Senior Consultant (Banking), Strategy & Operations group, Consulting Department

What we do:

KPMG is a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. Across 143 countries and territories, 265 000 KPMG people deliver cutting-edge solutions for a huge range of clients, from leading brands to public bodies, global multi-nationals and local businesses. Given our strong prospects for continued growth and success, we are looking for experienced professionals to join our team and grow with us, in order to meet the needs of our expanding client base.

KPMG Strategy and Operations Group is a dynamically growing practice that provides a wide range of strategic advisory services to leading companies in different industries of Caucasus and Central Asia.

We are actively looking for ambitious and energetic candidate for Senior Consultant role.

The role contains development and delivery of banking services to financial institutions with the perspectives to become a leader of this direction.

Responsibilities:

• Conducting primary and secondary research on the client organization and the whole industry; interviews with the client and arranging focus groups
• Identifying issues, building hypothesis, problem trees, gathering primary data, and presenting recommendations to key decision makers
• Leading one or more project streams
• Building strong business relationships with clients
• Being a key team member on complex strategic advisory assignments: strategy reviews and development, market assessment, product development
• Moving the client to action; developing a plan to implement strategic recommendations; managing execution
• Presenting the results of your project stream. Keeping the whole KPMG project team as well as the client up to speed on the results of your work
• Assessing competitive environment on target companies
• Designing and executing strategic and financial analyses on prospective target companies and markets
• Participating in the design and delivery of interview programs with clients, customers and other potential industry participants
• Contributing to the delivery and presentation of client deliverables and marketing initiatives
• Playing an active role in business development activities
• Coaching and supervising junior staff, developing your leadership skills

Requirements:

• At least 5-6 years’ experience in international or large national bank at Finance, Risks, Compliance, Treasury or Strategy departments
• Degree from a leading university, possibly an MBA or PhD, strong academic record
• Deep understanding of financial institutions market
• Strong strategic thinking skills and sound commercial acumen, pragmatic and logical approach to analysis and problem solving
• Preferable certificates in ACCA, CFA, FRM or PRM
• Desire to develop selling skills
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to build strong network
• Detail-oriented, critical thinker, and strong analytical skills
• Strong writing skills both in Russian and English
• Values challenge in a demanding environment and deliver outstanding results

What we offer:

• Full-time employment contract with high-quality benefits, including health and life insurance
• Comprehensive remuneration package, including annual bonus (based on KPI)
• 30 days of paid annual leave and an additional 5 sick leaves per year
• Working in a highly professional, stimulating ang challenging work environment for the company with strong position on the worldwide market
• Transparent path of career growth with possibility to speed up your progress with double promotions
• A wide range of training and development programs, including access to LinkedIn Learning – a platform that offers a broad array of courses to enhance your skills and knowledge
• Prestigious BRAVO award for our most outstanding performers
• Generous referral program: refer a talented friend to join our team, and you can reap the rewards
• Comfortable office space, featuring a recreation room with board games and PS5, a shower, and a coffee machine
• Flexible lunchtime hours from 12:00 to 15:00
• Coverage of taxi expenses for work outside the office locations
• Exclusive privilege program, offering unique discounts from our partners (restaurants, hotels, fitness centers, stores, online learning platforms, and more)
• High-level corporate events, fostering connections and providing opportunities for personal and career growth