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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. 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. 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. Primary Responsibilities Of The Role Pre-Deal (IT Due Diligence): OIT Function Assessment ▪Support clients in developing key IT strategies for M&A engagements with a focus on IT due diligence across the IT function including IT applications and data, IT infrastructure, IT security and IT organisation (including IT vendors). ▪This involves evaluating IT landscapes to identify synergies and dis-synergies, understanding the business's IT transformation vision, and identifying technical inefficiencies. ▪Propose recommendations for the target IT landscape, identify IT-related opportunities and risks, and formulate strategies to mitigate them. oIT spend Analysis: Conduct IT spend analysis, including vendor contract reviews to uncover hidden transactional costs, and provide recommendations for cost efficiencies. Perform IT benchmarking for key performance indicators using insights from previous projects and research databases. oSubject Matter Expertise: Provide basic subject matter expertise across one or more of the following critical components of IT landscape: ▪ERP assessment and separation/ integration planning (e.g., SAP etc.) ▪Enterprise Architecture ▪Infrastructure (Servers, Data Center, Storage, Network, End User Computing) ▪Cloud ▪Security and Access Management (Cybersecurity Services, Cyber maturity assessment framework leveraging NIS2 framework) ▪IT Financials in M&A and Transformation Scenarios (IT Opex / Capex Cost Modeling) Post-Deal (Integration/Separation): oIntegration and Separation Planning: Provide support for IT integration and separation activities post-deal. This includes planning and readiness for program, integration, and transformation management offices, as well as Day 1/100 readiness planning. oVendor Management: Assist in vendor evaluation and selection, bid formulation, and ongoing vendor management to ensure smooth integration or separation processes. oDigital and Technology Transformation: Advise on large-scale transformation engagements by identifying, designing, and implementing creative business and technology solutions. Plan and implement IT integration, separation, and transformation projects, providing advisory and PMO support for enterprise systems like ERP, CRM, and Big Data. oTechnology Implementation: Guide projects involving enterprise application integration and transformation across various components of the IT landscape, ensuring comprehensive solutions are delivered. Additional Requirements: Critical problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment. Ability to use tools outside of traditional methods such as MS excel, PowerPoint, and enable smart working. Framing issues and breaking it down into hypotheses to be solved Strong oral and written communication skills Core consulting skills including (MS Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, Project), story boarding etc. Improving internal processes and promoting knowledge sharing in the team. Flexibility to travel if required. Show more Show less
