About the role
The Financial Services team within S& M&A Operations is a successful, growing and supportive team that specialises in helping clients pre transaction by assessing FS companies’ operations and technology, and identifying value creation opportunities - as well as helping clients post deal with fast-paced transformation programmes - including planning operational separations and mergers. We routinely collaborate with PwC’s wider practice (e.g. Transaction Services, Strategy & Consulting) as part of our go to market approach.
We comprise both career-consultants and people from industry, and welcome diversity of experience in our hires.
The job will require some degree of travel, though our clients are more and more accustomed to working offsite. As a team we are committed to working collaboratively at least 3 days per week alongside some flexibility, which is built on two-way trust.
What your days will look like:
As a Senior Manager, your responsibilities will include:
Leading high-profile M&A transaction engagements, including carve-outs, separations, integrations, and operational due diligence projects - to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients and our own quality criteria
Managing and delivering large and small projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team
Developing strategies to solve complex technical challenges
Proactively assisting in the management of a portfolio of clients
Training, coaching, and supervising staff
Being responsible for the financial management of clients
Leading business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients
Contributing to the development of your own and the team's technical skills
The skills & experience we're looking for:
Either
Experience of working in a role in financial services, or a role in the financial services industry, ideally Banking, Payments, Insurance or Asset and Wealth Management
OR
Experienced in M&A, cost-out and / or synergies, integration, carve-out and/or on change projects, restructuring or business improvement
In addition to:
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and communicate with senior business leaders
Strong quantitative and written skills, able to build analysis and an evidence base to support a position, often in situations with imperfect or incomplete information
Comfortable under pressure and managing through ambiguity to deliver tasks in an environment where there are many unknowns
A healthy curiosity, coupled with a disciplined approach to understanding and solving problems
Ability to quickly understand large amounts of information and draw out hypotheses and key messages
Comfort around financial analysis and understanding of the drivers of financial information
What you’ll receive from us:
No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.
We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.
