Advisory - Deals - Strategy& - Associate 2
Advisory - Deals - Strategy& - Associate 2
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Industry/Sector
Not ApplicableSpecialism
Deal StrategyManagement Level
AssociateJob Description & Summary
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.
Driven by curiosity you are a reliable contributing member of a our fast-paced environment you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm you build a brand for yourself opening doors to more opportunities.
Examples of the skills knowledge and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
- Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.
- Appreciate diverse perspectives needs and feelings of others.
- Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.
- Actively listen ask questions to check understanding and clearly express ideas.
- Seek reflect act on and give feedback.
- Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.
- Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.
- Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance) uphold the Firms code of conduct and independence requirements.
Job Overview:
This position is for an Associate to be part of a fast-growing Strategy& practice within our AdvisoryAcceleration 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:
Work in a team setting on delivery modules such as competition benchmarking survey analysis website scraping customer and financial analysis slide creation industry research knowledge management and more
Ability to build solid and collaborative relationships with team members
Proactively assist the team in various aspects of the client engagement
Contribute to the development of your own and teams technical and functional acumen
Uphold the firms code of ethics and business conduct
Other areas:
Contribute to practice enablement and business development activities
Learning new tools and technologies including generative AI (genAI) as required
Develop/implement automation solutions and capabilities that are aligned to clients business requirements
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:
2 to 3 years of industry experience
Relevant experience in private equity commercial due diligence target screening and / or M&A advisory is an asset
Ability to understand contextualise and solve commercial problems through
independent analysis and research
Ability to work as an integrated team member with the UK team in delivering client work
Effective written and excellent verbal business communication skills when
interacting with team members and/or clients in a professional setting
Multi-tasking and balancing time effectively keeping a rapid pace without sacrificing quality
Relevant experience in conducting primary research (including desktop research surveys and web scraping) and secondary research is an asset
Relevant experience in analysis of complex data (e.g. survey outputs financial statements business plans) is an asset
Relevant experience in creating client-ready deliverables including PowerPoint slides and reports is an asset
Experience in using Microsoft Excel PowerPoint is required and experience with data visualisation tools like Power BI and other similar tools is an asset.
Desired Soft Skills:
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.
Travel Requirements
Not SpecifiedJob Posting End Date
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
