Job Description

Line of Service Advisory Industry/Sector Not Applicable Specialism Deal Strategy Management Level Senior Manager & Summary A career in our Advisory Acceleration Centre is the natural extension of PwC’s leading class global delivery capabilities. We provide premium, cost effective, high quality services that support process quality and delivery capability in support for client engagements. Job Position:
Senior Manager - Deals Strategy , Deals, PwC Acceleration Center (Bangalore) Brief Company Description: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is a leading global consulting firm. For more than 160 years, PwC has worked to build trust in society and solve important problems for clients and the communities in which we live and work. Today we have more than 276,000 people across 157 countries working towards this goal. The US Advisory Bangalore Acceleration Center is a natural extension of our United States based consulting capabilities, providing support to a broad range of practice teams. Our US-owned ACs are fully integrated into our client-facing teams and are key to PwC’s success in the marketplace. Job Overview:
This position is for a Senior Manager to lead a fast-growing team within our Advisory Acceleration Center, supporting the US-based Deals Strategy practice.
Deals Strategy (DS) is a specialist team within PwC Strategy& that shapes the M&A landscape by supporting PE and corporate clients in developing investment perspectives and value creation strategies that make a difference in the highly competitive M&A market. We serve private equity clients with over $2.5 trillion in assets under management, and publicly traded companies with a combined market capitalization of over $4 trillion. From initial investment strategy development to commercial due diligence, value creation post-close and exit, we’re here to help our clients drive growth.
Our Deals Strategy Acceleration Center (DS AC) in India is a specialist team within our broader Bangalore Acceleration Center that plays a critical role in supporting DS project teams with research, analytics and knowledge management support across industries (including Technology, Media, Healthcare, Consumer Products, Retail, Industrial Products and Energy, Oil and Gas). Responsibilities Include:

• Build and manage the Deals Strategy (DS) AC team, working closely with US DS leadership and the PwC recruiting team.

• Be an active and visible leader, generating passion and commitment from the DS AC team and developing strong relationships with the US DS team.

• Create and demonstrate “team norms” that promote high-performance and a sustainable work-life balance while managing expectations with leadership and US based staff.

• Develop new standardized delivery modules to extend those that have already been created (e.g., vendor benchmarking, survey analysis, website scraping, slide creation, intellectual property within the AC).

• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.

• Refine the existing and develop new DS AC onboarding and training programs.

• Provide day-to-day coaching and mentorship to the DS AC team on work-planning, problem solving, hypothesis generation and research tools.

• Work closely with US DS leadership to fully support client development and client engagements.

• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

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 Senior Manager, 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:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Other areas:

• Contribute to practice enablement and business development activities (Proposal responses, client interactions, workshops etc.)
• Drive initiatives to develop innovation quotient (publishing whitepapers, help develop business case for an innovative technical idea to seek investments etc.)
• Engage with US stakeholders to build trust and relationships in an effort to develop and market the AC brand
• Translate client business requirements, user needs, technical requirements into designs that are visually enticing, easy to use, and emotionally engaging.
• Staying in the loop and on top of the latest M&A trends and developing new skills.
  

Desired Experience and Skills:

• 10+ years of industry experience, with an emphasis on team building/entrepreneurship and operational leadership in a service delivery setting

Demonstrated ability to recruit and lead large teams (of 25+ people)

• Relevant experience in directing and conducting primary research (including desktop research, surveys and web scraping), secondary research, analysis of complex data and client-ready deliverable creation

Relevant experience in private equity, commercial due diligence, target screening and / or M&A advisory preferred Relevant experience of leading team using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, UI Path, SPSS, Q Software or other similar tools Multi-tasking and balancing time effectively, keeping a rapid pace without sacrificing quality Strong business acumen, with analytical and problem-solving skills
Desired Soft Skills:

• Effective communication and storytelling skills to various audiences (written and verbal)
• Strong work ethic, proactive and professional behavior
• Strategic and creative thinker, problem solver

Educational Background:

• MBA from premier B-Schools (preferred)
• Strong academic credentials, analytical ability and leadership skills
  

Additional Information:

• Location: Bangalore/ Flexible Work Location
• Time Type: Full time
• Work Timings: Work hours may vary for specific projects
• Travel Requirements: NA

• Past Experience: Prior experience in consulting or exposure to a multinational environment is highly preferred.

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 Optional Skills Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified) Travel Requirements Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? Government Clearance Required? Job Posting End Date September 4, 2022