Manager - Deals Advisory - MandA Ops Human Capital

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 (PiD Specialist) would entail (but not be limited to)

As a Manager (PiD Specialist) in the team, you’ll be at the heart of our delivery on some of the most complex and high-profile transactions in the market. You will work closely with colleagues to support with leading client engagements, managing workstreams, and acting as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders.

Drawing on your people expertise, you’ll help organisations navigate critical workforce challenges across the deal lifecycle — from planning and execution to integration and transformation.

You will also play a pivotal role in developing our people, shaping propositions, and driving business development opportunities, ensuring that our practice continues to grow and succeed.

Your Responsibilities May Include

• Direct interaction with and ability to build trusted relationships with People leaders and other senior business stakeholders;
• Managing workstream delivery to time, quality, and budget, while providing insight and lessons learned from previous projects;
• Coaching and developing colleagues at all levels, providing feedback and guidance to enhance technical, interpersonal, and consulting skills across the team;
• Working with cross-functional PwC teams to bring integrated solutions to client challenges;
• Driving business development by scoping people related activities on transactions, contributing to proposals, and shaping compelling client propositions;
• Supporting the development of our practice through thought leadership, knowledge sharing, and sector-specific initiatives.
  
  

What You Will Gain

You will have the opportunity to work alongside a high-performing, UK-based People in Deals team. This collaborative environment will enable you to learn from experienced professionals, share best practices, and contribute directly to global deal-related activities;

By engaging with colleagues across borders, you will gain valuable international exposure, enhance your understanding of global deals and broaden your professional perspective;

The opportunity to take an important role on challenging and complex projects, working directly with client stakeholders;

The chance to deepen your expertise in both the strategic and technical aspects of workforce related issues within a transaction, while also developing your leadership and business development skills;

Exposure to multiple sectors, client types, and deal contexts, giving you a broad and varied career path within PwC;

A supportive and collaborative team environment where you’ll be empowered to take ownership and make an impact;

Ongoing training and development, including opportunities to deepen your consulting skills and specialise in areas of interest.

Must-have Skills

Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage credibly with the UK PiD team and client stakeholders, managing upwards effectively;

Excellent quantitative and written skills, able to build analyses or an evidence base to support a position, often in situations with imperfect or incomplete information.

Strong analytical skills and data literacy; proficiency in Excel, Power BI, or other data tools is preferred;

Ability to leverage AI and digital tools to enhance analysis, improve efficiency, and deliver innovative solutions to clients.

Ability to manage shifting timelines and ambiguous project environments;

A healthy curiosity, coupled with a disciplined approach to understanding and solving problems.

Comfortable under pressure and managing through ambiguity to deliver tasks in an environment where there are many unknowns.

Adaptable, and up for the challenge of mastering new sectors and developing experience across a wide range of subject areas.

Experience

Proven success in leading workstream delivery, managing priorities, and producing high-quality outputs ideally under the pressures of a deal environment;

Some experience of working on deals (integration, carve-out, or post-deal), ideally combined with broader business transformation experience and a people focused background;

Experience in coaching, mentoring, and performance managing teams to support with the continuous improvement of capability and performance;

Experience in consulting or professional services would be advantageous, but not essential.

Eligibility Criteria

• Past Experience: 5+ years of prior relevant work experience.
• Some experience in M&A or management consulting domain would be advantageous.

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