About The Role
PwC’s S & M&A Operations team assists both Corporate and Private Equity (PE) clients in a wide range of business critical operational and transformational challenges, driven by Merger and Acquisition (M&A) activity. We advise our clients on deals with values ranging from £50 million to over £100 billion and our clients include some of the most well-known brands and businesses in the world.
We have around 200 dynamic and friendly people from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines. We recruit proactively from industry, consulting, private equity and audit to create a blend of relevant experience to support each transaction. Within the M&A Operations team, the Financial Services sector team is a successful, growing and supportive team that specialises in helping clients pre‑transaction by assessing FS companies’ operations and technology, and identifying value creation opportunities – as well as helping FS clients post‑deal with fast‑paced transformation programmes – including planning operational separations and mergers.
What Your Days Will Look Like
* Client leadership: advising C‑suite executives, private equity investors, and their advisers on complex technology matters in the context of M&A transactions within the Financial Services sector.
* Project leadership: managing multiple high‑value projects simultaneously, ensuring quality, timeliness, and risk management.
* Team leadership: coaching, mentoring, and developing junior colleagues, building a strong pipeline of technology specialists.
* Business development: originating opportunities, leading pitches, and building trusted relationships with clients and intermediaries.
* Practice development: helping shape our methodology, tools, and market positioning, ensuring we remain the market leader.
The Role Is For You If You Have
* The ability to lead the formulation of operational and IT analysis, as well as operating model design review and IT strategy assessment.
* Experience of working with and/or assessing FS business applications – e.g. insurance policy administration systems, core banking platforms, investment management software etc., as well as familiarity and confidence in relation to assessing IT infrastructure and IT‑related policies.
* Comfort around shaping the IT and operational analysis required to quickly understand the core IT, operational and back‑office processes and their associated costs to the business.
* Proven experience of understanding financial and commercial models in the context of opining on / creating detailed IT and operational cost information, budgets, interpreting data, and performing scenario analysis.
* Operational experience of reviewing one or more of the following areas: performance improvements, cost‑reduction plans, cost‑out strategies, business case development or capital expenditure needs.
* A demonstrable ability to ‘read’ a business/process and to anticipate issues as well as identify potential upside opportunities.
* Experience of project support and development, including planning and costing changes.
* Capability to quickly assimilate large amounts of information and identify key messages.
* Expertise in creating clear, concise presentations and drafting comprehensive board papers for executive audiences.
What You’ll Receive From Us
No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.
We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.
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