Senior Associate TMT

Role: Senior Associate M&A Operations (Technology, Media and Telecommunications)

Location: Bangalore

What does this role entail?

The TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) team within M&A Operations is fast-growing and market leading team, working on a wide range of client engagements. The M&A deals we work on range in size from £50m to over £5bn and our clients include the most well-known brands and business in the world. We often work on these high profile deals with top tier private equity and corporate firms across the deals cycle, from pre-deal diligence, synergy development and separation planning through Day 1 and into implementation support. We routinely collaborate with PwC’s wider commercial and financial due diligence practice as part of our go to market model.

We comprise both career-consultants and subject matter experts from industry, and actively seek diversity of experience in our new team members. Our team includes individuals with experience gained in industry and in the consulting / advisory practice (at PwC or other firms).

Core responsibilities as a Senior Associate would entail (but not limited to)

We are looking for a Technology Senior Associate, with experience in the TMT sector, who can help our clients to answer the following questions on a transaction by conducting a technology due diligence:

• Are the platform and operations well-invested from an IT / Technology perspective or will I need to spend a lot of cash in the short-term addressing issues?
• Are the platform and operations well designed and can they scale to support our growth ambitions?
• Are the platform and operations robust?
• Do management’s proposed initiatives/projects to enhance the platform and operations effectively support the broader business plan?

The candidate should be able to help support TMT clients and their CTOs with various technology cost assessments, including estimating technology carve-out costs, evaluating operating and capital expenditures, and assessing technology-related synergies. Additionally, a technical understanding of product management in the context of a software business is preferable.

Note that we expect candidates to be able to answer many of the questions above, although we appreciate that all candidates may not have experience in all areas (e.g. we expect some candidates will have more experience on software versus infrastructure).

Must-have skills

Experience

• Excellent

  stakeholder management

  skills, with the ability to engage and communicate withseniorbusiness leaders.
• Excellent

  quantitative and written skills

  , able to build analyses or an evidence base to support a position, often in situations with imperfect or incomplete information.
• A healthy

  curiosity

  , coupled with a disciplined approach to understanding and

  solving problems

  .
• Able to work from first-principles and stay focused on the ‘why’ when performing analyses or reviewing documentation.

• Comfortable under pressure and managing through ambiguity

  to deliver tasks in an environment where there are many unknowns.

• Adaptable

  , and up for the challenge of mastering new industries and developing experience in a wide variety of product types.
• Capability or willingness to develop

  skill in data analytics e.g. Alteryx, PowerBI, Tableau.

• Have the ability to comment on the appropriateness of a platform’s design choices

  such as the application architecture and choice of programming languages.

• Currently operates as a consultant, has TMT sector experience, or works in a technical role within a technology / technology-enabled company

  (and have hands-on experience delivering or supporting technical solutions)

OR

• Candidate(s) who currently operate as a technical due diligence consultant, ideally within the TMT sector

  , and/or works in a technical role within a technology, media or telecom business.