Deals - Advisory – Corporate Finance - Senior Associate

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 corporate finance at PwC will provide strategic financial advice and solutions to help clients navigate complex business transactions and optimise their capital structure. You will analyse financial data, conduct due diligence, and assist in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

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.
  
  

Activities To Be Performed

• Work on and deliver Deals Corporate Finance related requests by using appropriate research sources and searching the identified sources to locate the information required
• Support preparation of marketing materials, management presentations, pitchbook, teaser, confidential information memorandum
• Preparation of financial models
• Analyse financials for quantitative research around financial statements, valuation multiples, weighted average cost of capital etc.
• Prepare company profiles, industry and economic overviews
• Screen for target/buyer companies. Identify comparable companies and transactions
• Organize research findings into meaningful deliverables to the requestor
• Obtain training on the relevant databases, acquire knowledge required to use the databases efficiently
• Provide input on best practices and process optimization opportunities
• Churn out varied work requests in short turnaround time.
  
  

Requirements

• Ability to analyze and anticipate client requests, interpret asks and act according to expectations
• Good reasoning and analytical ability
• Capable of designing new research approaches which enhance quality and productivity
• Good understanding of databases (CapitalIQ, ThomsonOne etc.) will be an added advantage
• Good working knowledge in MS Office tools
• Effective verbal and written communications skills
• Self-motivated and capable of working both independently and in a team
• Proven project and time management skills
• Self-starter with ability to multi-task and constantly reprioritize
• Manages a number of responsibilities in the face of competing priorities. Sets priorities for tasks based on relative importance and urgency.
• Takes responsibility for and ensures that assigned tasks are fulfilled in a timely way to a high standard
• Manages and contributes to the development of junior staff
• Contributes to the effective working of the team
  
  

Education/qualifications

CA/CA-Inter/CFA/MBA/Bachelor or master’s degree in commerce with 3+ years of experience.