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In this ever-changing market environment, our professionals must be adaptable and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture. At KPMG, our people are our number one priority. With a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, a world-class training facility and leading market tools, we make sure our people continue to grow both professionally and personally. If you are looking for a firm with a strong team connection where you can be your whole self, have an impact, advance your skills, deepen your experiences, and have the flexibility and access to constantly find new areas of inspiration and expand your capabilities, then consider a career in Valuation. Valuation professionals at KPMG provide clients robust and informed guidance on valuation matters across multiple sectors, deal stages and business needs. We determine fair (market) value of equity shares, assets or complex financial instruments for mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, tax and other regulatory standards. Our engagements include providing pre and post deal Purchase Price Allocations (PPA), Impairment Testing, employee or management incentive scheme valuations, and recurring fund valuations. As a member of our diverse team, you will help high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges. You have the opportunity to develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, as well as informal mentoring. At KPMG, we put our culture and values front and center. There is nothing more important than investing in our culture because it is an investment in our people, our future, in who we are, and what we stand for.

• Use advanced financial engineering, mathematical, econometric and statistical techniques, such as Monte Carlo simulation and lattice models, to perform and review valuations of complex financial instruments including contingent consideration, put/call deal structures, stock compensation, warrants, financial derivatives (equity, interest rate, commodity, CPI, credit), embedded derivatives, debt, insurance contracts, convertible notes and other hybrid instruments
• Present / document / support complex securities valuations effectively to various stakeholders, including managers, clients, auditors and regulators
• Develop, document and enhance models to be used by the complex securities practice to perform valuations
• Understand, research and stay-current with authoritative guidance and industry best practices in the context of valuations for financial reporting, tax, and litigation purposes
• Contribute to the training of team members and go-to-market initiatives of the complex securities valuation practice

• Minimum two years of recent relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a focus in financial engineering, computational finance, applied mathematics, statistical or equivalent quantitative discipline; Master's degree from an accredited college or university preferred  
• Experience with stochastic models used to value complex financial instruments within a risk-neutral framework; previous experience valuing financial instruments including fixed income securities, interest rate and equity derivatives 
• Experience with valuation software tools such as Bloomberg, Fincad, Numerix, Matlab and Intex preferred
• Programming skills, for example, VBA, C++, R and Python; excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong technical aptitude, demonstrated quality service mindset and critical thinking skills; ability to navigate Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook

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