Senior Associate - Transaction Services

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Deals

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career within Deals Transaction Services, will provide you the opportunity to help organisations realise the potential of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and capital markets. In short, we help some of the world’s leading companies originate, create, execute, and realise value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction ensuring maximum value for their company.

The Transactions Services team in PwC is the leading advisory firm in Vietnam providing advice to international and local clients from corporate, private equity to financial investors. We assist clients to unlock and maximize deal value throughout the deal process from pre-deal evaluation, due diligence to post-deal services.

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. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Provide financial due diligence, vendor assistance, negotiation support and deal structuring for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions within and outside Vietnam for both corporate and private equity clients.

Due to rapid growth of our business, we are now recruiting Senior Associates for our Transactions Services team in Ho Chi Minh City offices. 

Key responsibilities:

You will play a critical role in the deals team to deliver exceptional high-quality work in M&A transactions:

• Participate in financial due diligence assignments in the context of buy and sell-side M&A Transactions, servicing both corporate and private equity clients; 

• Add value to Transaction by mapping key findings to price adjustments and proposed warranties;

• Collect data from various sources and perform routine transactional procedures to check the data quality and prepare standard data sets which will be used during the deal engagement process;

• Analyze and present financial information (i.e. Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statements), as well as underlying key performance drivers;

• Assess key valuation metrics used to bridge Enterprise and Equity value by analyzing underlying EBITDA, working capital requirements and net (financial) debt;

• Interview the company’s management team to unlock insights on non-financial risks and opportunities specific to the business and relevant to consider in the Transaction; 

• Prepare high quality due diligence reports highlighting key deal issues and underlying business drivers; and 

• Provide coaching to junior members. 

What you can gain working in Transactions:

• Build deals’ experience from due diligence engagements and transactional support services provided to a wide range of businesses and industries.

• Develop investigative and analytical skills gained through the analysis of financial and operational information and interviewing management teams.

• Understanding of deal issues, how deals are valued and structured in Vietnam and abroad.

• Build a career in PwC whilst working in a vibrant and exciting team.

Requirements:

To be successful in this role you will require:

• At least Bachelor's Degree; 

• At least 3 -4 years' relevant experience in transaction services or audit with Big4 firms or other similar working experiences in corporate advisory or investment related professions; 

• A strong understanding of Vietnamese Accounting Standards and due diligence process; 

• Strong analytical skills and commercial awareness; 

• Good verbal and written skills in both English and Vietnamese; 

• Good attention to detail, eager to learn, positive attitude and team player

• Prior working experience with Microsoft Query / Power BI / other similar software is a strong plus. 

We thank all applicants; however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required: Bachelor Degree

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Accounting Standards, Data Analysis, Due Diligence, Financial Due Diligence, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI), Transaction Services

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

English

Travel Requirements

Up to 40%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date