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KPMG is currently seeking an Associate or Senior Associate to join our Structured Finance practice.
Responsibilities:

• Review credit payments and whole loan documentation to verify accuracy; prepare client deliverables (agreed-uponprocedures report) and working papers supporting our findings
• Review, validate, and develop financial cash flow models including mortgage (MBS) and asset-backed securities (ABS), collateralized debt obligation (CDO), collateralized loan obligations (CLO), auction rate securities, residual assets, mortgage-servicing assets (MSR), and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)
• Work with engagement teams performing due diligence procedures related to real estate securitizations of varioussecurities collateralized by mortgages and leases on all types of CRE assets
• Assist with compliance testing related to client agreements with investment banks, issuers, regulators, government agencies, andinvestors
• Interact with clients and team members to achieve engagement objectives as well as, execute against engagement workprograms developed by managers and directors

Additional Responsibilities for Senior Associate:

• Assist with managing and staffing deal workflowto team members, creating and maintaining budgets, onboarding clients,preparing various documentation and final deliverables internally and toclients

Qualifications:

• Minimum one year of recent relevant experiencein the financial services industry, structured finance, mortgage banking,corporate finance, trustee payment operations, rating agency or advisoryservices; minimum four years of recent experience in fixed income analysis
• Bachelor'sdegree from an accredited college or university in an appropriate field
• Strongcurrent knowledge in one of the following: United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) financialreporting issues, bankruptcies, business combinations or financial restatementsalong with programming and modeling experience related to structured finance ishighly preferred, particularly Intex, Bloomberg and/or Imake modeling tools
• Demonstratedability to connect with senior executives of leading organizations to generatenew business relationships and projects
• Willingnessand ability to travel
• Mustbe authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visasponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S.work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B,L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-basedvisa)

Additional Qualifications for Senior Associate:

• Minimum three years of recent relevant experience in the financial services industry, structured finance, mortgage banking, corporate finance, trustee payment operations, rating agency or advisory services; minimum four years of recent experience in fixed income analysis

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