Senior Associate - Transaction Services

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Deals

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At 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 transaction services at PwC, you will provide strategic advice and support to clients in their mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Your work will include conducting due diligence, financial analysis, and managing the transaction process.

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.

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 an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. 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 Associate, 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:

Provide financial due diligence, vendor assistance, negotiation support and deal structuring for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions within and outside Malaysia for both corporate and private equity clients.

Key activities of the role include :

• Quickly developing an understanding of the target business and its drivers

• Interpretation and analysis of information memoranda, business plans, publicly available information on the target business

• Review and analysis of historical trading, cash flow and balance sheets

• Review and analysis of projections, and underlying assumptions

• Review of the adequacy of working capital facilities, including consideration of financing limits, term and covenants

• Evaluation of potential synergies

• Reporting of potential key issues for our client including identification of risk or price affecting considerations

• Review of sale and purchase agreement and correlating findings of due diligence process therein

• Review of financial structures and associated credit agreements

Requirements

• 3-4 years of working experience in financial due diligence or external audit 

• Degree in any discipline and/or a professional accounting qualification such as the ICAEW / ACCA /MICPA-CAANZ / CPA Australia

• Strong analytical skills and an ability to understand key business drivers

• Strong leadership, teamwork and client servicing skills

• Strong communication skills in both oral and written English

Additional application instructions

​ Please attach following documents along with your CV when you submit an online application:

• Certificate and Transcripts from SPM onwards

• A copy of your NRIC or passport

• Recent passport size picture

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

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Alteryx (Automation Platform), Analytical Thinking, Budget Analysis, Business Valuations, Carve-Outs, Cash Flow Analysis, Communication, Compliance With Accounting Standards, Contractual Risk Mitigation, Creativity, Data Analysis, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Analytics, Data Integrity, Deal Structures, Draft Preparation, Due Diligence Research, Earnings Quality, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Advising {+ 37 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 40%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

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