Associate – Deals

Job Description:

As an Experienced Associate, you will work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Share and collaborate effectively with others.

• Contribute to practice enablement and business development activities

• Learning new tools and technologies if required. 

• Develop/Implement automation solutions and capabilities that are aligned to client's business requirements

• Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.

• Handle, manipulate and analyze data and information responsibly.

• Keep up to date with developments in the area of specialism.

• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise, and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials you produce.

• Build and maintain an internal and external network.

• Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms.

• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Preferred Fields of Study/Experience:

• Bachelor's/Master’s degree from a reputed institute in Business Administration/Management, Data Science, Data Analytics, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Computer and Information Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics

• A total of 1-4 years of work experience in analytics consulting and/or transaction services

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Our team is a blend of deals and consulting professionals with an ability to work with data and teams across our practice to bring targeted commercial and operational insights through industry-specific experience and cutting-edge techniques. We are looking for individuals who demonstrate knowledge and a proven record of success in one or both of the following areas:

Business

• Experience in effectively facilitating day to day stakeholder interactions and relationships based in the US

• Experience working on high-performing teams preferably in data analytics, consulting, and /or private equity

• Experience working with business frameworks to analyze markets and assess company position and performance

• Experience working with alternative data and market data sets to draw insight on competitive positioning and company performance

• Understanding of financial statements, business cycles (revenue, supply chain, etc.), business diligence, financial modeling, valuation, etc.

• Experience working in a dynamic, collaborative environment and working under time-sensitive client deadlines

• Provide insights by understanding the clients' businesses, their industry, and value drivers 

• Strong communication and proven presentation skills

Technical

• High degree of collaboration, ingenuity, and innovation to apply tools and techniques to address client questions

• Ability to synthesize insights and recommendations into a tight and cohesive presentation to clients

• Proven track record of data extraction/transformation, analytics, and visualization approaches and a high degree of data fluency

• Proven skills in the following preferred: Python, Advanced Excel, Alteryx, PowerBI (including visualization and DAX), Pyspark

• Experience working on GenAI / large language models (LLMs) is a good to have

• Experience in big data and machine learning concepts

• Strong track record with leveraging data and business intelligence software to turn data into insights