Advisory - Deals - IT DD - Senior Associate - KOL/BLR/GGN

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 Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
  
  

What work you will do?

Engage In Effective Engagement Delivery And Management, Including

Taking ownership and managing specific workstreams within engagements.

Active communication between onshore and client stakeholders.

Identifying and assisting in managing any changes in scope.

Mentoring and managing junior resources.

Building relationships and taking onus of getting chargeable work from onshore territories.

Engage in pre-deal stage such as proposals, business development etc.

Develop Client Deliverables And Documentation By

Identifying and selecting the most suitable tools and techniques to meet client requirements including advanced tools wherever required apart from Microsoft Suite.

Analyzing and interpreting project data to draw meaningful conclusions based on client focus areas.

Storyboarding to effectively communicate key risks / issues and provide recommendations.

Synthesizing and presenting insights and recommendations effectively not limited to traditional ways of reporting.

Striving to enhance the quality of deliverables through thorough verification and validation of results.

Conduct client interviews, actively participate in workshops and training sessions, and confidently present recommendations to clients.

Primary Responsibilities Of The Role

Pre-Deal (IT Due Diligence):

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IT Function Assessment



Support clients in developing key IT strategies for M&A engagements with a focus on IT due diligence across the IT function including IT applications and data, IT infrastructure, IT security and IT organisation (including IT vendors).



This involves evaluating IT landscapes to identify synergies and dis-synergies, understanding the business's IT transformation vision, and identifying technical inefficiencies.



Propose recommendations for the target IT landscape, identify IT-related opportunities and risks, and formulate strategies to mitigate them.

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IT spend Analysis: Conduct IT spend analysis, including vendor contract reviews to uncover hidden transactional costs, and provide recommendations for cost efficiencies. Perform IT