Assistant Manager / Manager

Job description / Role

Assistant Manager / Manager - Transaction Services, Sales and Purchase Agreement - Beirut

Our SPA Team advises clients, partners and deal teams around the value issues in the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA). The role involves the identification and articulation of value issues related to deal completion mechanics, supporting clients in their negotiation of price and the mitigation of risks in the SPA.

It is a highly rewarding role as the benefits and value created for clients is clearly visible. The successful candidate will have involvement at all stages of a transaction from pre-deal work through to post-completion support.

The individual will gain extensive experience within the SPA Team due to the significant volume of transactions seen, and will understand the nature of Transaction Services products and how an M&A transaction is executed.

The role will enable the individual to:
- Develop a specialist skill-set in a high value-add area for corporate and private equity clients
- Build up investigation and SPA experience
- Improve analytical and negotiation techniques
- Gain insight into key value levers for clients in negotiating SPAs
- Work closely with due diligence teams to identify and mitigate risk for clients
- Participate in the success of a fast growth business

Requirements

- Bachelor degree required, ideally with concentration in Finance or Accounting
- Minimum 3 years relevant experience in Due Diligence or Valuations within an advisory practice or experience that is complimentary to doing financial due diligence; i.e. experience of analysing financial information to identify key commercial drivers, risks and opportunities and reviewing financial projection
- Fluency in Arabic Language (reading and writing) required
- Effective business writing and Excel/modeling skills
- Analytical skills and commercial awareness; be able to provide insights to our clients to be able to provide valuable advice. Ability to identify key issues
- A flexible working style, with the ability to adapt to change and uncertainty
- Interpersonal skills (be able to quickly build collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders internally and externally)
- Passionate about client service
- Ability to deliver under pressure
- Chartered Accountancy Qualification
- Attentive to detail
- Strong communication skills
- Strong Analytical skills and commercial awareness

We are looking for people who are hands-on and rigorous in their working style and who are highly motivated, team players capable of working in a fast growth environment. The role will provide the opportunity to work on both corporate and private equity transactions that will be high profile, demanding, varied and challenging. For the right candidate, this opportunity will provide stimulation and challenge and the prospect of fast career development in a rapidly growing business.

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.