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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. In capital markets accounting advisory services at PwC, you will focus on providing strategic guidance on a broad range of technical accounting, financial reporting, transaction structures and capital markets topics. You will advise clients on complex accounting advisory and financial reporting issues around deals (both public and private) and other transformational business events that may impact an organisation’s value. Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s 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. Skills Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to: Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system. Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion. Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables. Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same. Effectively mentor others. Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members. Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate. 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. Key responsibilities are assigned based on an evaluation of the candidate’s professional qualification, relevant experience, Microsoft skills, and a demonstrated working knowledge of financial analysis using Accounting concepts that impacts the business and economic environment. These could include: As a Manager, you will work as part of a team of CMAAS problem solvers in performing data driven financial and accounting GAAP analysis, and communicating with PwC network offices on project deliverables. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: You will play an integral role in PwC’s core advisory services provided to clients. Understand the process workflow related to work requests from initiation through completion, understand how workflow is managed within the firm's workflow management tool, understand optimal and required manner in which to document results of work performed. 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. Preferred Qualifications You have a strong interest and knowledge of GAAP and 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 are a self-starter with strong communication skills, an entrepreneurial mind-set, the ability to work in a team, and a confident attitude; 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. Additional Responsibilities: Perform work and provide related deliverables in accordance with DC User Guide instructions as applied to engagement team work request submissions Maintain working knowledge of DC User Guides Monitor time and manage deadlines. Requirements CA/CS/CFA/MBA Finance Experience: > 5 years Completed a professional qualification in accounting or finance and understands financial accounting concepts Manages a number of responsibilities in the face of competing priorities. Sets priorities for tasks based on relative importance and urgency. Takes responsibility for and ensures that assigned tasks are fulfilled in a timely way to a high standard Manages and contributes to the development of junior staff Contributes to the effective working of the team Has Intermediate/Advanced Excel skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat Is a team player, committed to providing high quality and maintaining timeliness Has effective written and verbal communication skills in English Demonstrates self-motivation and a desire to take responsibility for personal growth and development Is committed to continuous training and to proactively learn new processes. Show more Show less
