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KPMG Netherlands

Audits accounts and advises organizations

Associate Performance Improvement - Strategy

Full-Time
€4.2k - €5.7k/mo+ Profit-sharing payout + Fixed expense allowance + Work-from-home allowance
Mid
Master's
Amstelveen, Netherlands
Hybrid
ConsultingOperations & Supply Chain Consulting

About the job

Requirements
  • A completed university master's degree in business administration, economics, finance, strategy, or a comparable field is required.
  • At least three years of relevant work experience in strategy consulting, value creation, or transformations is required; experience in a Deals environment is beneficial where possible.
  • Experience conducting improvement analyses, translating strategy into operational practice, and feeding frontline insights back into strategic recommendations is required.
  • Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment is required.
  • C1-level proficiency in Dutch and English is required for professional communication with Dutch-speaking and international clients.
  • Affinity for generative AI and motivation to actively apply the technology in daily work are required.
Responsibilities
  • Analyze business processes, identify opportunities, and translate them into concrete improvement initiatives that directly affect strategy, value creation, and performance improvement.
  • Take an active role in implementing and embedding solutions.
  • Lead an individual workstream end-to-end, including the associated client interactions, and direct junior colleagues where needed.
  • Help clients translate strategy into execution and realize value through transformations and improvement initiatives.

About the company

KPMG Netherlands audits financial statements and advises businesses, public bodies and nonprofit organizations on how they operate and change. Its assurance work examines financial and other reported information, while its advisory teams work on strategy, transactions, risk, technology and sustainability. Clients buy professional services that combine specialist analysis with support for decisions, systems and organizational change. The Dutch audit and advisory practice works with local and international clients and draws on the broader KPMG network's expertise. Its Dutch roots date to an Amsterdam accounting practice opened in 1917, and it is headquartered in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Amstelveen, Netherlands

Founded

1917

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  • Partners own the practice: all KPMG Netherlands shares sit with a cooperative of equity partners' practice companies.
  • Offices mix work modes: KPMG Netherlands uses a clubhouse concept with areas for focused work and social interaction.
  • Staff share in results: KPMG Netherlands includes a profit-sharing scheme in its employment package.

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