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Senior Associate - Transaction Services

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This job is a Senior Associate in Transaction Services at PwC, where you'll provide strategic advice for mergers and acquisitions. You might like this job because it offers growth opportunities and involvement in complex transactions.

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Kuala Lumpur

Job Description

Description

Whether you’ve just graduated or have years of experience, this is a firm where you can learn and grow.

It’s the PwC experience that stays with you as you build strong networks and make lasting friendships. Be part of a larger team as we work together, drawing on everyone's knowledge and skills to reimagine the possible.

Join PwC today for the experience that stays with you.

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Deals

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in deals focus on providing strategic advice and support to clients in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring. They help clients navigate complex transactions and maximise value in their business deals.

In transaction services at PwC, you will provide strategic advice and support to clients in their mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Your work will include conducting due diligence, financial analysis, and managing the transaction process.

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 an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. 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:

Provide financial due diligence, vendor assistance, negotiation support and deal structuring for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions within and outside Malaysia for both corporate and private equity clients.

Key activities of the role include :

  • Quickly developing an understanding of the target business and its drivers

  • Interpretation and analysis of information memoranda, business plans, publicly available information on the target business

  • Review and analysis of historical trading, cash flow and balance sheets

  • Review and analysis of projections, and underlying assumptions

  • Review of the adequacy of working capital facilities, including consideration of financing limits, term and covenants

  • Evaluation of potential synergies

  • Reporting of potential key issues for our client including identification of risk or price affecting considerations

  • Review of sale and purchase agreement and correlating findings of due diligence process therein

  • Review of financial structures and associated credit agreements

Requirements

  • 3-4 years of working experience in financial due diligence or external audit 

  • Degree in any discipline and/or a professional accounting qualification such as the ICAEW / ACCA /MICPA-CAANZ / CPA Australia

  • Strong analytical skills and an ability to understand key business drivers

  • Strong leadership, teamwork and client servicing skills

  • Strong communication skills in both oral and written English

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Alteryx (Automation Platform), Analytical Thinking, Budget Analysis, Business Valuations, Carve-Outs, Cash Flow Analysis, Communication, Conducting Research, Contractual Risk Mitigation, Creativity, Data Analysis, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Analytics, Data Integrity, Deal Structures, Draft Preparation, Due Diligence Research, Earnings Quality, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Ensuring Compliance With Accounting Standards {+ 38 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 60%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

Job Posting End Date



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Company Benefits

Wellbeing support

Be supported by a holistic wellbeing culture that facilitates sustainable performance and personal success.

Flexible working arrangement

You will have the flexibility to choose ways of working that aligns with your needs at work and beyond.

Employee rewards

Gain from a comprehensive range of benefits that meet your needs - including real-time recognition and benefits beyond monetary rewards.

Career development

Experience greater opportunities and challenging assignments for your diversified growth through PwC's world-class curriculum!

PwC community

Connect, collaborate, and create meaningful experiences through a community of former and current PwC professionals.


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Company Profile

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PwC

We're a network of firms in 151 countries with over 360,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services, while working hard to build strong relationships with others and understand the issues and aspirations that drive them.

In Malaysia, PwC employs more than 3,000 people in seven locations (i.e. Kuala Lumpur, Pulau Pinang, Ipoh, Melaka, Johor Bahru, Labuan and Kuching) who are dedicated to solving the complex problems businesses are facing in today's changing marketplace. 

Source: pwc.com