Associate - Deals - M&A Strategy (Integration, Divestiture, Diligence)

Job Description Summary About PwC We help organizations and individuals create the value they are looking for, by delivering quality in Assurance, Tax and Advisory services. A role in PwC will provide you opportunities to apply skills beyond the workplace to create ground-breaking solutions for clients and our communities. Find out more and tell us what matters to you by visiting us at www.pwc.com. PwC Acceleration Centers in India are diverse, global talent hubs focused on delivering value to our clients – providing virtual client engagement support around the world and across all PwC’s services and capabilities.What does this role entail?M&A Strategy team is a part of Management Consulting at PwC. Within the ManagementConsulting division, M&A Strategy team builds solutions for clients to maximize the value throughMergers & Acquisitions (M&A) transactions, both strategic and financial, across the dealcontinuum by leveraging its core expertise and extensive experience in M&A from both Buyer /Seller perspective.Competency Overview: M&A StrategyThe M&A Strategy team will provide you with the opportunity to help clients achieve maximumvalue in their M&A transactions by solving complex transformational challenges. As an Associate,you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues fromstrategy to execution. We focus on all business aspects of the deal lifecycle including:Pre-Deal – M&A Strategy team advises clients on acquiring target companies (buy-side) ordivesting business units (sell-side).

• Buy-side diligence - Evaluate business models, analyze financials, identify synergies,
  

assess costs, and highlight risks.

• Sell-side diligence - Create operating models, estimate standalone costs, and assess
  

cross-functional entanglements.

• Key focus areas include operations, value capture, commercial and IT due diligence,
  

divestiture management, and cost adjustments.
Post-Deal - We provide advisory services for large-scale integrations and complex divestitures,focusing on cross-functional planning, target operating models, and actionable work plans.

• Key areas include integration and separation management, IT program management,
  

legal restructuring, and synergy tracking.
Must-have skills Good-to-have skills

• Key drivers for primary functional areas such
  

as sales & marketing, supply chain, R&D,
Finance, IT, and HR

• Ability to handle, manipulate and analyze
  

quantitative as well as qualitative data

• Concept and rationale of market & industry
  

research, competitor analysis and
benchmarking for key operational and financialmetrics

• Experience of supporting one or more
  

functional areas, organizing work to meet time
and budget expectations, and keeping projectleadership informed of progress and issues

• Prior knowledge/ experience in
  

consulting (technology, risk, management,
strategy) or in key M&A related areas such aspre deal diligence, integration and separationplanning and executionGood-to-have skills

• Intellectual curiosity along with creative
  

thinking ability and structured problem-solving
approach

• Skills to invite & give real time feedback and to
  

Identify & make suggestions for improvements
through an ownership-driven attitude

• Ability to communicate confidently in clear,
  

concise and articulate manner in written and oral
format

• Ability to build solid and collaborative
  

relationships with team members and external
stakeholders

• Basic working proficiency in MS Excel, MS
  

PowerPoint, and MS Word

• Basic knowledge of data analytics and
  

visualization tools would be a bonus

• Discipline and maturity to follow risk
  

management and compliance procedures