PwC
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Job details:
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 strategy at PwC will focus on providing strategic advice and support to clients in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring. Your work will involve analysing market trends, assessing business opportunities, and developing strategic frameworks to guide clients in making informed decisions regarding their deals. You will help clients navigate complex transactions, identify potential risks and opportunities, and develop strategies to maximise value and achieve their business objectives. Working in this area, you will play a crucial role in assisting clients in formulating and executing effective strategies to optimise outcomes in their deal-making processes.
Job Overview
This position is for a Senior Associate to be part of a fast-growing Deals Strategy team within our Advisory
Acceleration Center.
Deals Strategy (DS) is a specialist team within PwC Strategy& that shapes the M&A landscape by supporting
PE and corporate clients in developing investment perspectives and value creation strategies that make a
difference in the highly competitive M&A market. We serve private equity clients with over $2.5 trillion in
assets under management, and publicly traded companies with a combined market capitalization of over $4
trillion. From initial investment strategy development to commercial due diligence, value creation post-close
and exit, we’re here to help our clients drive growth.
Our Deals Strategy Acceleration Center (DS AC) in India is a specialist team within our broader Bangalore
Acceleration Center that plays a critical role in supporting DS project teams with research, analytics and
knowledge management support across industries (including Technology, Media, Healthcare, Consumer
Products, Retail, Industrial Products and Energy, Oil and Gas).
Responsibilities Include
- Help create and review delivery modules (e.g., vendor benchmarking, survey analysis, website
scraping, slide creation, intellectual property within the AC)
- Help with DS AC onboarding and training programs
- Drive day-to-day deliverables at the DS AC team by helping in work-planning, problem solving,
hypothesis generation and research tools and review your work and that of others for quality,
accuracy and relevance
- Proactively assist the team in various aspects of the client engagements
- Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen and business acumen
- Work closely with US DS teams to fully support client engagements
- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems
- Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results
- Engage with US counterparts to build trust and relationships in an effort to develop and market the AC
brand
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct
Other Areas
- Contribute to practice enablement and business development activities (Proposal responses, client
interactions, workshops etc.)
Learning new tools and technologies if required. Develop/Implement automation solutions and
Capabilities That Are Aligned To Clients Business Requirements
- Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and explain the reasons for this
choice
- Use feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, personal strengths and address development
areas
- Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others
- Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends
- Staying in the loop and on top of the latest M&A trends and developing new skills
- Ability to provide examples of prior problem solving to help guide the team members
Desired Experience And Skills
- 4 to 7 years of industry experience, with an emphasis on service delivery
- Data Visualization tools such as Tableau/ Power BI and Excel/Google Charts
- Ability to effectively take ownership and work on multiple, concurrent projects under stringent
timelines while working both independently and in a team environment
- Ability to work effectively under strict deadlines and utilize project management skills to manage tasks
- Relevant experience in conducting primary research (including desktop research, surveys and web
scraping), secondary research, analysis of complex data and client-ready deliverable creation
- Relevant experience in private equity, commercial due diligence, target screening and / or M&A
advisory preferred
- Multi-tasking and balancing time effectively, keeping a rapid pace without sacrificing quality
- Strong business acumen, with analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective written and verbal business communication skills when interacting with team members
and/or clients in a professional setting
- Extensive experience in creating clear and concise reports, including graphics and data visualization
for clients and clearly presenting findings to interested parties
Desired Soft Skills
- Effective communication and storytelling skills to various audiences (written and verbal)
- Strong work ethic, proactive and professional behavior
- Strategic and creative thinker, problem solver
Educational Background
- MBA from premier B-Schools (preferred)
- Strong academic credentials, analytical ability and leadership skills
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