Senior Associate/Manager, Deals Advisory

PwC; Kuching; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Kuching is looking for a Senior Associate to join its Deals Services team. The role involves using data-driven insights to guide clients through mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Candidates should have 3-6 years of relevant experience, a degree in Accounting or related fields, and strong analytical skills. This position requires effective communication and presentation abilities, as well as navigating complex business issues. Travel requirements are up to 40%.

Qualifications

• At least 3-6 years of relevant transaction advisory services experience post qualification.
• Experience in financial due diligence, strong external audit background and sound knowledge of M&A activities.
• Degree in Accounting / Economics / Finance or any other relevant disciplines and/or a professional accounting qualification.
• Working knowledge of IFRS, Malaysian Companies’ Act 1965 and Code of Mergers and Takeovers.
• Knowledge in corporate finance (e.g. listing rules, financial modelling), preferably from merchant or investment banks is an added advantage.
• Excellent written communications: able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles.
• Excellent presentation skills: is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings.

Responsibilities

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs and develop potential solutions.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams.

Job description

Overview

Line of Service: Advisory
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Specialism: Deals
Management Level: Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career within Deals Services based in our Kuching office, 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.

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.

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.

Requirement

Individuals we are looking to join our team, should have experience preferably in the following area:

• At least 3-6 years of relevant transaction advisory services experience post qualification
• Experience in financial due diligence, strong external audit background and sound knowledge of M&A activities
• Degree in Accounting / Economics / Finance or any other relevant disciplines and/or a professional accounting qualification.
• Working knowledge of IFRS, Malaysian Companies’ Act 1965 and Code of Mergers and Takeovers.
• Knowledge in corporate finance (e.g. listing rules, financial modelling), preferably from merchant or investment banks is an added advantage.
• 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: is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings and can present to an internal as well as external audience.

Required & Optional Skills

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Travel Requirements

Up to 40%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes