HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Project Report on

My Dream job:

Consultant in KPMG India

Submitted to: ​Prof. Neeraj Kumar

Submitted By:
Vithalani Bhargav
271176
Section-C
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Table of content

Table of content 2

Introduction 3

Associate Consultant | KPMG India 4

Company 4

Job Profile : Associate consultant 5

Job Description 5
Roles and Responsibilities 5
Job Specification 6
Qualification Needs 6

Competency mapping 7

Appendix 9
Name and email of person connected: 9
References 9
Urkund Report submission link 10
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Introduction

Consultants are paid for sharing their expertise and knowledge to help organizations attain their
goals and solve complex practical problems. Organizations often hire consultant to fulfill the
need of expert advice and save cost of hiring full time employee. Consultant brings the fresh
perspective to the organization in which they provide advisory service. Because consultant isn’t
connected to any corporate culture, they can act as catalyst for change. Consultant need to
have vast domain knowledge and experience in a particular field. In addition they need to have
good track record of past accomplishments. Person with higher level of education and
experience will receive higher salary for their services. Consulting is actually very broad area of
service, and from businesses to personal consulting, there is a consulting opportunity practically
in every organization.

The job duties of consultant can vary depending on the industry in which a consultant is
servicing and based on specific experience in that field. Improving a client’s business is the
broadest duty for which consultants are hired.consultants sometimes asked to enhance the skill
sets of employees in the organization about particular field area. They are supposed to give
suggestions which when implemented, increases productivity and revenues. They are expected
to provide advice, and solve problems. Consultants are often used before engaging in any start
up business or to seek advice on failing business. The time period for consultancy can vary in
length depending upon the needs of the organization.

Successful consultants are those who having their skill set from a combination of experience,
higher education , and innate personality traits. These are following skills:

● Logical reasoning
● Leadership
● Communication
● Ingenuity
● Ability to work well with others

Business and management consulting in india has breached Rs.73,800 crores in revenues in
2017 and is forecasted to register continuous growth over the next few years. The growth is
consistent with a trend over the last few years which has seen the Indian management
consulting sector having registered an average growth rate of 6.75% since 2013. The consulting
market in India seems poised and well-equipped for further growth and expansion in years to
come.
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Associate Consultant | KPMG India

Company
KPMG is a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory
services. KPMG ​ operate in 154 countries and territories and have 197,263 people working
in member firms around the world. ​The independent member firms of the KPMG network are
affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International"​), a Swiss entity. Each
KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity.

KPMG was established in India in September 1993, and has rapidly built a significant
competitive presence in the country. The firm operates from its offices in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi,
Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Chandigarh and Ahmedabad, and offers its
clients a full range of services, including financial and business advisory, tax and regulatory, and
risk advisory services.

KPMG has a client base of 2700 companies in india. The firm provide value added services to
its clients with the help of its global perspective. This firm has strong presence in financial
service sector, serves lending IT companies and also serves ample number of market leaders in
other industry segments.

KPMG delivers rapid performance based, industry tailored and technology based business
advisory services through highly talented professionals in the consulting industry. Some of the
competitive advantage of KPMG are its internal information technology and knowledge
management systems through which they deliver informed and timely business advice to
clients.

KPMG management consulting services are now able to have 360 degree view of challenges
faced by clients , which helps in achieving sustainable efficiency improvement in operations.
KPMG is capable of providing valuable insights and various alternatives that can help client
sustain their competitive edge in the long term.

The KPMG approach is structured and nimble to help their client in various phases of business
cycle. KPMG brand value is excellent in terms of understanding businesses. KPMG also has
customized approaches for the specific performance and technology related challenges.
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Job Profile : Associate consultant

Industry : ​Management Consulting

Employment type: ​Full-time

Experience: ​Mid-Senior level

Job function : ​Consulting

Location : ​Delhi

Salary: ​Rs. 8.5 lakhs per annum

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

● To Perform domestic and global post deal HR integrations with respect to mergers and
acquisitions for client companies

● Work with KPMG cross functional teams on the HR platform for providing service of
establishment and merging of compensation and benefits platforms.

● Work on HR due diligence by identifying HR, compensation and benefit plans to

employees.

● Assist in Engagement process. You are required to work on setting scopes, budget,
staffing needs, creation and coordination of client-ready delivery solutions with KPMG
integration and separation teams. You also need to assist with communication of results
with the client.
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Job Specification

Qualification Needs

● Three years of general consulting Experience in valuation, design, administration, and

implementation of employee benefit and compensation plans with accounting or
consulting firm.

● Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university/college plus postgraduate degree in

MBA from an accredited college/university.

● Certified in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint.

● Experienced in project management which include planning , organizing, coordinating

and managing staff, clients towards the successful completion of project.

● Ready to travel 33% of the time.

● Is on track to attain FSA, EA, CEBS, CCP and/or CEP designations.

● High motivation, strong work ethic, maturity and personal initiative

● Strong, honest oral and written communication skills with both technical and
non-technical audiences

● Close attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset

● Self-discipline for planning, organizing and executing objectives

● Aptitude for, and willingness to work in, and lead teams

● A willingness to work in a small and fast-growing organization

● Passionate about consulting, and delivering value to drive client business

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Competency mapping

Here are the competency mapping that is done for the associate consultant role:

More important

Improvement required

Less improvement required

competency Employee 1 Employee 2 Employee 3

Technical competencies

Functional Data analysis basics

Six sigma competencies

Domain knowledge

Decision making

Business Effective management

Client orientation

Continuous improvement

Direction setting

Leadership Effective communication

Role modelling

Team building

● Based on competencies, further employee compensation and training would be initiated.

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KSA Requirements

Business knowledge:​​ analyse problem and provide solution based on quantitative data
techniques.

Industry knowledge​​: Knowledge of finance industry

Analytical skills​​: analysis of what goes wrong, threats and financial key aspects.

Quantitative skills:​​ The ability to read and interpret quantitative data sets of business reports

Team work​​: Ability to collaborate with team members and deliver quality results.

Interpersonal skills​​: Ability to communicate well with clients

Commitment​​: Motivation and commitment to deliver high quality solutions to clients

Research skills​​: Data gathering skills through various research techniques like questionnaire
designing interview taking skills for data gathering.
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Appendix

Name and email of person connected:

Sumit Vithalani
Associate risk consultant
KPMG India
sumitsvithalani@gmail.com

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What's Your Staff Best At? Map Their Competencies and Find Out! | Upsteem.com. (2018). Retrieved
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