Manager

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Operations

Management Level

Manager

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.

Deals Strategy

Talent Acquisition Brief

About Deals Strategy
PWC’s Deals Strategy practice combines expertise from the firm’s leading Strategy and Deals practices to give
our clients a clear deal advantage.
Deals Strategy serves two primary client sets:
1. Private Equity Funds – services include:
a. Industry / market assessment
b. Outside-in / limited commercial due diligence
c. Full scope commercial due diligence
d. Portfolio company performance enhancement
2. Corporate Clients – services include:
a. Industry / market assessment studies
b. Feasibility studies
c. Target search / screening
d. Growth strategy – organic / inorganic
e. Business plan development / validation
f. Joint venture / partnering strategy
g. Commercial due diligence
h. Synergy assessment

Deals Strategy is a highly industry vertical-aligned strategy practice, comprising strategists who bring both
execution pace and sector depth to pure-play strategy engagements that are typically less than 2 months in
duration.
Deals Strategy has embarked on an ambitious growth plan in India, and we are keen to hire strategists in our
team.
About the Role
Designation: Manager – Deals Strategy
Desired Experience:
- 5-8 years of management consulting experience with a research / consulting firm
- Specific consulting / industry experience in the financial services, logistics or consumer sectors (higher
priority) or other sectors like media, entertainment, real estate, healthcare or renewables (lower
priority)
- Experience in Deals will be a definite advantage
Desired Educational Background – MBA from a Tier 1 institute
Role Description:
- Lead client engagements independently, with very limited senior supervision
- Guide and develop junior team members in preparing analysis plans (for example, hypothesis / issue
trees), conducting research and preparing findings
- Manage, motivate and train junior team members
- Conduct quality control of client deliverables
- Manage engagement and firm risk compliance processes
- Meet and develop relationships with clients in the allocated industry vertical, and deliver on limited
sales targets
- Lead client discussions
- Lead proposal development
Candidate requirements:
- Very strong analytical skills and structured problem solving abilities
- Impeccable oral and written communication skills
- Willingness and ability to frequently work under tight timelines and pressure
- Keen interest in sales and business development
- Team leadership skills

Mandatory skill sets- Deals Strategy is a highly industry vertical-aligned strategy practice, comprising strategists who bring both execution pace and sector depth to pure-play strategy engagements that are typically less than 2 months in duration. Please visit https://www.pwc.in/services/deals-strategy.html for more details.
Preferred skill sets -Anchor engagement work streams independently - Guide and develop junior team members in preparing analysis plans (for example, hypothesis / issue trees), conducting research and preparing findings - Take ownership of key strategic and financial analyses such as market sizing, competitive benchmarking, business plan testing, financial modeling, deal risk / upside analysis, strategy development - Lead client discussions in association with other engagement team members - Lead proposal creation efforts Candidate requirements: - Very strong analytical skills and structured
Year of experience required -3-5 years of management consulting experience with a research / consulting firm
Qualifications-Desired Educational Background – MBA from a Tier 1 institute

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Benchmarking, Business Plan Evaluation, Strategy Development

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date