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Manager - Strategy

KPMG Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Posted 19 days ago Permanent Competitive

Manager - Strategy

KPMG Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Manager - Strategy
Job Description

Role Objective

To independently lead engagements with analytical and financial rigor across CDD, feasibility, and strategy, including:
  • Translating ambiguous business problems into structured analytical approaches
  • Leading financial model build, review, and stress-testing
  • Developing commercial insights and strategic recommendations grounded in data
  • Supporting senior stakeholders with clear, defensible investment views

Core Capability Requirements

1. Commercial Due Diligence & Strategy exposure
  • Hands-on experience in:
    • CDD engagements (market, competition, target assessment, business plan review)
    • Commercial strategy and feasibility studies
  • Ability to independently:
    • Structure workstreams
    • Identify key value drivers and risks
    • Develop clear investment theses / strategic options

2. Advanced Financial Analysis & Modeling
  • Strong expertise in:
    • Building and reviewing complex financial models (especially real estate, infrastructure, and FS)
    • Scenario analysis, sensitivities, and return metrics (IRR, NPV, payback)
  • Ability to diagnose issues in models quickly and refine assumptions
  • Experience working with investment cases, feasibility models, and transaction scenarios

3. Strong Business Acumen
  • Ability to rapidly:
    • Understand new sectors and business models
    • Identify commercial levers and risks
  • Experience across multiple sectors

4. Independent Workstream Leadership
  • Proven ability to:
    • Own and deliver end-to-end analytical modules
    • Work directly with senior stakeholders
    • Operate with minimal supervision in high-pressure timelines

Preferred Background
  • CFA Level II (or above) strongly preferred
  • Prior experience in:
    • Equity research, transaction advisory, or investment advisory roles
    • Strategy consulting with strong analytical exposure
    • Hands-on financial modelling experience and extreme comfort with financial analysis

Experience working on investment evaluations and/or financial feasibilities
Job ID  300000764673222
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