Deals Strategy Senior Associate

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Deal Strategy

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

Whatever their specific business priorities, unlocking new ways to create durable, long-term value is critical for our clients. A career with Value Creation will provide you with the opportunity to help clients enhance their revenue and maximize profitability, especially during mergers and acquisitions (M&A) processes.

We help our clients determine the right strategic priorities to grow profitably and maximize value, and offer support and practical solutions to achieve these objectives. We combine strategic insight, rigorous analysis and in-depth industry expertise with access to PwC's global network of industry and functional specialists, local knowledge and resources.

Commercial Due Diligence: Assist both financial and corporate buyers and sellers in evaluating investments by understanding the dynamics of the deal and the business, including deal hypotheses, industry dynamics, value drivers, synergies and risks

Growth Strategy: Assist clients assess where and how to grow by identifying organic and inorganic growth opportunities, unlocking growth levers and prioritizing growth programs (e.g., geographies, sectors / industries, customer segments, products / services)

Market Entry Strategy: Assist clients in assessing the attractiveness of a market by understanding market dynamics, including size (current and future), growth rate, key trends, market segments, profitability and cost structure, customers, distribution channels, key players and disruptors.

Strategic Planning: Assist clients in setting their business ambitions, generate and evaluate key strategic initiatives to achieve these and deliver against a plan

In addition to working with clients, we regularly engage in new business development initiatives such as white paper discussion documents, client proposals, and practitioner training to increase our team’s overall capabilities

Our Clients

We support clients across a broad range of industries and on a wide range of transaction sizes; our core Deal Strategy clients include:

• Major Canadian private and public corporations;
• Leading Canadian financial buyers (Private Equity and Pension Funds); and
• Inbound financial and strategic acquirers

Meaningful work you’ll be a part of:

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.

• Identify growth or operational enhancement opportunities to rapidly increase performance supported by data analysis
• Partnering with companies in delivering on execution of growth or improvement opportunities
• Provide robust project management and monitoring of change programs and related benefits
• Support the development of growth plans, channel strategies and product strategies for clients to enable them to grow their business and maximize their enterprise value
• Assist in developing the future strategy, business model and cost reduction targets as well as implementation plans to rapidly deliver on cost reduction initiatives
• Identify key opportunities to drive immediate cash control and management, to improve and stabilize the business while addressing the core issues
• Identify quick wins to improve earnings and build stakeholder confidence
• Help client management develop and implement a turnaround or transformation program

Experiences and skills you’ll use to solve:

• Strong problem-solving skills (both quantitative and qualitative)
• Experience with business strategy, strategy deployment programs or strategic transformation programs
• Bilingual French & English communication skills, both verbal and written
• Operations work experience, across one or more sectors: engineering and construction, retail, industrial, consumer, energy & utilities or logistics
• Advisory experience from a management consultancy, or as an 'internal consultant' in a multinational corporate is an asset
• Experience with operational improvement programs is an asset
• Strong analytical skills; ability to conduct analysis with spreadsheets, financial and operational KPIs, to create sustainable value for clients
• Financial analysis - proven P&L analysis, cash flow and balance sheet work
• Strong communication and presentation capability (reports, powerpoint presentations and other deliverables)
• Willing to travel occasionally throughout Canada, with the potential to travel outside of Canada, depending on client requirements. Candidates must be able to enter the USA to work on client assignments
• PwC Canada is committed to cultivating an inclusive, hybrid work environment. Exact expectations for your team can be discussed with your interviewer

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit

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Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Administration, Carve-Outs, Change Management, Communication, Contract Negotiation, Cost Efficiency, Cost Reduction, Creativity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Enhanced Due Diligence, HR Due Diligence, Inclusion, Initial Public Offering (IPO), Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, M&A Strategy, Market Research, Operational Advice, Operational Performance Management (OPM) {+ 14 more}

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Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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At PwC Canada, our most valuable asset is our people and we grow stronger as we learn from one another. We’re committed to creating an equitable and inclusive community of solvers where everyone feels that they truly belong. We understand that experience comes in many forms and building trust in society and solving important problems is only possible if we reflect the mosaic of the society we live in.

We’re committed to providing accommodations throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require an accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.

To learn more about inclusion and diversity at PwC Canada: https://www.pwc.com/ca/en/about-us/diversity-inclusion.html. Be a part of The New Equation.