Assurance - Financial Markets - Real Estate Valuation - Senior Associate

A career within Financial Markets Business Advisory services, will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to a variety of audit, regulatory, valuation, and financial analyses services to design solutions that address our clients’ complex accounting and financial reporting challenges, as well as their broader business issues.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
  
  

You will play an integral role in valuation services provided to PwC audit companies as well as non-audit companies as it relates to various debt/equity investments and valuation of

portfolio companies. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Analysing third party valuations by challenging assumptions and performing sensitivity analysis on a wide range of illiquid investments across industries and geographies while using accepted and relevant approaches and theory
• Developing deep technical strength in the valuation of alternative assets, serving as a firm resource for that expertise
• Reporting and presenting analysis and conclusions including written reports, and drafting valuation queries for audit team
• Valuation-related work including but not limited to solid experience of constructing and reviewing valuation models such as: DCF, comparable company / bond, option pricing model (knowledge of building breakpoints), waterfall allocation methods etc.
• Understanding of Debt & Equity industry, Startup and VC funding, and understanding capital structure of private company
• End to end understanding of various nuances in arriving at fair valuation of private company’s shares
• Analyze key financial metrics depending on the portfolio company’s industry, identify historical trends and perform calibration analysis to understand the key drivers causing the changes in the company's valuation in each reporting period.
• Playing a role in discussions, proactively ask questions and share an informed point of view;
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in finance/Accounting/Economics or related field with focus on valuation methods (B. Com, B.Sc. with Economics Hons)
• 2+ years of experience
• Knowledge on Microsoft Office especially Excel
• Understanding of corporate financial statements and various types of securities will be an advantage
• Proficient written and verbal English communication skills
• Commitment to continuous training and to proactively learn new processes
• Demonstrated self-motivation and a desire to take responsibility for personal growth and development