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About the job

PWC

In Deals we solve the important problems that stand in the way of value being created, sustained, realised or protected for our clients – working together to aid responsible recovery and growth.

Working on iconic deals with national and global clients, we put together major mergers and acquisitions and resolve business crises – from international take-over bids to financial crime investigations and cases of insolvency.

We draw upon our deals experience across many industries to support and partner with our clients, to positively impact society and the communities in which we operate.

Transactions

In Transactions we support private equity firms, investment funds and corporate clients through mergers, acquisitions and disposals. Advising throughout the lifecycle of the deal, we work on both the buy and sell side of the work, where our people develop specialist sector understanding and build key skills in financial due diligence. We have an excellent reputation of bringing deep industry expertise, actionable insights through analysis and deals experience.

A career in our Financial Due Diligence practice, within Deals Transaction, will provide you the opportunity to help organisations realise the potential of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and capital markets. In short, we help some of the world’s leading companies originate, create, execute, and realise value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction ensuring maximum value for their company.Our team assist organisations with both buy side and sell side due diligence. As part of our team, you’ll help us provide both corporate and financial buyers with peace of mind by analysing and validating all the financial, commercial, operational and strategic assumptions being made.

Who We’re Looking For

We’re looking for experienced Financial Due Diligence Senior Managers to join our team in London to run Financial Due Diligence engagements, build new relationships and help drive continued growth across the sector.

Transaction Services

Our Transaction business is an exciting, fast-paced and ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of businesses.

A career in our Financial Due Diligence (FDD) practice, within Transactions, will provide you the opportunity to help organisations realise the potential of: i) mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; and ii) capital markets. In short, we help some of the world’s leading companies originate, create, execute, and realise value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction ensuring maximum value for their company.

About The Team

Our team assists organisations with both buy side and sell side due diligence. As part of our team, you’ll help us provide both corporate and financial buyers with peace of mind by analysing and validating all the financial, commercial, operational and strategic assumptions being made.

Our national Transaction team supports a wide variety of transactions in the UK and internationally. We advise both top and mid-tier, corporate and financial (private equity) clients, who invest in a range of assets, from smaller privately owned businesses to large household names. Whilst a significant proportion of our work is UK based, we also support our clients internationally, working alongside our network firms in Europe and globally.

Our FDD team members are industry aligned and have deep experience and knowledge across the following industries:

• Financial Services,
• Industrial Products and Services,
• Technology, Media & Telecoms,
• Healthcare & Pharma,
• Retail, Consumer & Leisure,
• Energy, Utilities, Mining & Infrastructure, and
• Real Estate

Our Financial Due Diligence team is supported by Valuations, SPA, Data & Analytics and Financial modelling specialists, bringing technical expertise to complement our wider Deals offering.

About The Role

As a Senior Manager within our Financial Due Diligence team in London you will be involved in:

• Analysing financial and non-financial business information
• Identifying and understanding key drivers of a business and potential deal breakers (financial and non-financial)
• Writing financial due diligence (buy-side, sell-side or refinancing) reports for our corporate, banking and private equity clients
• Sharing your experience and developing other team members through the deal process
• Understanding the processes in due diligence work including dealing with risk management processes and procedures
• Interacting with senior levels of Management, and exposure to business owners to understand areas such as historical and projected business performance, wider commercial issues, etc
• Developing internal and external networks, and adopting a client relationship centric mindset
• Whilst the role is based in London, travel may be required, which is dependent upon the client/ target’s location

We’re looking for a qualified accountant with extensive Financial Due Diligence experience, commercial awareness, an investigative mind and flair for detail that underpin sound advice.

Essential Skills & Experience

• ACA/ICAS qualified (or equivalent)
• Financial Due Diligence experience is essential
• Excellent business writing and Excel skills (e.g. report writing)
• Excellent analytical skills and commercial awareness
• A flexible working style
• Interpersonal skills (lead teams, mentoring and developing staff, confident interacting with clients and management)
• Excellent communication skills (questioning and listening skills)

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Alteryx, PowerBI, Tableau and other data analytics and visualisation tools
• Passionate about client service
• Able to adapt to change
• Project manage assignments
• Proactive with regard to self-development
• Wide range of client experience
• Willingness to lead

Deals

Our Deals business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business.

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The Deal

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Our commitment to you

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Application support

If you’re a person with a disability, if you’re neurodivergent, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you. Learn more.