Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Valuation

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in Deals Valuation, will provide you with the opportunity to help organisations unlock greater value from existing assets and ongoing capital expenditures as well as new acquisitions, investments, and complex corporate arrangements. We focus on a series of services, such as acquisition and disposal valuation advice including deal pricing and negotiation support, strategic value consulting for improvement of corporate and capital management decisions, financial modelling and value analysis. In short, upon being a member of our team, you will support clients to make profound strategic decisions, better conduct business transactions and decisions, appropriately allocate capital investment, and satisfy regulatory requirements with professional skills and in-depth industry knowledge.

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.

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:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Overview:

• Knowledge of key valuation methodologies for business entities and intangible assets, including Income, Market and Asset/Cost approaches, including business enterprise valuation, impairment testing and purchase price allocation;
• Good written and verbal communication skills including preparing memoranda and/or reports that communicate research findings and recommendations concisely, confidently and effectively;
• Ability to conduct in-depth client, industry and market research;
• Proactively seeking guidance, clarification and feedback on assigned projects;
• Use of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel forpreparation, manipulation and analysis of large data sets;
• Works effectively as part of a diverse delivery team and recognizes the value of multiple perspectives.

Job Description:

• Activities to be performed :
• Su p p or t projects on v a l u a ti on of b u si n e sse s for raising capital,
p u r ch a se
• p r i ce a l l oca ti on s, goodwill i m p a i r m e n t etc.
• Work on building and r e v i e wi n g f i n a n ci a l models for
d i scou n te d cash flow and market a p p r oa ch .
• Pr e p a r e company, industry and economic reviews for v a l u a ti on
reports.
• Identify comparable companies and compute various
transaction related multiples.
• Use comparable com pan i e s to compute weighted average cost of
capital (WACC)
• Ob ta i n training on the relevant databases, acquire knowledge
required to use the database sufficiently
• Organize research findings into meaningful deliverables
• Carry out other ad-hoc research based on instructions provided.

Requirements:

These should include essential & desirable requirements such as:

• Ability to analyze and anticipate client requests, interpret asks and act according to expectations

•Good reasoning and analytical ability
• Good understanding of databases (CapitalIQ, Bloomberg, ThomsonOne etc.)
• Sound financial concepts
• Provide input on best practices and process optimization opportunities
• Churn out varied work requests in short turnaround time.
• Capable of designing new research approaches which enhance quality and productivity
• Good working knowledge in MS Office tools

•Effective verbal and written communications skills
• Self-motivated and capable of working both independently and in a team
• Self-starter with ability to multi-task and constantly reprioritize.

Education/qualifications:CA/CFA/MBA/Bachelor or Masters degree in
any discipline with 1-4 years of experience in Valuations and related research