by translating ambiguous business problems into structured analytical approaches, building and reviewing financial models, developing commercial insights grounded in data, and supporting senior stakeholders with clear, defensible investment views.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Due Diligence & Strategy

• Lead Commercial Due Diligence engagements covering market assessment, competition analysis, target assessment, and business plan review.
• Conduct commercial strategy and feasibility studies.
• Structure workstreams independently.
• Identify key value drivers and risks.
• Develop clear investment theses and strategic options.

Financial Analysis & Modeling

• Build and review complex financial models, particularly in real estate, infrastructure, and financial services sectors.
• Conduct scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and calculate return metrics including IRR, NPV, and payback.
• Diagnose issues in models quickly and refine assumptions.
• Work with investment cases, feasibility models, and transaction scenarios.

Stakeholder Management & Leadership

• Work directly with senior stakeholders.
• Support senior stakeholders with clear, defensible investment views.
• Operate with minimal supervision in high-pressure timelines.
• Own and deliver end-to-end analytical modules.

Business & Sector Analysis

• Rapidly understand new sectors and business models.
• Identify commercial levers and risks.
• Apply experience across multiple sectors.

Qualifications & Experience

• Hands-on experience in Commercial Due Diligence engagements and commercial strategy work.
• Experience working on investment evaluations and financial feasibilities.
• Prior experience in equity research, transaction advisory, investment advisory roles, or strategy consulting with strong analytical exposure.
• CFA Level II (or above) strongly preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Advanced financial analysis and modeling expertise.
• Strong business acumen.
• Ability to rapidly understand new sectors and business models.
• Hands-on financial modeling experience.
• Extreme comfort with financial analysis.