Senior Manager, Technology (Infrastructure), M&A, Advisory

Overview
At KPMG, you'll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause: turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.

KPMG's Technology Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) is a service within KPMG's Strategy and Deal Execution, Deal Advisory practice that helps clients gain value from every phase of their merger, acquisition, carve-out or divestment. We offer an understanding and use of technology as a lever within transactions, in order to provide a competitive bid advantage, increase deal value, minimize future operating costs or to provide greater integrity during a transition. The team advises clients across various areas of IT, including applications, data, infrastructure, and cyber security, with a focus on diverse set of industries, including Technology, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Energy, Construction, and Manufacturing. As the demand for our expertise grows, we are expanding our Technology M&A team to better serve our clients' evolving needs.

Our clients are typically private equity funds, pension funds, large public companies, and private corporations, across a wide variety of industries.

Learn more about KPMG's Strategy and Deal Execution practice here .
Are you a talented leader with a proven track record for motivating teams and delivering exceptional client service?

What you will do
As Senior Manager, Technology, (Infrastructure) M&A, located in our Toronto office, you will:

• Scope, lead, manage and deliver Technology M&A engagements by working with the team on:
  • Technology/IT Due Diligence for buy and sell-side transactions.
  • Technology/IT Separation planning for sell-side divestments/carve-outs.
  • Technology/IT Synergy planning and integration for buy-side mergers and acquisitions.
  • Technology/IT Transition planning, including Day 1 and Day 100 support.

• Lead large cross-functional engagement teams in a fast-paced, time sensitive environments.
• Play a strong supporting role in business development initiatives, including presentations, client meetings, and contributing to practice development initiatives.
• Lead transactions, implementing change, and/or business improvement projects.
• Establish and build effective working relationships with senior client executives , including Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers and Chief Operating Officers, and work closely with senior client teams.

What you bring to the role
Functional Skills:

• Substantial relevant professional services and advisory experience in Technology consulting.
• Industry experience in a senior IT role with a focus on Infrastructure management, design and operations.
• Experience working with senior technology leaders and leading teams of cross-functional infrastructure specialists.
• Deep understanding of business operations, including financial literacy and ability to translate complex data and information into meaningful insights.
• Outstanding abilities in client interaction and interpersonal communication to establish productive working connections. Clear written and oral communication skills to present and synthesize key information.
• Experience with technology blueprinting and roadmaps.

Technical Skills:

• Familiarity with multi-cloud, hybrid and on-premise infrastructure environments including data centers, physical hardware and Infrastructure as a Service.
• Multiple experiences of different types of infrastructure migration and rationalization, cloud to cloud, on-prem to cloud etc.
• Experience with wnd-user computing hardware, email and collaboration tools like Microsoft O365 and service management.
• Comprehensive understanding of of network infrastructure, server architecture, virtualization, and cloud computing.
• Exposure to virtualization, containerization, and serverless platforms and associated tools like VMware vSphere/ESXi, Docker/Kubernetes, AWS Lambda and Azure Functions.
• Knowledge of designing and implementing disaster recovery and high availability solutions for business-critical applications.
• Knowledge of infrastructure related security controls including firewalls, patch management, endpoint protection, mobile device management.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure tools including Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Git, Active Directory, Windows Server and Linux.
• Industry certifications, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect, or similar credentials are an asset.

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Providing you with the support you need to be at your best
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