Deals Advisory - M&A Operations Experienced Associate / Senior Associate

PwC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Singapore seeks an Experienced Associate for the Merger & Acquisition Operation (DDV) within Deals Advisory. You will work on pre-deal due diligence, integrations and separations to help clients maximize deal value, collaborating with PE investors and C-suite executives.

Role requires 1–3 years in M&A or divestitures, strong analytical skills and stakeholder management. The team focuses on value creation across IT, operations and back-office functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above from a reputable university.
• 1–3 years experience in M&A or Divestitures, incl. pre-deal due diligence, integration & separation planning.
• Strong project & stakeholder management and solid financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above.
• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients.
• Work directly with private equity investors & corporate C-suite.
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients.
• Handle roles ranging from pre-deal due diligence, value creation lever assessment to post-deal taking control.
• Experience in carve-out and post-merger integration, finance and operations process improvement, financial and business due diligence and business plan review.

Skills

M&A Strategy

Carve-Outs

Post-Merger Integration

Stakeholder Management

Financial Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above from a reputable university

Job description

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Delivering Deal Value

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

We believe that challenges are better solved together. That’s why you’ll join a diverse, global community of solvers - an unexpected mix of people that come together to build trust in society and solve important problems. With us, you are encouraged to lead with your heart and values, and where your unique skills are developed and put to work in unexpected and exciting ways, superpowered by technology

Our Deals Advisory Practice helps businesses realise the potential of their mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and capital markets with a global network of industry experts coupled with data-driven insights. As the largest in Singapore, we provide faster growth, stronger capabilities, a competitive edge across the entire deal continuum, from strategy formulation, deal origination, transaction support and finance raising, to post deal integration and exit.

We are seeking an Experienced Associate level person to join us in our Merger & Acquisition Operation (DDV)

A career within Delivering Deal Value (DDV) services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients achieve maximum value on their deal transactions by solving transformational and complex challenges. We focus on all operational aspects of a transaction, pre and post completion. We conduct pre deal and confirmatory due diligence, execute large scale enterprise wide integrations, and support complex divestitures and separations on a wide range of functional areas such as Information Technology, Operations, Human Capital and other Backoffice functions.

We conduct pre deal and confirmatory due diligence, execute large scale enterprise wide integrations, and support complex divestitures and separations on a wide range of functional areas such as Information Technology, Operations, Human Capital and other Backoffice functions.

How will you value-add?

you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above
• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients
• Work directly with private equity investors & corporate C-suite
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients
• Handle roles ranging from pre-deal due diligence, value creation lever assessment to post-deal taking control
• Experience in carve-out and post-merger integration, finance and operations process improvement, financial and business due diligence and business plan review.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree or above from a reputable university
• 1-3 years experience in M&A or Divestitures, including pre-deal due diligence, integration planning, separation planning, synergy and cost savings analysis, post-deal transformation
• Strong understanding of operating models, products and services. Experience in business or data migrations is a plus
• Able to quickly assess the performance of a business (or elements of it) and outline improvement opportunities based upon limited information and/or interactions with stakeholders
• Able to quickly understand large amounts of information and draw out hypotheses and key messages
• Strong project management skills and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical skills with good understanding of financial results
• Good interpersonal skills and able to quickly develop effective working relationships
• Good verbal and written communication skills, story teller.

*Only shortlisted candidates will be notified due to the high number of applicants for this role

Education

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Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Business Administration, Carve-Outs, Change Management, Communication, Contract Negotiation, Cost Efficiency, Cost Reduction, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Enhanced Due Diligence, HR Due Diligence, Inclusion, Initial Public Offering (IPO), Intellectual Curiosity, M&A Strategy, Market Research, Operational Advice, Operational Performance Management (OPM), Operations Strategy, Optimism, Post-Merger Integration, Private Equity {+ 9 more}

Desired Languages

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

No