Senior Associates & Managers – Financial Due Diligence – Financial Services focus – PwC Advisory Deals recruitment
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PwC - China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan
PwC China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan work together on a collaborative basis, subject to local applicable laws. Collectively, we have around 620 partners and a strength of 14,000 people.
Providing organisations with the advice they need, wherever they may be located, our highly qualified, experienced professionals listen to different points of view to help organisations solve their business issues and identify and maximise the opportunities they seek. Our industry specialisation allows us to help co-create solutions with our clients for their sector of interest.
We are located in these cities: Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Chongqing, Chungli, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung, Macau, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Taichung, Tainan, Tianjin, Xiamen and Xi'an.
About Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services helps clients manage their most important business issues, from MA due diligence and integration, to ongoing operational improvements and compliance, to crisis management and business separation. A team of more than 600 advisors across China and Hong Kong share their thinking, experience and solutions on a daily basis to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice for our clients. Our professionals combine rich industry expertise with sound knowledge of the local business environment, resulting outstanding analysis, advice, and implementation support.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory includes five main practices: Transaction Services, Consulting, Valuations, Crisis Management Services, and Corporate Finance.
About Financial Due Diligence
Our Transaction Services Group offers a fully integrated pre- and post-acquisition service including advice on financial, IT systems and tax due diligence and structuring. We assist vendors, strategic buyers and financial investors in structuring tax-efficient deals, and uncovering potential financial and strategic risks or opportunities.
Due to the rapid growth of our business, we are now recruiting managers who specialize in Financial Institutions Financial Due Diligence in Asia Pacific and China, who will provide acquisition and other transaction related services to financial and strategic buyers.
Job Description and Responsibilities
In support of the team’s expansion, we are looking for senior associates and managers with a background in the financial services industries.
Suitable manager candidates are expected to be able to independently lead a team to deliver concise, deal issue-oriented reports and presentations to clients, highlighting the key findings from the due diligence, suggesting how such findings should be incorporated into the client’s valuation and/or purchase and sale agreement, and providing other negotiating points. You are required to provide support in supervising and developing junior members. Key responsibilities are as follows:-
- Develop international business through the firm's international network;
- Develop local business by pitching to Asia Pacific financial services institutions;
- Perform risk management procedures including scoping, drafting engagement letters and project budgeting;
- Manage execution team in performing the fieldwork;
- Identify deal issues and provide suggestions for solutions;
- Review reports and prepare key summary section;
- Manage the preparation of high quality deliverables and project economics;
- Assist clients in deal structuring, negotiation and documentation matters;
- Work closely with tax diligence, valuations diligence and commercial diligence teams to develop and execute joint projects;
- Work closely with overseas colleagues on international assignments
Suitable Senior Associate candidates are expected to be able to provide acquisition and other transaction related services to financial and strategic buyers.
• develop local business by pitching to domestic companies;
• perform risk management procedures including scoping, drafting engagement letters and project budgeting;
• participate in the execution team to perform the fieldwork;
• identify deal issues and provide suggestions for solutions;
• participate the preparation of high quality deliverables and project economics;
• assist clients in deal structuring, negotiation and documentation matters;
• work closely with tax diligence, valuations diligence and commercial diligence teams to develop and execute joint projects;
• work closely with overseas colleagues on international assignments.
Experience Skills
- A degree in economics, accounting, business or finance with professional qualifications in accounting/ finance (including CPA/CFA).
- Managers: five to eight years; Senior Associates: three to five years;
- Big Four accounting firm or equivalent Financial Due Diligence background on Targets including banks, securities and brokerage, funds, trust, and asset management preferred;
- HKCPA or equivalent qualification and technically strong;
- Experienced in managing Asia Pacific clients, including Chinese clients;
- Must have good business sense and be able to analyze complex business transaction situations to identify key elements and issues that are important to reach sound conclusions;
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
- Hands-on approach to unravelling commercial complexities;
- Must be a creative thinker to develop alternate solutions while satisfying stated business objectives;
- Bright, team player, who works effectively under high pressure;
- Flexibility and willingness to travel both domestically and internationally is a must
- Excellent written English, including the ability to write succinct, well-structured reports.
- Written Chinese, conversational in Mandarin and other Asian languages a plus.
To apply, please submit your resume with a covering letter to:
advisory.hr.hk@hk.pwc.com
Applicants not being invited for an interview within 10 weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful. Applicants who have applied in the past 12 months are not required to submit your application again.
Thank you for your interest in PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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