Senior Associate - Deals - MA Strategy Human Capital

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Delivering Deal Value

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

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What does this role entail

M&A Strategy team is a part of Management Consulting at PwC. Within the Management Consulting division M&A Strategy team builds solutions for clients to maximize the value through Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) transactions both strategic and financial across the deal continuum by leveraging its core expertise and extensive experience in M&A from both Buyer / Seller perspective.

Competency Overview: M&A Strategy The M&A Strategy team will provide you with the opportunity to help clients achieve maximum value in their M&A transactions by solving complex transformational challenges. As an Associate youll work as part of a team of problem solvers helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to . We focus on all business aspects of the deal lifecycle including:

Job Description:

PreDeal Provides advisory services to clients by evaluating the human capital function of the company in consideration to identify risks liabilities and opportunities thereby informing strategic decisionmaking during a deal.

Human Capital Due Diligence: Assist clients (buyside or sellside) to conduct a detailed analysis of HR operations including (workforce key compensation and benefit plans HR systems culture) and assess potential merger synergies standalone improvement opportunities and risks.

Value Capture: Identify performance improvement opportunities and best practices through industry and functional expertise to increase value for client

Operations Due Diligence: Evaluating the efficiency effectiveness and scalability of HR operations within the target company. The aim is to identify operational strengths weaknesses and potential areas for improvement and synergies.

PostDeal Provide advisory services for largescale integrations and complex divestitures focusing on crossfunctional planning target operating models and actionable work plans.

Integration Management: Work with clients functional leads to chart out workplans and execute integration in HR processes systems and employees

Separation Management: Assist sellside clients to minimize impact to HR function while carving out target company. Identify TSAs and reverse TSAs and create workplans to ensure organizational stability and continuity

Change Management Culture & Communications: Design and implement change management strategies to support organizational initiatives assess and integrate cultural similarities through a detailed roadmap and develop comprehensive communication plans to ensure transparency and alignment during transitions.

Organizational Design: Analyze current organizational structures and evaluate key talent to support the target operating model and provide a comprehensive understanding of talent risks and opportunities

Legal Entity Operationalization: Develop and manage plans for the legal entity separation process and collaborate with crossfunctional teams to facilitate operationalization and compliance for new legal entities

Synergy Tracking / Value Capture: Work with client to identify best practices to improve HRrelated operating efficiencies. Also tracking identified synergies to ensure expected value is realized in a transaction.

Core responsibilities as an Senior Associate would entail (but not limited to) Candidates will join highfunctioning global project teams to solve M&Arelated problems analyzing financial data preparing work plans managing stakeholders and providing transaction recommendations. They will also engage in business development thought leadership and firm building activities working with experienced consultants to address complex business issues from strategy to .

Your opportunities at PwC Learn: Develop business acumen technical and technology skills Apply: Diverse opportunities to showcase your skills in an inclusive and supportive environment Grow: Harness your leadership potential to expand your career

Musthave skills

Key drivers for primary functional areas such as sales & marketing supply chain R&D Finance IT and HR

Ability to handle manipulate and analyze quantitative as well as qualitative data Concept and rationale of market & industry research competitor analysis and benchmarking for key operational and financial metrics

Experience of supporting one or more functional areas organizing work to meet time and budget expectations and keeping project leadership informed of progress and issues

Prior knowledge/ experience in consulting (technology risk management strategy) or in key M&A related areas such as pre deal diligence integration and separation planning and

Comprehensive knowledge of HR concepts and principles such as HR Organization Design Workforce Planning Talent Management Change Management Culture and Communications

Skilled in project management for organizational change company integrations employee communications and HR transformation with expertise in deploying HR methodologies

Goodtohave skills

Intellectual curiosity along with creative thinking ability and structured problemsolving approach

Skills to invite & give real time feedback and to Identify & make suggestions for improvements through an ownershipdriven attitude

Ability to communicate confidently in clear concise and articulate manner in written and oral format

Ability to build solid and collaborative relationships with team members and external stakeholders

Basic working proficiency in MS Excel MS PowerPoint and MS Word

Basic knowledge of data analytics and visualization tools would be a bonus

Discipline and maturity to follow risk management and compliance procedures

Experience in HRrelated M&A activities including due diligence target screening integration planning and and/or postmerger integration.

Familiarity with cloudbased HR systems (e.g. Workday SAP SuccessFactors Oracle HCM) and their impact on organizational efficiency

Knowledge of using HR analytics for strategic decisionmaking including workforce planning talent management and performance measurement

Eligibility Criteria

MBA in Human Resource/ Strategy/ Finance from a premium BSchool

Past Experience: 3 6 years of prior relevant work experience

Experience in M&A or management consulting domain and exposure to the multinational environment will be a bonus

Education (if blank degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback Accepting Feedback Active Listening Analytical Thinking Business Administration CarveOuts Change Management Communication Contract Negotiation Cost Efficiency Cost Reduction Creativity Embracing Change Emotional Regulation Empathy Enhanced Due Diligence HR Due Diligence Inclusion Initial Public Offering (IPO) Intellectual Curiosity Learning Agility M&A Strategy Market Research Operational Advice Operational Performance Management (OPM) 14 more

Desired Languages (If blank desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship

No

Government Clearance Required

No

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