Senior Associate - Transaction Services

PwC South Africa; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

PwC in Malaysia seeks a Senior Associate to support deal advisory services across mergers, divestitures, and restructurings. You will conduct financial due diligence, analyse data, and contribute to deal execution from strategy to realization of value. Strong communication and client servicing skills are essential.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to interpret information, evaluate financial structures, and support clients through complex transactions in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 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 ICAEW / ACCA / MICPA-CAANZ / CPA Australia.
• Strong analytical skills and leadership and client servicing abilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct due diligence and financial analysis on target businesses.
• Review and analyse information memoranda, business plans, and projections.
• Identify risk and value drivers; support deal execution and reporting.

Job description

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:

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

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

• Travel Requirements Up to 40%
• Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? No
• Government Clearance Required? Yes

Are you ready to make a difference? Want to unlock new value by applying your unique perspective and talents? You can grow exponentially at PwC. Here, you can uncover hidden talents, build lifelong relationships rooted in trust and empathy and turn challenges into opportunities for innovation. We’ll help you grow your skills through challenging, meaningful work so you can go further.