Advisory Deals Finance Due Diligence Director

Industry / Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Financial Due Diligence

Management Level

Director

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Financial Due Diligence practice within Deals Transaction Services will provide you the opportunity to help organisations realise the potential of mergers acquisitions and divestitures and capital short we help some of the worlds 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 youll 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.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines geographies and career paths and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers now and in the future.

As a Manager youll work as part of a team of problem solvers helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to :

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others recognise their strengths and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firms / clients expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firms code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Description : -

Key responsibilities are assigned based on an evaluation of the candidates professional

qualification relevant experience Excel skills and a demonstrated working knowledge of financial analysis that impacts the business and economic environment.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join as a Manager where you will analyse financial and non-financial information in the context of our clients Value Creation investment hypotheses. You will prepare financial due diligence reports and communicate due diligence findings using our cloud based platform for our corporate and private equity clients to assist them with deal related decision making. As a manager you will work as part of a team of financial diligence problem solvers in performing data driven financial and accounting diligence analysis and communicating with PwC network offices on project deliverables. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to :

Understands the due diligence process and has experience in financial analysis report writing

Guide team members executes leads and manage the FDD projects independently.

Counsel team members on the project on KPIs key financial drivers

Ensures that team members deliver quality service as per clients needs and priorities

Measure monitor and improve client service by guiding team members and driving excellence in service delivery

Focus teams on the key priorities while managing several large to medium-size projects

Ensuring smooth service delivery within the defined geographical area

Produce assignment budgets and timetables and manage delivery against them

Reviews quality of deliverables in terms of accuracy of research findings presentation of data logical reasoning of points of view usage of crisp and effective language and comprehensiveness of scope vis-à-vis the agreed scope.

Identifies develops and implements best practices in projects. Defines need for new information sources and provides feedback on new sources.

Manages efficiency and productivity of team members on a day-to-day basis. Ensures adherence to Deals FDD work-flow protocol and tools.

Assists in capacity planning competency mapping and recruitment of resources for the assigned teams

Demonstrates and applies in-depth subject knowledge to deliverables and has general understanding of other-related disciplines

Proactively participate in research approach identification and execute it to produce outputs contributing to the overall project.

Provide expert reviews for all projects within the assigned subject

Preferred Qualifications : -

You have a strong interest and knowledge of mergers and acquisitions possess exceptional analytical skills as they relate to identifying financial and strategic business trends and are able effectively interpret and communicate the implications of those trends on a deal;

You can demonstrate the ability to take responsibility for and ensures that assigned tasks are fulfilled in a timely way to a high standard.

Consistently demonstrate teamwork dynamics by working as a team member : understand personal and team roles; contribute to a positive working environment by building solid relationships with team members; and proactively seek guidance clarification and feedback.

Effective written and verbal communication skills in English.

Are self-motivated and have a desire to take responsibility for personal growth and development.

Are committed to continuous training and to proactively learn new processes.

Basic Qualifications

Must possess an CA / MBA Qualification or have equivalent work experience.

Industry experience in any of the following : Energy Utilities Mining and Infrastructure; Financial Services; Healthcare and Pharma; Industrial Manufacturing and Services; Retail Consumer and Leisure; Real Estate; or Technology Media and Telecommunications

Ability to identify key drivers of a business and potential deal breakers (financial and non-financial)

Understanding of the processes in due diligence work including dealing with risk management processes and procedures

Excellent business writing and Excel skills (e.g. report writing)

Experience with Alteryx PowerBI and other data analytics and visualisation tools

Excellent analytical skills and commercial awareness

Interpersonal skills (nurturing talented teams mentoring and developing staff confident interacting with clients and management)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Job Posting End Date

Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Accounting Software,Forecasting,Ellucian,Financial Report Writing,GAAP,Accounting,Corporate Finance,Financial Analysis,Financial Modeling,Budgeting,Financial Management,Financial Planning

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1