KPMG to Expand India Front by Hiring Around 9,000 employees
The management consulting team of KPMG is working on hiring nearly 8,000-9,000 people in India. Following these appointments, a tenth of them to be deployed on projects overseas, as they see global clients increasingly demand from one of the big four audit firms to implement solutions and demonstrate results for the strategy guidance it gives them.
Traditionally, consulting and advisory firms have looked at global companies and helped them draw strategy to either cut costs or improve business, most often using technology.
One of the senior executives stated that the plan implementation is often done by their client employees or third party vendors based on these strategies. This is changing and the consulting firms are expected to deliver results, often pegging their fees to outcomes...