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 financial due diligence at PwC will focus on providing strategic advice and business diligence services to clients in their mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. You will be responsible for analysing financial information focusing on quality of earnings and assets, cash flows and other key client deal issues.Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.
Skills
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
- Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
- Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
- Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
- Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
- Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
- Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
- Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
- Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
Location
: Kolkata
Qualification criteria
: Must possess an ACA qualification (or an international equivalent)
About The Team
Our specialist Debt & Capital Advisory (DCA) team is made up of over 20 people in the UK, focused on helping clients to deliver a successful finance raising. Whether it be a refinance, funding growth or releasing equity, we help clients to reduce balance sheet stress, generate cash and find the best source of capital to support their business objectives. We are now looking to further strengthen the team with the addition of a Senior Associate.Our DCA team forms part of our wider Deals business. We work closely across Deals (and wider PwC teams) to ensure we give the best advice to our clients. Given the nature of our services, the work in Deals is varied, often fast paced and calls on commercial, analytical and interpersonal skills.The team can offer successful candidate experience across a wide variety of engagements with significant opportunities for self-development. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a dynamic and fast-growing team.
Our Work Typically Involves Advising Companies On
- Evaluating business plans for robustness and sensitivity
- Capital structure analysis
- Financial modelling and debt capacity analysis
- Assessing financing products and markets
- Managing ongoing relationships with potential funders
- Organizing and managing funding competitions
- Preparing management presentations and information memoranda
- Assessing financing offers and negotiating terms and conditions
- Advising management teams on financing decisions
Responsibilities
Within DCA you’ll work as part of a diverse team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex financing issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this level include but are not limited to:
- Contributing to discussions around potential financing solutions most suitable for the client and their financing needs
- Undertaking analysis of the debt capacity of a business - quantitative and qualitative
- Helping to prepare management presentations and information memoranda
- Reviewing business plans and management assumptions
- Gradual understanding of financial legal documentation
- Building and maintaining rapport with senior clients on engagements (generally c-suite, MDs and Investment Directors
Essential Skills And Experience Required
Our work focuses on raising debt financing for a range of companies in the mid-market, including private equity and privately owned businesses. We look for the following skills and experience:
- Must possess an ACA qualification (or an international equivalent)
- A desire to learn quickly and build their knowledge of debt products and markets (leveraged loans, high yield bonds, untrenched, asset based and real estate loans)
- An interest in wider economic and political trends and sector dynamics
- Wide range of client experience and a passion for client collaboration
- Experience of writing reports
- Good Excel skills are essential, with experience using Power BI and other data analytics and visualization tools being beneficial
- Strong analytical skills, an ability to think laterally and a focus on attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal skills and comfortable communicating with all levels
- Flexibility in terms of working across a diverse range of industries and roles
- A commitment to continued personal development
- Proven project and time management skills
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written
