Director - Deal Strategy & Commercial Due Diligence, Media sector

Employer: KPMG UK

Location: Manchester, M2 3AE

Pay: Salary not specified.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Disability Confident: Yes

Closing Date: 11/03/2026

About this job

The Role KPMG's Strategy & Performance Transformation practice is looking for exceptional candidates for a Director role.

The role will focus on Deal Strategy within the Media industry as part of the wider Telecommunications-Media-Technology sector, but with scope to work on the wider range of services including Growth Strategy, Deal Strategy, Cost and Operational strategy (including Economic Profitability Analysis) and Enterprise-wide Transformation.

The Strategy & Performance Transformation team is part of KPMG's rapidly expanding Strategy Group, which delivers value for clients by challenging conventional thinking, bringing deep industry and functional insights and executing with investor grade rigour.

We are a diverse team of over 150 practitioners, working collaboratively with and orchestrating KPMG's broad set of capabilities within our Deal Advisory business.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Take a senior leadership role with the team, with clients and in the broader industry
• Have existing client relationships, particularly with the M&A community in both corporates and PE houses, which reinforce the team's credibility and generate project opportunities
• Extensive experience of M&A related projects will be critical, e.g. Commercial DD, M&A Strategy, Value creation, etc.
• Take responsibility for client relationships and act as a key contact point for those clients
• Have the ability to anticipate, understand and articulate client requirements in advance of and during projects
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills in written, slide and other reporting formats as well as verbal communications in informal and more formal situations
• Lead the presentation of findings to senior clients and be comfortable challenging the thinking of both clients and more senior KPMG colleagues
• Design and run large, complex projects, delivering to client requirements whilst acting as primary client liaison and be an 'ambassador' for the firm
• With limited input, guide the team to client ready deliverables that exceed expectations and require minimal review
• Support and test/review the design and execution of complex analyses to ensure these are credible and accurate
• Identify go to market, thought leadership and marketing opportunities, take responsibility for taking these to clients
• Actively seek out leadership opportunities, take responsibility for a selection of internal processes and generally act as a leader in the S&PT and an inspiration to more junior team members
• Take overarching responsibility that the firm's risk management frameworks are adhered to by identifying and reviewing any key judgements, and also consulting with other senior staff members as appropriate

Behaviours

The Person At KPMG we seek candidates who can thrive in our high performance culture and can demonstrate the following behaviours:

Deliver Impact

• Make sound decisions: exercises sound business judgment when making decisions
• Foster innovation: embraces a culture of innovation and experimentation to create value
• Apply a strategic perspective: uses diverse sets of inputs to develop a broad perspective on business and people issues

Seek Growth

• Take opportunities to learn and adapt: uses insights and self reflection to build capability and embrace new challenges
• Develop and motivate others: engages teams, instils confidence, and coaches people to find meaning in their work and achieve exceptional results
• Build collaborative relationships: establishes strong relationships internally and externally and builds wide and productive networks

Inspire Trust

• Drive quality: delivers high quality products and exceptional service that provide value
• Act ethically and responsibly: behaves ethically and encourages others to do the same
• Advocate for Equality: creates opportunities to address inequity and enables all people to feel like they belong

Skills, Qualifications & Experience Work Experience

• Considerable experience working in a leading strategy consulting business, Big 4 firm or strategy / Corporate Development team in industry
• Strong foundational understanding of the value drivers across the Media sector and clear view on how the sector is likely to evolve going forward
• Experience of leading mid sized and large projects: designing work plans, team structures and then managing these to (i) excellent client output and (ii) strong project economics; this should include extensive coverage of recent M&A transactions, e.g. CDD, VDD, M&A Strategy or Value Creation projects in the Media sector
• Ability to independently generate sales opportunities and maintain strong client relationships
• Initiating marketing and sales efforts, proposals, scopes and pricing for mid sized and large consulting assignments
• Act as the source of new business development initiatives and take these from idea, through design and execution all the way to clients
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with team members and broader (internal and external) stakeholders
• Strong track record of building followership among more junior staff members
• Non client facing roles in taking on internal responsibilities on topics like team management, technical tool insight, liaison with service suppliers etc.

Technical Skills

• Strong academic track record
• Evidence of strong problem solving & analytical capabilities
• Structured thinking skills combined with creativity
• Ability to evaluate complex challenges and deliver insightful recommendations that can be practically executed
• Ability to review and assess large volumes of technical data and distil the key strategic insights and guide a team through this process to focus on most important issues
• Strong numerical capabilities combined with sound commercial acumen
• Ability to build complex financial models that support our recommendations to clients
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Other language skills would be a strong bonus

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