Manager - M&A Operations (Delivering Deal Value Team)

PwC; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Mentoring and training

Medical and well-being program

Custom benefits package

Volunteer time off

Job summary

PwC is expanding its M&A Operations / Delivering Deal Value team in Warsaw to help clients navigate complex post-merger integration, synergy analysis, and carve-out initiatives across borders.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, own day-to-day client relationships, deliver clear written findings to senior stakeholders, and mentor junior colleagues, while applying innovative AI-based tools to drive value creation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in M&A-related projects in consulting, corporate, or PE.
• Experience leading teams.
• Strong financial and operational value driver understanding.
• Ability to interpret large data and translate into clear hypotheses.
• Fluency in Polish and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic PMI initiatives and ensure value realization.
• Drive synergy analyses and quantify potential savings.
• Plan and manage carve-out and separation projects.
• Conduct detailed operational due diligence on target businesses.
• Support client communication to buyers and sell-side teams.
• Manage day-to-day client relationships as trusted advisor.
• Contribute to business development with proposals and materials.
• Mentor and develop junior team members.

Skills

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

AI/Automation tools

Polish/English fluency

Job description

Job Description & Summary

M&A transactions are becoming increasingly complex, cross-border and time-pressured. Buyers and sellers need to quickly and reliably understand the key business drivers and value creation opportunities behind every deal. To respond to this growing demand, we are expanding our M&A Operations / Delivering Deal Value (DDV) team - a fast-growing part of the PwC Deals practice, working on synergy analysis, post-merger integration (PMI), carve-out/separation and operational due diligence (ODD) for both strategic investors and private equity clients across sectors.We work hand in hand with other PwC Deals teams - Strategy, Financial Due Diligence, Regulatory, Legal and Tax - to give clients one coherent view and advice throughout the entire transaction lifecycle, often as part of international, cross-border deal teams.

Your future role:

• Leading the strategic planning and execution of complex post-merger integration (PMI) initiatives, ensuring seamless alignment and value realization,
• Leading synergy analyses - identifying, rigorously quantifying and validating potential synergies arising from business combinations,
• Leading the planning and management of divestiture and separation (carve-out) processes, ensuring operational continuity and risk mitigation,
• Leading detailed operational due diligence to assess target businesses' operating environments and identify key value drivers and risks,
• Supporting clients in communicating the quality, performance and strategic positioning of their business to prospective buyers, including vendor-side support in exit/sale processes,
• Owning day-to-day relationships with individual members of the client team, acting as a trusted advisor,
• Contributing to business development - preparing proposals, discussion documents and other go-to-market materials,
• Onboarding, coaching and developing junior members of the team, supporting their growth towards Senior roles.

Apply if you have:

• 6+ years of experience in operational and/or financial aspects of M&A-related projects - e.g. merger integration, synergy analysis, carve-out planning, operational/financial due diligence or operational change delivery, gained in consulting, corporate or PE portfolio roles,
• Experience leading teams,
• Strong financial analysis skills, with a solid understanding of key financial and operational value drivers,
• The ability to quickly interpret large volumes of information and translate it into clear hypotheses and insights,
• Excellent communication skills, in particular the ability to produce clear, high-quality written reports and present findings to senior stakeholders,
• The ability to manage multiple workstreams independently and deliver under tight deadlines,
• Confidence in working with senior stakeholders and building trusted relationships,
• You demonstrate knowledge of new technologies and AI-based tools in your daily work (e.g. task automation, information analysis, content creation),
• Fluency both in Polish and English.

By joining us you gain:

• Work flexibility - hybrid working model (min. 2 days in the office per week), flexible start of the day, workation, sabbatical leave,
• Development and upskilling - our full support during onboarding process, mentoring from experienced colleagues, training sessions, workshops, certification co/financed by PwC and conversations with native speaker,
• Wide medical and well-being program - a medical care package (incl. freedom of treatment, physiotherapy, discounts on dental care), coaching, mindfulness sessions, psychological support, education through dedicated webinars and workshops, financial and legal advice,
• Possibility to create your individual benefits package (a.o. lunch pass, insurance packages, concierge, veterinary package for a pet, massages) and access to a cafeteria - vouchers, discounts on IT equipment and car purchase,
• 3 paid hours for volunteering per month,
• Additional paid Birthday Day off,
• And when you start enjoying PwC as much as we do, you may recommend your friend to work with us.

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