A career within Financial Markets Business Advisory services, will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to a variety of audit, regulatory, valuation, and financial analyses services to design solutions that address our clients complex accounting and financial reporting challenges, as well as their broader business issues.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
Responsibilities
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:
- Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
- Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
- Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
- Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
- Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
- Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
- Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
- Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
Education & Experience
- CA/CFA/FRM certified or pursuing /MBA/PGDM
- 2-5 years of valuation-related work experience including but not limited to solid experience of constructing and reviewing valuation models such as: DCF, comparable company / bond, option pricing model (knowledge of building breakpoints), waterfall allocation methods etc.
- Understanding of Debt & Equity industry, Startup and VC funding, and understanding capital structure of private company
- End to end understanding of various nuances in arriving at fair valuation of private company's shares
- Ability to analyze key financial metrics depending on the portfolio company's industry, identify historical trends and perform calibration analysis to understand the key drivers causing the changes in the company's valuation in each reporting period.
- Proficient in MS Excel
- Experience of building and maintaining client relationships
- Experience in mentoring staff and / or managing a small team
- Ability to coordinate internal teams and tasks across a variety of functions
- Knowledge of CapitalIQ will be an advantage
- Playing a role in discussions, proactively ask questions and share an informed point of view; Personal competencies
- Strong research, financial modeling, analytical and valuation skills
- Strong communication skills along with fluency in English;
- Strong intellectual curiosity and a fast learner
- Demonstrated capability of working effectively with 3rd parties, including managing the process/ timetable of deliverables and providing feedback etc.
- Strong team player. Demonstrated capability of working closely with team members and delivering quality work under tight schedule
- Flexible and able to adapt to changing situations
Requirements
These should include essential & desirable requirements such as:
- Level of experience
- Education/qualifications
- Industry experience
- Technical capability
- Sales/BD capability
- Metrics
- Key personal attributes
- Bachelor's in finance/Accounting/Economics with focus on valuation methods (B. Com, B.Sc. with Economics Hons) along with following certifications: - CFA (US) or CA Mandatory
- Work Experience ranges as below: - 3 to 5 years for CA / CFA (US)
- Work Experience from following organisations:
- Big 4s similar experience
- Financial Services Companies / Investment Banks
Barclays, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman
- Consulting experience Sachs, Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, Macquarie, Standard Chartered, Nomura, Citigroup, HSBC, Karvy Financial Services Company, Merrill Lynch, UBS, Bank of America, Fidelity Investments, Blackrock, TIAA
- Valuation firms such as Duff & Phelps
- Consulting Firms: Accenture, McKinsey & Co., IBM
- Advance knowledge on Microsoft Office especially Excel
- Experience in financial modelling
- Good understanding of corporate financial statements and various types of securities
- Proficient written and verbal English communication skills
- Commitment to continuous training and to proactively learn new processes
- Demonstrated self-motivation and a desire to take responsibility for personal growth and development
