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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.Enhancing your leadership style you motivate develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching leveraging team members unique strengths and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.
Examples of the skills knowledge and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
Job Overview: This position is for a Manager to lead and be part of a fast-growing Strategy& practice within our Advisory Acceleration Centre. Strategy& (S&) is our global strategy consulting business. It is a specialist team within PwC that combines strategy consulting capabilities with leading industry and sector insights and know-how. The team helps clients identify and build the capabilities essential to their advantage and develop strategies based on these capabilities. S& serves four main go-to-market channels: Deal Execution (M&A) Post-Deal Value Creation Portfolio Companies Corporate and Public Sector Clients (non-deals) across industries (including Technology Media Telco Consumer Products Retail Industrials Professional Services Energy Financial Services Healthcare Pharma). The Deals channel is the largest channel for our UK team. Our work shapes the M&A landscape by supporting private equity (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 PE clients with over 2.5 trillion in assets under management and publicly traded companies with a combined market capitalisation of over 4 trillion. From initial investment strategy development to commercial due diligence value creation post-close and exit were here to help our clients drive growth. The S& Acceleration Centre in India is a specialist team within our broader PwC Kolkata Acceleration Centre that plays a critical role working with the UK team in project preparation and executing including all responsibilities typically required of a UK-based team member from Experienced Associate to Manager. This includes analysis research output creation presentation and discussion. Responsibilities include: As a Manager at S& KAC you will lead a team of problem solvers working on complex business issues from strategy to execution. Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
Be an active and visible leader with passion and commitment to the S& KAC team developing strong relationships with the UK-based S& team
Provide day-to-day coaching and mentorship to the S& KAC team on work-planning problem solving hypotheses generation and research tools including working with teams on clientfacing deliverables and reviewing others work for quality accuracy and relevance
Managing teams in developing and implementing capabilities that are aligned with the S& focus areas.
Promote high performance and a sustainable work-life balance while managing expectationswith leadership and UK-based staff
Develop new standardised delivery modules to extend those that have already been created(e.g. competition benchmarking survey analysis website scraping customer and financialanalysis slide creation industry research knowledge management and more)
Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively
Refine existing and develop new S& KAC onboarding and training programmes
Work closely with the UK S& team to fully support client development and engagements
Promote new ideas and services by applying knowledge of the industry / sector and societal
trends to create value for clients PwC and broader stakeholders
Demonstrate critical thinking an ability to bring order to unstructured problems and excellent
commercial acumen
Uphold the firms code of ethics and business conduct
Other areas:
Contribute to practice enablement and business development activities (proposal responses client
interactions workshop preparation etc.)
Translate client business requirements user needs and technical requirements into
designs that are visually enticing easy to use and emotionally engaging
Learning new tools and technologies including generative AI (genAI) as required
Develop internal relationships to build trust in an effort to develop and market the KAC brand
Keep up to date with local and global business and economic issues
Staying in the loop and on top of the latest M&A trends
Desired Experience and Skills:
8 to 10 years of industry experience with an emphasis on consulting services and project
delivery as well as team building and operational leadership
Relevant experience in private equity commercial due diligence target screening
and / or M&A advisory is an asset
Ability to effectively manage teams across multiple concurrent projects under stringent
timelines
Relevant experience in conducting primary research (including desktop research surveys and
web scraping) and secondary research required
Relevant experience in analysis of complex data (e.g. survey outputs financial statements
business plans) required
Relevant experience in creating client-ready deliverables including PowerPoint slides and
reports required
Experience in using Microsoft Excel PowerPoint is required and experience with data
visualisation tools like Power BI and other similar tools is an asset
Multi-tasking and balancing time effectively keeping a rapid pace without sacrificing quality
Excellent commercial / business acumen with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Extensive experience in creating clear and concise reports including graphics and data visualisation and commentary for clients and clearly presenting findings to others
Desired Soft Skills:
Effective communication and storytelling skills to various audiences (written and verbal)
Strong work ethic proactive and professional behaviour
Strategic and creative thinker problem solver
Educational Background:
MBA from premier B-Schools (preferred)
Strong academic credentials analytical ability and leadership skills
Additional Information:
Time type: Full time
Work timings: Work hours may vary for specific projects
Travel requirements: None
Past experience: Past experience in consulting and exposure to a multinational environment willbe an added 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 Carve-Outs Change Management Coaching and Feedback 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 19 moreDesired Languages (If blank desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Not SpecifiedAvailable for Work Visa Sponsorship
NoGovernment Clearance Required
NoJob Posting End Date
Required Experience:
Manager
Full-Time