DDV Manager - Johannesburg at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• CIMA candidate
• CFA candidate
• CA (SA) - newly qualified
• Other professional qualification (finance / engineering / MBA, or similar)

Experience required:

• Senior Associate 2 - 3 years working experience 
• Manager 3> years working experience 

Responsibilities of role:

• VC focuses on providing advice and support on potential or pre-existing transactions, and assists clients in all operational aspects of the transaction, pre- and post completion. 
• The below is an overview of the type of work that the team facilitates/supports clients on (however is not limited to):
• Pre-deal integration/separation complexity assessments
• Developing an integration/separation strategy (including interim and target operating model and related Day 1 readiness/100-day planning)
• Compiling financial and operational information on a business to be carved out
• Compiling a Value Creation bridge setting out all levers (strategic, operational, balance sheet/ tax and other)
• Developing and tailoring implementation (including value creation) work plans per functional area relating to an acquisition or divestment
• Developing and rolling out a change management and communication plan
• Implementation and programme management support (status reporting, maintain RAID registers, monitor delivery of critical steps / business case)
• Integration/separation health checks

Skill sets required:

• Comfort around financial analysis and an understanding of key business drivers and performance indicators
• Good interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external teams
• Good communication skills (verbal, report writing, presenting, and facilitating meetings)
• Ability to develop internal/external networks and identify/drive business development initiatives
• Proactive mindset, eagerness to learn and ability to operate on own initiative
• Preference will be given to candidates with the following experience:
• Exposure to deals environment (merger integrations and/or carve-outs) 
• Ability to manage various stakeholders and coordinate large teams on change projects 
• Ability to identify, understand and analyse key drivers of a business
• Advantageous: experience working on change or integration projects, carve-out assignments, business improvement engagements and delivering quantifiable benefit to organisations (either in industry or advisory)

Role related attributes:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Problem solving mindset with a strong focus on value creation
• Highly analytical mindset and structured thinking 
• Good organisational, time management and planning skills 
• Self-motivated with a high work ethic
• Capable of developing innovative approaches to complex situations / challenges
• Positive outlook and contributor to a healthy team environment
• Ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organisation (client and internal), rapidly building rapport, establishing credibility, and gaining trust
• Able to demonstrate flexibility in adjusting to highly varied projects and rapidly coming up the learning curve in unfamiliar industries and functions 
• Demonstrate deep knowledge and awareness of current market and M&A trends and activities 
• Be aware of cultural diversity and be supportive of our unique South African and African contexts; be able to work in an international environment