Corporate Finance Senior Associate, Deals

Established in the region for 40 years, PwC has around 12,000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Our regional team operates across the Middle East bringing international experience delivered within the context of the region and its culture. We can bring the collective knowledge and experience of more than 370,000 people across the entire global PwC network in advisory, assurance and tax to help you find the value you are looking for.

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Corporate Finance

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, we value every individual's role in shaping our future. We're looking for candidates who excel in their roles and embody our core behaviours of Trusted Leadership and Distinctive Outcomes. Trusted Leadership focuses on building trust, delivering sustained results, and showing courage and honesty. Distinctive Outcomes emphasize excellence, collaboration, and inclusiveness. We seek self-aware, collaborative individuals committed to continuous learning and delivering quality and integrity.

A career in our Corporate Finance practice, within Deals Corporate Finance services, will provide you the opportunity to deliver innovative deal solutions to our clients, provide advice and support, from initiation through to deal completion. In short, we’re a part of helping some of the world’s leading companies across industries originate, create, execute, and realise value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction to ensure maximum value for their company.

Our team focuses on playing the role of lead financial advisers in sell-side and buy-side transactions.

Responsibilities

As a Corporate Finance Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above
• Working on a particular transaction (sale, merger and acquisition (M&A) and financing) or business development efforts (pitches)
• Supporting the team in the preparation and presentation of marketing pitches to existing and potential clients
• Conducting thorough research on companies and industries
• Obtaining needed information from available client data and conducting appropriate financial analysis
• Assisting in the preparation of internal and external marketing materials (teaser, confidential information memorandum (CIM), management presentation, etc.)
• Preparing financial models to support analysis in proposals and transaction documentation
• Identifying key strategic & financial buyers/investors
• Managing the transaction’s status reports and more
• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients
• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients
• Develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

Requirements

• Hands on work experience in a financial modeling development or professional Corporate Finance environment
• Exposure in end-to-end Merger & Acquisition deal execution
• Comprehensive financial and accounting skills and solid understanding of cash flow, financial modelling (would be an asset) and valuation methodologies (would be an asset)
• Eager to participate in business development opportunities and initiatives
• Passionate about delivery of work and has a strong desire to succeed by learning from colleagues and creating collaborative relationships at all levels
• Motivated to build excellent working relationships and meet deadlines successfully in a fast paced & dynamic environment
• Ability to identify risk issues
• Confident communicator and can deliver messages with impact to a wide variety of audiences
• Keen to leverage technology enabled and digital tools to achieve efficient delivery for our clients
• Strong analytical skills and an ability to understand key business drivers
• Ability to take initiative to manage numerous projects simultaneously under time constraints
• Arabic speaking considered a plus
• Your flexibility to travel 40%-60% of the time. This means we may require you to work away from your base office location on a regular basis and frequent overnight stays may be required. Where possible, we will take your preferences into account and strike a balance between meeting your career development/personal needs and those of the business and our clients.

Why you’ll love PwC
We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of amazing teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about us at https://www.pwc.com/m1/en/about-us/life-at-pwc.html

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