Senior Associate - Business Restructuring Services (Penang)

PwC Malaysia; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Associate to join their Deals Services team in Penang. You will work as part of a team, addressing complex business issues while managing client relationships and training junior members. The ideal candidate has a relevant degree, at least 2 years of advisory or audit experience, and strong analytical skills. This role offers opportunities for professional development and involves travel up to 40%.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of relevant advisory services or external audit experience post-qualification.
• Working knowledge of IFRS, Malaysian Companies’ Act 1965, and Code of Mergers and Takeovers.
• Candidates with external Audit experience or experience in the Legal field are welcome to apply.

Responsibilities

• Help solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.
• Assist in managing several clients while reporting to Managers.
• Review and analyze financial data and projections.

Skills

Excellent written communication

Excellent presentation skills

Analytic Thinking

Client Management

Education

Degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance or a relevant discipline

Job description

Overview

A career within Deals Services based in our Penang office, will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations deliver innovative deal solutions to our clients, provide advice and support, from initiation through to deal completion. In short, we help some of the world’s leading companies originate, create, execute, and realize value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction ensuring maximum value for their company.

You will be given the opportunity to deliver work across several competency groups, covering due diligence work, valuations, and business restructuring services.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above
• Managing and training juniors within the team
• Quickly developing an understanding of the target business and its drivers
• Interpreting and analyzing of information memoranda, business plans, publicly available information on the target business
• Reviewing and analyzing of historical trading, cash flow and balance sheets
• Reviewing and analyzing of projections, and underlying assumptions
• Reviewing of the adequacy of working capital facilities, including consideration of financing limits, term and covenants
• Reporting f potential key issues for our client including identification of risk or price affecting considerations
• Reviewing sale and purchase agreements and other legal documentation and correlating findings of due diligence process therein
• Reviewing of financial structures and associated credit agreement

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance or any other relevant disciplines and/or a professional accounting qualification.
• At least 2 years of relevant advisory services or external audit experience post- qualification
• Working knowledge of IFRS, Malaysian Companies’ Act 1965 and Code of Mergers and Takeovers.
• Excellent written communications, able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles and get messages across that have the desired effect.
• Excellent presentation skills, effective in a variety of formal presentation settings and can present to an internal as well as external audience.
• Candidates with external Audit experience or experience in the Legal field are welcome to apply

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

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytic Thinking, Bankruptcy Analysis, Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Management, Bankruptcy Restructuring, Business Liquidations, Cash Flow Analysis, Client Management, Communication, Conducting Research, Corporate Development, Corporate Finance, Corporate Management, Creativity, Data Rooms, Debt Restructuring, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Modeling, Financial Review, Financial Statement Analysis {+ 12 more}

Travel Requirements

Up to 40%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.

Candidates must be resident in Malaysia, or have the right to work in Malaysia.