Industry/Sector

Private Equity

Specialism

Deal Strategy

Management Level

Director

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Deals Strategy practice, within Deals Transaction Services, will provide you the opportunity to help organisations realise the potential of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and capital markets. In short, we help some of the world’s leading companies originate, create, execute, and realise value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction ensuring maximum value for their company.

Our team helps companies navigate the accounting and financial reporting challenges of business combinations. As part of the team, you’ll develop roadmaps of the driving economic objectives, determine the appropriate professionals needed, and consider financial reporting implications for deals.

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 Director, 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:

• Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary.
• Arrange and sponsor appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations.
• Identify gaps in the market and spot opportunities to create value propositions.
• Look for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments.
• Create an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• I promote and encourage others to value difference when working in diverse teams.
• Drive and take ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders.
• Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships which add value to the firm.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

A career in our fast-paced Strategy& Deals Private Equity Value Creation (PEVC) practice provides the opportunity to work with leading bulge & mid-market PE clients to help them maximize deal value. Our ability to operate at the intersection of strategy, operations & finance is central to our value proposition. We deliver seamlessly across the deal continuum, from diligence through post-deal value creation, developing practical sector-specific solutions that solve complex problems at deal-speed.

Job Requirements and Preferences :

Basic Qualifications :

Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree

Required Fields of Study:
Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Economics, Data Processing/Analytics/Science, Computer and Information Science

Additional Educational Requirements:

Other relevant fields of study may be considered

Minimum Years of Experience:
8 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications :

Degree Preferred:
Master Degree

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities as a team leader, emphasizing the following areas:

Private Equity deal experience:

• Experience in and understanding of Private Equity transactions and the deal lifecycle, including a basic understanding of Private Equity concepts (e.g. investment thesis, LP, GP, hold period);

• Experience conducting commercial, operations and/or Go-to-Market due diligence;

• Ability to work at “deal speed”;

• Ability to be flexible and creative to arrive at a set of outcomes, including with an incomplete or ambiguous set of inputs;

• Ability to gather, analyze and draw conclusions from both structured and unstructured data; and,

• Ability to link observations to the client’s investment thesis and value creation goals.

Go-to-Market expertise:

• Deep understanding of at least one-and ideally more than one-of the functions that comprise Go-to-Market: Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Channel;

• Understanding of common revenue models (e.g. perpetual license vs. subscription);

• Understanding of how a company’s commercial strategy links to its corporate strategy;

• Familiarity with key Go-to-Market metrics (e.g. ARR, ACV, bookings, CAC, LTV); and,

• Understanding of how Go-to-Market metrics tie to a Private Equity sponsor’s key financial metrics (e.g. EBITDA, EV).

Technology industry knowledge:

• Understanding of basic technology business models (e.g. on-premise vs. cloud);

• Experience working with or evaluating Software/SaaS companies; and,

• Basic understanding of macro trends impacting the Technology landscape (e.g. the shift from prem to SaaS).

Other capabilities:

• Writing, communicating, facilitating, and presenting cogently; to and/or for all levels of audiences, clients and internal staff and management;

• Building proven and collaborative relationships with team members, fostering a productive teamwork environment, leading teams to generate a vision, leveraging diverse views, and helping to develop and grow team members throughout the course of every engagement;

• Distilling a combination of qualitative and quantitative information into a concise set of findings, conclusions and recommendations;

• Helping clients see the “big picture” through a combination of synthesized conclusions and supporting data;

• Scoping and leading project delivery;

• Ensuring engagements are delivered on-time and on-budget;

• Leading client interactions, including interviews, management meetings and readouts with Private Equity Deal & Operations teams, CEOs, CROs, CMOs, COOs, and CFOs;

• Helping to pursue and develop new project opportunities-including writing proposals, determining staffing needs, determining budget;

• Developing new frameworks to support the team’s continued evolution; and,

• Ability to communicate difficult information or news in a way that is clear and direct while also being audience-appropriate.

Travel Requirements

Up to 60%

Job Posting End Date

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