Job Description

IT DD - Manager

We are recruiting for Manager skillset in the Tech M&A team. You will be responsible for leading client delivery and developing / supporting practice

Your responsibilities will include:

Client delivery

• As a Manager in Tech M&A, you will lead complex IT due diligence, integration, and separation engagements across global transactions, acting as the primary delivery lead for IT workstreams while managing offshore-onshore execution models and senior client stakeholders.
• As part of our growing Integrations & Separations team you will work closely with clients in order to help them deliver on their people and deal objectives through the M&A lifecycle. A critical part of this activity, is assisting, supporting and helping our clients to constructively navigate the people challenges faced through the integration and separation process.
• Manage multi-country delivery teams, ensuring quality, timelines, and risk management across workstreams
• You will deliver services ranging from the development of integration or separation strategies to supporting on day 1 planning and post-deal implementation program delivery. You will support transactions across all industry sectors including Automotive, Digital, Technology and Financial Services.
• Support our clients and their in-house functional teams through integration / separation processes, playing a key role on small to mid-scale assignments and forming a key part of the delivery team on larger projects
• Own application, infrastructure, data, and security separation/integration strategies, including Day 1, TSA, and post-Day 1 roadmaps
• Drive senior stakeholder decision-making through structured insights, trade-off analysis, and clear recommendations
• Support day-to-day program Management Office activities on small / mid-sized engagements including tracking of key integration/separation activities, status reports, risks, actions, issues and dependency (RAID logs), benefits tracking, cost tracking, etc.
• Prepare reporting on overall program progress for senior executives, including risk mitigation and issue resolution proposals
• Lead IT / Tech / Product Due Diligence engagements, owning findings, risk assessment, and executive-ready reports for buy-side and sell-side deals
• Interfacing with senior internal and external stakeholders both at clients and within KPMG
• Drawing on knowledge and experience to provide high quality and deep insights and recommendations to our clients
• Leading client meetings and work with various business functions to ensure all technical/ functional requirements are captured during the transaction

Practice Development

• Lead or significantly contribute to Tech M&A proposals, pursuit strategy, and sales Pitch for member firms
• Work effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognized for their contribution and enjoy the work they do
• Owning engagement management including quality and risk management for the project
• Coaching and mentoring junior members of the team
• Identifying and driving opportunities for wider KPMG as a result of work in transactions
• Develop Tech M&A playbooks, tools, accelerators, and templates (e.g., ITDD frameworks, separation checklists, TSA models)

Skillset Required

Must have:

• Deep technical expertise in at least one of the following:
• IT Infrastructure
• IT applications
• Cybersecurity
• ERP (SAP / MS Dynamics / Oracle etc.)
• Proven experience in planning and executing IT integrations and separations, covering applications, infrastructure, data, and technology platforms
• Hands-on experience in IT Due Diligence (buy-side and sell-side), including authoring and reviewing executive-ready reports
• Proven experience in a consulting firm or industry with exposure to ITDD / Tech DD / Platform DD, preferably in an M&A environment.
• Experience in the following areas will be valued:
• Planning and execution of IT integrations and separations across technology, infrastructure, applications and data
• ERP assessment / implementation and support
• Design, negotiation and operation of IT related transitional services
• Strong project management skills to work effectively with cross functional teams
• Understanding of the deal lifecycle and the role of IT within it – starting from due diligence through to concluding transitional service agreements
• Leading and facilitation of client meetings and interviews

Good to have:

• Experience in ERP architecture, diagnostics, or large-scale ERP transformations
• Leading a team which includes both colleagues and client members of staff
• Ability to learn quickly and leverage skills in new situations