Advisory - Deals - Operational Restructuring IT Cloud - Senior Associate - BLR KOL

At PwC, our people in deals focus on providing strategic advice and support to clients in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring. They help clients navigate complex transactions and maximise value in their business deals. Those in financial due diligence at PwC will focus on providing strategic advice and business diligence services to clients in their mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. You will be responsible for analysing financial information focusing on quality of earnings and assets, cash flows and other key client deal issues.

Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

Skills

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
• Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
• Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
• Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firms code of conduct, and independence requirements.
  
  

About The Role

We are expanding our team to support the increasing demand from our clients across a broad range of sectors to transform their IT function. As well as working with a wide range of clients, you will also work with leading practitioners across the Deals, Strategy & and Consulting practice within the Firm.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Associate in the team, you will be working with clients to solve business problems across a breadth of IT assignments (either commercial, Operating Model or Sourcing and Procurement) focused on identifying and implementing sustainable performance improvements. Your responsibilities will include:

• Support client management develop and implement a turnaround or transformation programme
• Support the analysis of IT costs, operations and governance to quantify value creation opportunities and Transformation journeys with supporting business cases
• Strong passionate for Technology, especially Cloud, and a demonstrable understanding of the new technologies and ways of working (e.g. Agile, DevOps, DevSecOps, IaC)
• Support development of cost savings strategies into a practical and fit for purpose implementation plan for clients
• Support preparation of presentations and/or reports to key stakeholders (e.g. Board, senior management).
  
  

You will also be expected to actively contribute to the development of our team by:

• Supporting with marketing and business development initiatives (both internally and externally) to continuously develop our position in the market.
• Supporting peers and teams members, demonstrating care for their well being.
  
  

Essential Skills And Experience

We are looking for candidates with the experience of supporting clients throughout the operational transformation lifecycle from strategic opportunity assessment and planning through to supporting the delivery of specific initiatives.

These candidates will have experience in IT and have the following capabilities:

• Sound analytical skills (financial and non-financial), including strong use of Microsoft Excel;
• Report writing skills, including use of Microsoft PowerPoint;
• Solid interpersonal skills and comfortable communicating at different levels;
• Willingness to learn about and participate in marketing and business development;
• A commitment to continued personal development;
• Project and time management skills;
• Ability to work to tight deadlines in rapidly moving working environments;
• Flexibility to work on diverse projects;
• Experience of the Working capital, NHS, supply chain, manufacturing, financial services or procurement experience is desirable but not essential;
• Financial expertise is desirable, but not essential.
• Experience of Business Analysis and delivering operational change in IT

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