Advisory - Deals - Valuation - Senior Associate - KOL/BLR

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 deal valuation at PwC, you will focus on providing analysis and valuation services for mergers, acquisitions, and other financial transactions. You will help clients make informed decisions by assessing the worth and potential risks of various deals. Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities. Skills Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to: Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development. Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others. Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential. Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas. Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback. Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns. Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness. Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements. Activities To Be Performed Work on and deliver Deals Corporate Finance related requests by using appropriate research sources and searching the identified sources to locate the information required Support preparation of marketing materials, management presentations, pitchbook, teaser, confidential information memorandum Analyse financials for quantitative research around financial statements, valuation multiples, weighted average cost of capital etc. Prepare company profiles, industry and economic overviews Screen for target/buyer companies. Identify comparable companies and transactions Organize research findings into meaningful deliverables to the requestor Obtain training on the relevant databases, acquire knowledge required to use the databases efficiently Provide input on best practices and process optimization opportunities Churn out varied work requests in short turnaround time. Requirements Ability to analyze and anticipate client requests, interpret asks and act according to expectations Good reasoning and analytical ability Capable of designing new research approaches which enhance quality and productivity Good understanding of databases (CapitalIQ, ThomsonOne etc.) will be an added advantage Financial data pack preparation, including Quality of earnings, Net Working Capital (NWC) and Debt and Debt Like (DDL) schedule preparation Sales, COGS, SG&A, labour, margin analysis/trending Balance sheet summarization and analysis Flat file & mapping table production using databases like Power Query, Power Pivot, Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI Power Query/Pivot Alteryx model development Effective verbal and written communications skills Self-motivated and capable of working both independently and in a team Proven project and time management skills Self-starter with ability to multi-task and constantly reprioritize 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 tea. Education/qualifications CA/CA-Inter/CFA/MBA/Bachelor or master’s degree in commerce with 2+ years of experience. Show more Show less