M&A Operations -Financial Services Operations - Manager

The S&VC M&A Operations Financial services team is a market leading Deals Operations team. We help our clients identify and realise the value of Merger & Acquisitions by assessing an FS business’ operations and technology opportunities. From value-focused pre deal diligence through to post deal execution of complex separations and integrations. We are a collaborative and supportive team of people who enjoy working together. We go to market as a cohesive practice, including integrated multi-disciplinary Financial Services Deal teams (e.g. Strategy, Financial Due Diligence and Consulting) Responsibilities: Develop strategies to solve complex technical challenges Assist in the management and delivering of large projects Train, coach, and supervise junior staff Assist in the management of clients Contribute to the development of your own and the team's technical skills Assist with the financial management of client projects Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and win opportunities to work with new/existing clients Develop a strong internal network within PwC Managers are expected to lead smaller projects, lead work-streams on larger projects and train/manage more junior staff. Additionally, Managers get involved in a range of business development activities outside of their project roles, these activities include client proposals, thought leadership and market scanning. Experience: Either Experience of working in financial services consulting, or a role in industry, ideally Banking, Insurance and / or Asset and Wealth Management OR Experienced in M&A, cost-out and / or synergies, integration, carve-out, change projects or business improvement Skills: Stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and communicate with senior business leaders Excellent quantitative and written skills, able to build analyses or an evidence base to support a position, often in situations with imperfect or incomplete information Comfortable working to deadlines and managing through ambiguity to deliver tasks in an environment where there are many unknowns A healthy curiosity, coupled with a disciplined approach to understanding and solving problems Ability to quickly understand large amounts of information and draw out hypotheses and key messages Comfort around basic financial analysis and understanding of the drivers of financial information