Line of Service
Advisory

Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
Valuation

Management Level
Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary
A career in Deals Valuation, will provide you with the opportunity to help organisations unlock greater value from existing assets and ongoing capital expenditures as well as new acquisitions, investments, and complex corporate arrangements. We focus on a series of services, such as acquisition and disposal valuation advice including deal pricing and negotiation support, strategic value consulting for improvement of corporate and capital management decisions, financial modelling and value analysis. In short, upon being a member of our team, you will support clients to make profound strategic decisions, better conduct business transactions and decisions, appropriately allocate capital investment, and satisfy regulatory requirements with professional skills and in-depth industry knowledge.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Description: Main purpose of the job and key background information

Activities to be performed :
 Support projects on valuation of businesses for raising capital, purchase price allocations, goodwill impairment etc.
 Work on building and reviewing financial models for discounted cash flow and market approach.
 Prepare company, industry and economic reviews for valuation reports.
 Identify comparable companies and compute various transaction related multiples.
 Use comparable companies to compute weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
 Obtain training on the relevant databases, acquire knowledge required to use the databases efficiently
 Organize research findings into meaningful deliverables
 Carry out other ad-hoc research based on instructions provided

Requirements

 Ability to analyze and anticipate client requests, interpret asks and act according to expectations
 Good reasoning and analytical ability
 Good understanding of databases (CapitalIQ, Bloomberg, ThomsonOne etc.)
 Sound financial concepts
 Provide input on best practices and process optimization opportunities
 Churn out varied work requests in short turnaround time.
 Capable of designing new research approaches which enhance quality and productivity
 Good working knowledge in MS Office tools
 Effective verbal and written communications skills
 Self-motivated and capable of working both independently and in a team
 Self-starter with ability to multi-task and constantly reprioritize

Education/qualifications:
CA/CFA/MBA/Bachelor or Masters degree in any discipline with more than 2 years of experience in Valuations and related research. Required Skills

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date