Manager - Deals Advisory - MandA Ops Finance In Deals

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 deal integration and valuation realisation at PwC will focus on assisting clients in successfully integrating acquisitions and maximising the value of their investments. You will be responsible for conducting valuations, financial analysis, and developing strategies for post-merger integration.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Skills

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

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• 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.
  
  

Core responsibilities as a Manager would entail (but not limited to)

We are looking to recruit a team member who can draw upon their previous consulting or in-house experience to bring high quality advice and support for our clients. Ideally you will have experience of M&A and /or finance transformational projects, and an understanding of how deals can impact a Finance Function.

You will work on a range of projects across different business sectors, whilst also** focusing on the full breadth of Finance Function responsibilities including finance processes, operations, and reporting.

You will draw on your previous client experience, and knowledge of deals to advise CFOs and their Finance Functions on key decision making and mitigation of risks throughout the deal.

The work involved can be complex and part of a fast-paced environment, therefore the role will require the ability to quickly understand, analyse and provide trusted opinions on the key issues and opportunities facing the Finance Function.

As a Manager, you’ll lead teams and work as a trusted advisor to the most senior members of Finance, to help anticipate and solve the CFO’s complex business issues from strategy to execution.

Beyond project work, the role also involves driving business development and internal initiatives,** to grow and develop the ways we can enhance our team, and our routes to market. You will utilise your experiences to take ownership of developing new ways to support our clients in the deal environment, as well as developing your networks both within wider PwC and with our external client base.

Must-have Skills

• Professional accounting qualification, MBA or other similar qualifications
• M&A experience, ideally synergy, integration and/or carve-out projects, related to Finance functions
• A strong understanding of the structure/underlying processes supporting the Finance Function, including activities such as budgeting and forecasting, management reporting, and finance processes (PTP, RTR, OTC etc.)
• Expertise in Financial analysis and understanding of the key operational / business drivers, including the ability to quickly understand large amounts of information and draw out hypotheses and/or conclusions
• Excellent communication skills, particularly the ability to produce high-quality written reports and present to senior stakeholders
  
  

Experience

Experience of managing and leading Finance change / transformation projects

Experience of finance advisory roles gained in a consulting firm, or experience in an in-house Finance role, especially those where you’ve facilitated change in the effectiveness of a Finance function

Eligibility Criteria

• MBA in Strategy/ Marketing/ Finance from a premium B-School
• Past Experience: 6 – 8 years of prior relevant work experience
• Experience in M&A or management consulting domain

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