Deals, Business Restructuring Services - Manager

Job description / Role

Line of Service
Advisory

Specialism
Business Recovery Services

Management Level
Manager

Job Description & Summary
PwC ME is a leading professional services firm and we pride ourselves on our vision, values and the ability to provide an exceptional service to a vast network of clients. We are a firm full of energy, challenge, innovation and opportunities. Our people connect their thinking, experience and solutions to enhance value for our clients. Business Restructuring Services (BRS) at PwC Middle East operates within our Advisory (Deals) practice. The BRS team is involved in delivering a range of services to Companies that are stressed or distressed, from debt restructuring/rescheduling
advice through to formal insolvency engagements. The BRS team also advises lenders
in connection with stressed/distressed borrowers.

Responsibilities:

- Assisting in multiple client development efforts, design and sell engagements, as well as manage client relations in an advisory environment
- Develop detailed project scope/deliverable design and work plans
- Pitch for and manage projects (often simultaneously) providing BRS services covering debt and corporate restructuring, Independent Business Reviews, capital structure modelling, contingency planning and options reviews.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time/budget, meet or exceed client expectations
- Conduct frequent interactions with executive clients and provide insights, recommendations and reports on issues impacting the client's business
- Lead the preparation of financial analysis underpinning financial restructuring transactions, esp financial modelling and sensitivity/scenario analysis
- Understand key business drivers, identify relevant issues impacting our clients and recommend potential solutions
- Draft and present client deliverables including reports and presentations
- Identify project engagement and delivery risks and ensure compliance with internal firm and regulatory procedures.
- Provide support and on the job coaching to junior members of project teams

Requirements

In your role, who do you report to:

Senior Manager or above, depending on complexity of engagements

Requirements:

Qualification/ Educational requirement:

- Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Business, Accounting or other related major
- Should be a qualified chartered accountant (ACA/ACCA is preferred)
- You will have an outstanding academic record from a well-recognized institution

Skills and experience required:

- 5-7 years proven experience in areas such as investment, finance and accounting
- At least 3 years' experience in debt restructuring/rescheduling including
- Independent Business Reviews, short term liquidity reviews, options reviews, preparation of debt maps, preparation of capital structure models, contingency planning/estimated outcomes
- Strong business and commercial acumen
- Past work experience in a deals based environment with a proven track record of being able to deliver successful outcomes in a short period of time
- Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) with an ability to communicate and negotiate effectively in heightened stress situations with professionals of a variety of experiences and backgrounds
- Strong business development skills with a desire to build relationships with clients and other advisors
- Ability to undertake high volume of work
- Ability to plan activities and set priorities to meet deadlines and get positive results
- Expertise in delivering high-quality project outcomes in accordance with the scope of work, quality standards and budget
- Ability to coach assistant manager levels and below to recognize strengths and provide timely feedback for professional development
- Excellent computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) - ability to demonstrate excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills is advantageous

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.