Associate Consultant Infra M&A

Job Description

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The role is for Infrastructure and Climate Advisory team ( Deal Advisory, KPMG). The individual is going to work closely with Commercial Advisory and Transactions service line within our team wherein they will be working across entire lifecycle of infrastructure on projects spanning Project Development, Capital Advisory and Deals & Transactions. Our team is at the forefront of delivery, and requires the candiate to develop strong technical and presentational skills couple with sound commercial understanding of the sector.

Responsibilities

As an Associate Consultant, you will apply analytical thinking to develop tailored solutions for clients while managing significant relationships. Your typical day will involve:

• Supporting in the delivery of infrastructure projects for sectors like power & utilities, transportation & social infrastructure
• Contributing end-to-end infrastructure funding and financing engagements while working closely with the onshore team
• Understanding the delivery models applied to the infrastructure projects lifecycle across construction, operations, financing & refinancing phases
• Driving and implementing the design and structuring the outputs of financial models and their delivery
• Supporting in the development and evaluation of M&A (buy and sell side) and project finance models
• Managing the modelling risks, in accordance with KPMG risk management guidelines
• Supporting KPMG onshore teams and contributing to knowledge management to support practice development
  
  
  

Qualifications

Educational qualifications

• MBA / PGDBM / CFA/CA / Engineers
  
  
  

Prior Experience

• Relevant experience (1-3 years) gained in either corporate roles, M&A, Debt Syndication, Fund-raising, Project Finance, regulatory finance, PPP, Infra SPV’s or similar deal experience in the relevant sector/propositions (preferred, but not mandatory)
  
  
  

Mandatory Technical & Functional Skills

• Financial analysis and interpretation, in particular DCF methods (NPV and IRR)
• Good working knowledge of accounting and financial statements
• Strong problem-solving skills; Knowledge of advanced functions in MS Excel, MS PowerPoint & MS Word
• Ability to interpret and present outputs from financial models to support the commercial advice to onshore/client
• Experience of buy/sell side transactions, project financing, debt syndication, bond financing in infrastructure sector (preferred but not mandatory)
• Prepared infrastructure models from scratch and/or have significant experience into model audits/reviews (preferred but not mandatory)
• Knowledge of financing structures, particularly debt and equity finance and other types of project-based financing
• Experience of PPP/PFI transactions or exposure of working on one or more infrastructure sector/sub sectors (preferred but not mandatory)
  
  
  

Key Behavioral Attributes/requirements

• Personal drive and positive attitude to deliver results within tight deadlines and in demanding situations
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and good inter-personal skills to work effectively in a team
• Ability to multi-task and handle pressure situations