Director, Financial Due Diligence

KPMG LLP provides audit, tax and advisory services to a broad range of clients. KPMG?s commitment to quality is demonstrated in our disciplined delivery approach and use of cross-functional teams. Advisory Services professionals strive to help clients improve business performance, comply with regulatory requirements and achieve sustainable value over time. Our approach incorporates the balancing of risk and control considerations with the more traditional performance and cost factors. Advisory professionals are also able to provide clients with relevant industry and functional skills where they need them most. We are currently seeking a Financial Due Diligence Director to join us in our Chicago office.

KPMG?s Transaction Services professionals offer merger, acquisition and divestiture support to strategic and financial buyers. Our professionals help guide clients from early deal planning through the entire deal process to help meet deal objectives and achieve the client?s desired results. And our professionals have across-the-board experience to help address specific business aspects and operating risks that are unique to each industry. This approach, in addition to our in-depth understanding of key client issues, allows us to assemble highly qualified teams that help clients reduce risk and increase the value of their business deals.

Responsibilities:

?Manage buy-side and sell-side transaction advisory engagements
?Primary interface with senior executives of clients and target companies
?Provide financial, accounting, commercial, and operational due diligence services to Fortune 1000 companies and private equity investors
?Manage and coordinate KPMG?s engagement teams throughout the transaction process
?Create or design tailored transaction advisory reports specific to key issues which address stakeholder concerns, valuation models, synergies, contractual issues and accounting and tax reporting implications; including analyses of operating results, financial position, cash flows, quality of assets and earnings, potential liabilities and risks, and the impact of findings on the valuation of the target organization
?Develop and strengthen relationships with current and prospective clients of KPMG

Qualifications:

?Eight years of experience in one of the following with a top ten public accounting firm: accounting, advisory, financial audit, or transaction experience
?Strong current knowledge in one of the following: U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) financial reporting issues, mergers and acquisitions, or transaction services
?Experience with current audit and accounting concepts as well as SEC filings (1933 and 1934 Act filings)
?Excellent written and verbal communication skills
?CPA or CA
?Able to travel 50 percent

KPMG offers and supports flexible work arrangements as well as part-time schedules. We also offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

Interested? Please send your resume referencing Code 06628026. We strongly encourage you to apply online at