Job Description

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. Those in deal strategy at PwC will focus on providing strategic advice and support to clients in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring. Your work will involve analysing market trends, assessing business opportunities, and developing strategic frameworks to guide clients in making informed decisions regarding their deals. You will help clients navigate complex transactions, identify potential risks and opportunities, and develop strategies to maximise value and achieve their business objectives. Working in this area, you will play a crucial role in assisting clients in formulating and executing effective strategies to optimise outcomes in their deal-making processes.

What is Strategy&

Strategy& is PwC's global strategy consulting business, as well as the only at-scale strategy business inside a professional services network. Strategy&'s unique combination of strategic expertise and scale provides outstanding opportunities for rapid professional growth. You'll be part of a global team solving challenging strategic problems for our clients through innovative ideas and thought leadership. In return, our culture gives you the opportunity to challenge conventional thinking and a tailored mentorship to help you develop and progress.

The role

As a Strategy Consultant, you will work with leading corporate clients and investors, helping and supporting them tackle their toughest decisions. Your engagements will include a mix of corporate strategy (growth strategy, market entry, pricing, commercial excellence, product strategy) and transaction-related work (commercial due diligence and pre- and post-deal value creation). Your work will be varied, fast paced - no engagement is ever the same. In our Strategy team, you'll be joining a market-leading and fast-growing team that works with leading businesses, private equity and venture capital investors, supporting them across the Deal cycle, from pre-deal to post-deal value creation Our FS team covers a wealth of sub-sectors including:

Insurance - brokers, MGAs, insurers and well as service providers to this ecosystem Asset and wealth mgmt. - including financial advice business, wealth platforms, DFMs Trust and corporate services providers Banking and specialty lending - including both secured and unsecured segments Fintech - including high growth disruptors across all "horizontal" areas of financial services, as well as technology providers supporting heritage participants

Skills and

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xperience

Significant experience from either a strategy consulting firm or strategy position in industry, with experience in conducting and managing strategy consulting projects including but not limited to commercial diligence, growth strategy, target operating model, etc. Managerial experience of strategic commercial consulting or business development from within a large FS institution Experience within Private Equity (investment or operational role)

Your skills

You'll have a very structured approach to problem solving and exceptional analytical skills Strong client management skills, including an understanding of how to communicate with clients of different backgrounds and opinions Proven experience of coaching junior team members