Transactions Services, Financial Due Diligence - Senior Manager

PwC UK; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

Virtual GP access

Flexible working

Volunteering days

Job summary

PwC UK in Leeds is seeking a Senior Manager in Financial Due Diligence to lead DD engagements, shape scope, and drive project delivery. You will oversee teams, assess key deal drivers, and present clear insights to senior clients and private equity investors.

The role emphasizes leading high-stakes analysis, developing people, and expanding networks across the deal lifecycle while maintaining rigorous professional standards.

Qualifications

• Must possess ACA (or international equivalent) or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated financial due diligence experience on deals or advisory work.
• Strong analytical capability to link financial insights to deal strategy.
• Proven ability to communicate findings to senior stakeholders clearly.

Responsibilities

• Shaping engagement scope and leading the financial due diligence workstream.
• Managing engagements for corporate and private equity clients and coordinating with other workstreams.
• Delivering clear, commercially focused insights to support value creation hypotheses.
• Overseeing high-quality diligence reports and analysis of performance drivers.

Skills

ACA Qualification

Financial Due Diligence

Analytical Thinking

Commercial Acumen

Stakeholder Communication

Deal Experience

Education

ACA Qualification or international equivalent

Job description

About The Role

As a Senior Manager in Financial Due Diligence, you’ll play a key leadership role in delivering high-quality analysis, managing complex projects, and shaping the insights that guide client decisions.

As a Senior Manager in Financial Due Diligence, you’ll play a key leadership role in delivering high-quality analysis, managing complex projects, and shaping the insights that guide client decisions.
You’ll lead teams through the review of financial and commercial performance, assess key deal drivers and value-creation levers, and communicate findings clearly and effectively to senior stakeholders. You’ll interact directly with senior management teams, business owners and private equity investors, developing trusted advisor relationships and bringing clarity to fast-moving, high-stakes situations.
You’ll also contribute to the growth of the practice: developing people, building sector knowledge, expanding internal and external networks, and helping identify opportunities to support clients across the deal lifecycle.

What Your Days Will Look Like

• Shaping engagement scope, leading the financial due diligence workstream and driving project management
• Leading engagements for corporate and private equity clients, including liaising with other diligence workstreams and advisors.
• Delivering clear, commercially focused insights that support clients’ value creation hypotheses.
• Managing the preparation of high-quality diligence reports for our clients & overseeing analysis of historical and forecast performance, cash flows, working capital, and key business drivers.

The Role Is For You If

• Must possess an ACA Qualification (or an international equivalent) or have equivalent work experience. This includes international candidates who qualify through experience in their home country.
• Strong financial due diligence experience in a deals, advisory or related environment.
• Excellent analytical capability with the ability to interpret financial information in a commercial, value-creation context.
• Ability to identify key drivers, risks, deal breakers and commercial implications.
• Sound commercial judgement with the ability to link financial insights to broader deal strategy.
• Comfortable navigating complex issues, asking thoughtful questions and shaping the story for clients.

What You’ll Receive From Us

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.
We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.