Deals – Merger & Acquisition Operation Director

PwC Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Singapore is seeking a Director in Deals Advisory to lead Merger Operations, delivering value across pre- and post-deal activities. You will guide teams, manage complex engagements, and drive efficiencies in multiple deal workstreams.

With 12+ years in consulting and industry, you will shape strategy, oversee execution, and build lasting client partnerships while mentoring junior staff within a global network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above from a reputable university or foreign institution, preferably with specialization in engineering, supply chain or operations management
• MBA or equivalent will be a plus
• Minimum 12 years of experience combining managing roles in an external consulting firm and industry experience in management roles of operational functions ranging from procurement, sales operations, manufacturing, supply chain management, strategic and performance programs
• Solid experience and proven track record in designing and leading the delivery of performance improvement projects with tangible impact on Ebitda and cash flows
• Experience in post-merger integration and / or divestiture projects will be a plus
• Excellent business sense and commercially aware, ideally with some level of financial accounting awareness to be able to link operational improvement to financial statements
• Strong project management skills and stakeholder management skills
• Innovative, confident and mature with good ability to develop impactful powerpoint slides
• Bright, team player who can work effectively under pressure and independently.

Responsibilities

• Carry out detailed analysis of target data and practices with regards to supply chain management, enabling the identification of key issues and opportunities of improvement
• Interact with target management, developing an understanding of the business supporting
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients
• Identify service opportunities and work with relevant functional specialists to sell these opportunities to clients
• Develop our service offering to continuously match market requirements
• Carry out business development activities
• Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary
• Arrange and sponsor appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations
• Identify gaps in the market and spot opportunities to create value propositions
• Look for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments
• Drive and take ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders
• Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships which add value to the firm

Job description

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 370,000 people in 149 countries. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting we help clients build, accelerate and sustain momentum. Find out more at www.pwc.com.

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Delivering Deal Value

Management Level

Director

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 370,000 people in 149 countries. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting we help clients build, accelerate and sustain momentum. Find out more at www.pwc.com.

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.

A career within Merger Operation 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.

How will you value-add?

Responsibilities

As a Director, 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:

• Carry out detailed analysis of target data and practices with regards to supply chain management, enabling the identification of key issues and opportunities of improvement;
• Interact with target management, developing an understanding of the business supporting
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients
• Identify service opportunities and work with relevant functional specialists (across different Business Units/Lines of Services) to sell these opportunities to clients;
• Develop our service offering to continuously match market requirements;
• Carry out business development activities
• Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary.
• Arrange and sponsor appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations.
• Identify gaps in the market and spot opportunities to create value propositions.
• Look for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments.
• Drive and take ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders.
• Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships which add value to the firm.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree or above from a reputable university or foreign institution, preferably with specialization in engineering, supply chain or operations management;
• MBA or equivalent will be a plus;
• Minimum 12 years of experience combining managing roles in an external consulting firm and industry experience in management roles of operational functions ranging from procurement, sales operations, manufacturing, supply chain management, strategic and performance programs,
• Solid experience and proven track record in designing and leading the delivery of performance improvement projects with tangible impact on Ebitda and cash flows (e.g. G&A cost optimisation, manufacturing footprint rationalization, purchasing cost optimisation, labour productivity enhancement)
• Experience in post-merger integration and / or divestiture projects will be a plus;
• Excellent business sense and commercially aware, ideally with some level of financial accounting awareness to be able to link operational improvement to financial statements;
• Strong project management skills and stakeholder management skills
• Innovative, confident and mature with good ability to develop impactful powerpoint slides;
• Bright, team player who can work effectively under pressure and independently.

Education

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Degrees/Field Of Study Required

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Administration, Business Process Improvement, Carve-Outs, Change Management, Client Management, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Contract Negotiation, Cost Efficiency, Cost Reduction, Creativity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Enhanced Due Diligence, HR Due Diligence, Inclusion, Influence, Initial Public Offering (IPO), Innovation, Intellectual Curiosity {+ 27 more}

Desired Languages

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

No

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