Experienced Associate - Valuations | Deals

Job Description:

Industry/SectorNot Applicable

SpecialismValuation

Management LevelAssociate

Job Description & SummaryAt PwC, our people in deals focus on providing strategic advice and support to clients in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring. They help clients navigate complex transactions and maximise value in their business deals.

In deal valuation at PwC, you will focus on providing analysis and valuation services for mergers, acquisitions, and other financial transactions. You will help clients make informed decisions by assessing the worth and potential risks of various deals.

Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

* Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.
* Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
* Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.
* Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas.
* Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback.
* Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.
* Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.
* Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements.

A career in our Valuations practice, within Deals Transaction Services, will provide you the opportunity to help organizations to properly recognize the value of intangibles assets -as well as to periodically measure them- in company acquisitions and mergers.
At the same time, in Valuations you will be part of the options value determination process and you will be able to understand the value generation of a Company. In short, we help some of the world's leading companies originate, create, execute, and realize value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction ensuring the proper fair value determination in each transaction.
As part of the team, you'll research financial risks and develop financial models that assist our team in providing fair and accurate valuation advice.
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 an an Experienced Associate, you will work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to identify, synthesize, and explain complex business issues. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this role entail:
* Prioritize and handle multiple tasks in a demanding deal-oriented environment.
* Communicate confidently and effectively across a multi-office / international team using a variety of communication styles.
* Extensive aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analyses.
* Conduct independent research to gain an understanding of complex valuation topics.
* Proactively seek guidance, clarification and feedback on assigned projects.
* Develop new skills outside of your comfort zone.
* Aggregate and summarize detailed data and highlight key facts.
* Uphold the Firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
Job Requirements
Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting and/or Economics. Knowledge in corporate finance and company valuation are preferred (not required).
Minimum Experience Required: 1 to 3 years
Certifications Required: Not applicable
Languages Required: Strong English skills, both written and verbal
Travel Requirements? None required, but opportunities will exist

Job Preferences
Knowledge / Skills:
* Possesses basic knowledge of (i) key valuation methodologies for business entities (i.e., Income - discounted cash flow, Market - guideline public company multiple and cost approaches) and (ii) quantitative / qualitative analysis of financial metrics.
* Possesses basic understanding of accounting, corporate finance, valuation, tax and business reporting processes.
* Ability to conduct in-depth client, industry and market research.
* Excellent written and verbal skills and ability to prepare / review memoranda and reports that communicate research findings and recommendations clearly and concisely.
* Possesses intermediate skills in MS-Office tools (i.e., Excel, Word, Power Point) and a basic understanding of other software applications are desirable, but not required (i.e., Alteryx, Power BI).
* Fluent in the English language along with advanced reading and writing comprehension skills.
Preferred Education (But Not Required): Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting and/or Economics. Knowledge in corporate finance and company valuation are preferred (not required).
Preferred Certifications (But Not Required): Not applicable

Understand the importance of have a correct information management
Knowledge of Information Security and Data Protection
Correct Information Security Management

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to ethnicity; creed; color; religion; national origin; age; disability; neurodiversity; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; marital; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an inclusive organization and equal opportunity employer.

Travel RequirementsNot Specified

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