Corporate Finance Valuation - Senior Associate (m/f/d)

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Corporate Finance

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

Pwc Luxembourg is hiring a Corporate Finance Valuation - Senior Associate (m/f/d). What if it was you? 

Who we are: We are the largest professional services firm in Luxembourg, providing audit, tax and advisory services including management consulting, transaction, financing and regulatory advice to a wide variety of clients. To make it happen, we count on the expertise of over 3,700 people from more than 94 different countries, who strive every day to reach excellence and team up to solve important problems through innovative solutions. We value diverse and singular career paths, embrace everyone's unique self and encourage our People to fuel their potential in a work environment that is inclusive, stimulating, and motivating. 

Your mission: A career in our Valuation and Modeling practice, within our Deals Corporate Finance Services team, will provide you the opportunity to support clients in understanding and quantifying the value of businesses and the implications of investment choices on value throughout the lifecycle of a business.  

Be a part of our team where you will:

• Carry out various assignments for valuation and modelling advisory across different industries and situations, including portfolio valuations, business valuations, intangible valuations, complex securities valuation, and ad hoc modelling engagements; 

• Prepare detailed financial modelling, business plans, financial analysis and the application of a variety of valuation methodologies; 

• Assess reasonableness of valuations and financial models prepared by others; 

• Assist clients with their understanding of complex financial structures; 

• Apply generally accepted valuation principles, methodologies, and techniques in support of IPEV, IFRS, US GAAP and Lux GAAP; 

• Perform valuation analysis of financial instruments and structured products; 

• Create independent financial models utilizing income or market approaches to estimate or assess the value of a business and the securities within its capital structure; 

• Analyze complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations; 

• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations; 

• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making; 

• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients; 

• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties; 

• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarizing key points; 

• Produce outstanding deliverables for our clients; 

• Develop new skills outside of your comfort zone.

Let's talk about you. If you have/are...

• Master’s degree in Finance/Economics/Accounting or similar; 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a perfect command of English (German and French are deemed as a strong asset, any other European language will be considered as valuable); 

• Professional experience of ideally from two to four years with a relevant exposure to Valuation and Modeling, preferably in the valuation/modelling advisory team of a Big Four firm, professional services firm (e.g., Mazars, BDO, Grant Thornton) and/or valuation specialist advisor (e.g., BHB Partners, Stout, VRC, Houlihan Lokey, Alvarez & Marsal, Accuracy, Eight Advisory); 

• Candidates with a solid audit background in alternatives investments and/or in-house AIFM valuation function experience, would also be considered if they are proficient in English, German and French; 

• Preferably and exposure to private capital alternative investments (e.g., private equity, infrastructure, venture capital, private debt); 

• Strong financial modelling skills in Microsoft Excel (i.e., being capable of building three-way models and respecting modelling best practices, such as never hard-coding numbers in a formula, nor using formulae such as VLOOKUP, INDIRECT or nested IFs); 

• Solid knowledge of financial statement analysis under IFRS, US GAAP and/or Lux GAAP; 

• Knowledge and experience working with option pricing models (Black & Scholes, Binomial trees, Montecarlo) and/or Purchase Price Allocations are deemed as valuable; 

• Ability to create high quality deliverables in MS Power Point; 

• Achieved progress towards obtaining professional finance or accounting qualification (e.g., CFA, CAIA, FRM, CVA, ASA, CBV, ACCA, ACA, CPA, CA, AFM, CFM, FMVA) is a plus; 

• Highly organized, flexible, and able to manage several timelines; 

• Meticulous and thorough attention to details; 

• Healthy level of professional skepticism; 

• Proactive, eager to learn and grow; 

• A good sense of humor is highly valued yet not a strict requirement for this role. ​ 

…You are the candidate we are looking for!

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Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

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