Strategy & Operations Senior Consultant/Consultant

KPMG Türkiye

KPMG Turkey Strategy and Operations team is looking at hiring a number of exceptional candidate to join their Istanbul office.

The team is looking to attract professional, talented individuals who have a passion for identifying and creating innovative solutions for clients. The role of KPMG strategy and Operations team is to work with C-level Executives to identify, structure and solve their most critical strategic issues across the economic and transaction cycles. As part of a fast-paced and dynamic group, our consultants offer strategic advice on financial, business and operating models to corporate, public sector and private equity clients. Our consultants also receive a superior level of coaching and support to enable them to meet the needs of our global client base.

Our Market-leading Propositions Include

It is an exciting time to join us as we are growing rapidly due to our unique propositions and the strength of our client relationships.

• Deals
• Enterprise-Wide Strategy
• Operating Strategy and Cost
• Growth

As a team, we are a group of bright individuals who are passionate about having fun both inside and outside of work.

Roles And Responsibilities

To be an effective Consultant / Senior Consultant within Strategy & Operations, applicants will be expected to:

• Support/Design and run small projects and / or large, complex workstreams with limited oversight
• Support/Generate Generate hypothesis and play a key role in storyboarding
• Liaise effectively with clients whilst working on engagements and act as an ‘ambassador’ for KPMG
• Produce client ready deliverables that exceed expectations and requires limited review
• Develop solutions to complex problems and challenge the thinking of more senior colleagues and clients
• Construct/Support detailed financial / business models performing complex scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Support the identification of on-sell / cross-sell opportunities
• Develop rapport and solid working relationships with client counterparts and maintain them outside of engagements
• Be a strong and effective team player
• Provide timely feedback and coaching to other team members
• Work flexibly across sectors and proposition

Characteristics

The following are key characteristics required to be successful in Staregy and Operations team:

• Ambitious
• Analytical
• Creative and intellectually curious
• Commercial
• Confident
• Empathetic
• Engaging
• Entrepreneurial
• Impactful
• Leadership
• Pragmatic

İŞ TANIMI

Applicants Will Need To Display The Following

• 2 to 5 years experience of working for a strategy house, big 4 firm, public sector organisation or central strategy / corporate development team of a large company
• Ability to display involvement in business development activity e.g. building relationships with client counterparts during engagements
• Experience of contributing to thought leadership and knowledge management activities
• Lead workstreams and take responsibility for small teams

Technical Skills

To succeed in this demanding role an applicant will need to demonstrate the following:

• University degree from a reputable university in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics or related fields; a Masters degree/MBA will be a plus
• Evidence of strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Structured thinking skills combined with creativity
• Awareness of new technologies and their commercial impacts
• Ability to gather, review and assess large volumes of technical data and distil the key strategic insights
• Ability to evaluate complex challenges and deliver insightful recommendations that can be practically executed
• Strong numerical capabilities combined with sound commercial acumen
• Ability to build financial models that support our recommendations to clients
• Strong slide writing capabilities
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills
• Other language skills would be a strong bonus