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About the role

The M&A Operations team consists of c.250 people who advise clients on the operational and strategic aspects of merger and acquisition (M&A) projects, acting as a strategic and trusted advisor to both Corporate and Private Equity clients on transactions ranging from £50 million to over £5 billion. M&A Operations is a market leading team that sits within PwC’s Strategy& Business Unit and provides a highly complex, fast paced, challenging yet rewarding environment for those who aspire to grow and develop in their careers.

M&A Operations utilises its deep experience to assist our clients across industry sectors as they navigate potential/actual M&A transactions and drive activities across all operational aspects of the transaction, pre and post completion. We are able to quickly assimilate the key operational issues, synergies, risks and upsides around a transaction, to deliver results. You are likely to work on a range of the different types of projects we support our clients with, which includes but is not limited to:

• Buy and sell side operational due diligence
• Value creation strategy and planning
• Carve out and divestiture support
• Integration support
• Taking control and 100 day planning
• Post deal performance improvement

The M&A Operations team is fast-growing and supportive, working on a wide range of client engagements across a wide range of sectors:

• Consumer Markets
• Industrials & Services
• Technology, Media & Telecommunications
• Energy, Utilities & Resources
• Financial Services
• Health Industries

We often work on high profile deals with top tier firms across the deals cycle, from pre-deal diligence, synergy development and separation planning through Day 1 and on into implementation support. We routinely collaborate with PwC’s wider Deals team practice (Strategy consulting and Financial Due Diligence) as part of our go to market.

We comprise both career-consultants and individuals with experience gained in industry and actively seek diversity of experience in our new team members.

What your days will look like:

• Leading the Operations workstream on high-profile M&A transaction engagements
• Managing and delivering large and small projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team
• Developing strategies to solve complex technical challenges
• Proactively assisting in the management of a portfolio of clients
• Training, coaching, and supervising staff
• Being responsible for the financial management of clients
• Leading business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients
• Contributing to the development of your own and the team's technical skills

This role is for you if:

• Background in either Consulting (with sector specific knowledge), or an operational/transformational role in a corporate. Candidates should have experience in the operational aspect of a transaction.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and communicate with senior business leaders.
• Strong quantitative and written skills, able to build analysis and an evidence base to support a position, often in situations with imperfect or incomplete information.
• Comfortable under pressure and managing through ambiguity to deliver tasks in an environment where there are many unknowns.
• A healthy curiosity, coupled with a disciplined approach to understanding and solving problems.
• Ability to quickly understand large amounts of information and draw out hypotheses and key messages.
• Comfort around financial analysis and understanding of the drivers of financial information.