The posting
Overview
At KPMG in Canada, our people bring their unique perspectives to Canada’s most important challenges. Here, you can build momentum that reaches beyond our business, develop skills for the future, and take ownership of your career with support at every stage. Join a firm where your career can make a difference.
Deal Advisory's Restructuring & Turnaround group helps companies that facing economic challenges and uncertainty as a result of a variety of reasons including business underperformance, an imminent liquidity crisis and/or an inability to raise new capital. When companies are faced with these challenges, our team provides financial advisory services to lenders, management, boards of directors, regulators, and other key stakeholders.
What to make the difference in the life of entrepreneur, C-suites, business owners and their employees, partners and stakeholders by providing advice and solutions in financial stressed and distressed environment. Our Restructuring and Turnaround professionals help boards, business owners to turnaround, restructure or sale their company in order to preserve their business and turn them to a viable and a profitable one.
We also advice banks and other lenders on the financial situation of their clients in their lending portfolio.
We offer our clients start-to-finish support in their turnaround or restructuring process, including input on strategy, early identification of risk areas, coordination and execution of the work.
Our clients are private corporates, public companies and lenders. Our people are motivated self-starters with expertise in finance, financial modeling, accounting, financial reporting, restructuring and insolvency, M&A, working capital and cost optimization. Our network is global.
What you will do
In a context conducive to learning and developing new skills and understanding of corporate issues, you will be required to apply your knowledge of finance and accounting or other areas to a wide range of transactional or other contexts.
More specifically, you will be involved in :
- Performing complex financial analyses
- Developing complex financial forecasting models on a monthly or weekly basis
- The implementation of turnaround and restructuring strategies, including the execution of sale processes for companies in operation or liquidation
- Preparation of independent business reviews and assistance in restructuring or refinancing under-performing companies
- Taking possession of assets, implementing protective measures and carrying out asset sales processes
- Drawing up reports for clients and the court
- Direct communication with various parties, including the company, its creditors, suppliers,
What you bring to the role
- Accounting title (CPA) required
- Ability to prepare detailed, functional financial models
- Excellent knowledge of Excel
- Ability to communicate and write in French and English
- Knowledge of the restructuring and insolvency sector, an asset
- Knowledge of Tableau, Alteryx and PowerBi, an asset
- Strong analytical and technical skills
- Interest in enrolling in the Chartered Insolvency and Restructuring Professional (CIRP)
- Qualification Program
The selected candidate must demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills in English, with the ability to present complex strategic topics to a diverse range of stakeholders located in English-speaking regions of Canada, such as Ontario.
Providing you with the support you need to be at your best
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Our Values, The KPMG Way
Integrity, we do what is right | Excellence, we never stop learning and improving | Courage, we think and act boldly | Together, we respect each other and draw strength from our differences | For Better, we do what matters
KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice.
Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process
At KPMG, we are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process where all candidates can be themselves and excel. We aim to provide a positive experience and are prepared to offer adjustments or accommodations to help you perform at your best. Adjustments (informal requests), such as extra preparation time or the option for micro breaks during interviews, and accommodations (formal requests), such as accessible communication supports or technology aids, are tailored to individual needs and role requirements. You will have an opportunity to request an adjustment or accommodation at any point throughout the recruitment process. If you require support, please contact KPMG’s Employee Relations Service team by calling 1-888-466-4778.
AI Usage
We embrace the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the candidate experience and streamline our recruitment processes. AI tools may help with organizing applications or surfacing relevant qualifications. However, no hiring decisions are made using AI. Every hiring decision is made by our hiring managers and recruitment professionals, who are equipped with training that empowers them to use these tools responsibly. AI technologies used in our recruitment process undergo detailed risk assessments, including security and privacy requirements, that align with KPMG’s Trusted AI framework.
We believe technology should empower human judgment, not replace it. It’s one of the many ways we’re delivering on our vision of being a technology-first, people-driven firm.
