Transaction Services Senior Associate - Financial Services (Bilingual FR/EN)

PwC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

Training opportunities

Flexible benefits

Job summary

PwC Canada’s Financial Due Diligence group within Deals Transaction Services is seeking a Senior Associate to help clients realise value from mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures with data-driven insights.

You'll participate in buy-side and sell-side due diligence, perform in-depth financial analyses, and present findings to senior management, while developing understanding of financial metrics, trends and business drivers in the Financial Services sector.

Qualifications

• Solid audit experience at Senior Associate level.
• Chartered Accountant designation or local equivalent.
• Proven financial and business performance analysis skills.
• Experience with Financial Services companies.

Responsibilities

• Participate in meetings with management to obtain critical information for due diligence.
• Develop an understanding of targeted companies’ key drivers and market trends.
• Perform in-depth financial analysis to identify deal issues and value drivers.
• Prepare transaction analyses (Quality of Earnings, NWC, debt analysis) and present findings.

Skills

Audit experience

CA designation

Financial analysis

Financial services

Communication

Education

CA designation (or equivalent)

Job description

Line of Service
Advisory
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
Financial Due Diligence
Management Level
Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Financial Due Diligence 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 assist organisations with both buy side and sell side due diligence. As part of our team, you'll help us provide both corporate and financial buyers with peace of mind by analysing and validating all the financial, commercial, operational and strategic assumptions being made.

Our team specializes in the Financial Services sector, performing due diligence and other M&A activities on companies across the Insurance, Banking & Capital Markets, Asset & Wealth Management and Fintech subsectors. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to help our clients through the different stages of the M&A process.

The Opportunity:

• Participate in meetings with top-level management in a wide range of businesses within Financial Services to obtain critical information for due diligence
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of targeted companies (e.g., key business drivers, market trends)
• Undertake in depth financial analysis of client and target financial data to identify deal issues and business value drivers
• Prepare key transaction analyses such as Quality of Earnings, normalized net working capital and analysis of debt and debt-like items. Data analytics tools will be utilized to drive efficiencies in data processing and analysis, and to present data effectively

Our principal focuses as regards this position are in the areas of:

• Buy-side due diligence; and
• Vendor assistance/due diligence and carve-outs

What You'll Bring:

• Solid audit experience at a Senior Associate level
• A Chartered Accountant Designation (or local equivalent)
• Proven technical and analytical capabilities including proven financial and business performance analysis skills
• Experience with Financial Services companies
• Strong communication, presentation and report writing skills
• Proven engagement team management and leadership skills; and
• This role doesn't support completion of the Canadian CPA designation
• When applying to a Quebec based opportunity, fluency in French is required. Outside of Quebec, fluency in French is an asset

What can you expect working in our Financial Services Deals group?

• New and exciting challenges - as part of a fast-growing FS Deals team
• Training and development opportunities
• Exposure to a wide range of businesses, clients and deals
• Collaboration with the wider Financial Services Deals group, including Corporate Finance and Strategy
• Learning opportunities - what makes deals work in Canada, how they are valued and structured (both finance and tax); and
• Travel opportunities and a team orientated and supportive work environment - we have a great team and are looking to build on that!

This newly created role reflects our commitment to growth and delivering distinctive value for our clients and stakeholders.

The salary range for this position is $60,000 - $100,100. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Why you'll love PwC

We're inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you'll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life.

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