Senior Consultant - Due Diligence & Valuations (Deals)

About the role

PwC's Deals practice supports clients through acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, restructurings and capital markets transactions. As a Senior Consultant in the Advisory department, you will join engagement teams delivering financial due diligence and valuation services, analysing complex financial information, building and reviewing valuation models, and communicating findings to clients and senior stakeholders. You will work with some autonomy, guide junior team members and support Managers.

Key responsibilities

• Financial due diligence: quality of earnings, net debt and debt-like items, working capital, historical performance, cash flows and earnings sustainability, management accounts, budgets, forecasts and business plans, and identification of risks and value-adjusting items affecting price and deal structure
• Valuations: build, review and maintain DCF, trading and transaction multiples models; research comparables, discount rates (WACC) and assumptions; run sensitivity and scenario analysis; prepare reports meeting standards such as IFRS 3, IAS 36 and IFRS 13
• Engagement delivery: plan and manage workstreams, review Associate and Analyst work, coach juniors, liaise with clients and legal advisers, and escalate issues to Managers and Partners
• Business development: support proposals and pitches, build client relationships, contribute to firm initiatives and follow quality, risk, ethics and independence policies

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a related field
• Professional qualification in progress: CFA, ASA (Business Valuation), ACCA or equivalent
• 3-5 years of experience in transaction services, financial due diligence, valuations, corporate finance or audit with transaction exposure in a Big 4 firm
• Strong grounding in financial accounting and financial statement analysis

Required skills

• Advanced Excel and financial modelling
• PowerPoint and report writing
• Data analytics tools (Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau) are a plus
• Market databases (Capital IQ, Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Mergermarket)
• Analytical ability, attention to detail, commercial awareness and ability to work under pressure