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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Global professional services: assurance, tax, consulting

Advisory Associate Delivering Deal Value Technology

Financial & Transaction AdvisoryConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMilan, Metropolitan City of Milan, ItalyIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Management Engineering (ICT specialization), or a closely related field with strong technology content.
  • Brief internship or work experience in IT consulting or advisory, IT audit and technology risk, system integration, or corporate IT functions.
  • General IT knowledge covering enterprise applications such as ERP and CRM, on-premise and cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity fundamentals, sourcing models, and major IT cost categories.
  • Ability to translate technical topics into business implications for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Fluent written and spoken English, as reports and deliverables are written in English.
  • Strong proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel.
  • Analytical ability, rigor, and capacity to work to the pace and deadlines typical of transactions.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct pre-deal IT due diligence, including assessment of applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, IT organization and vendors, and analysis of target-company IT spending (CapEx/OpEx) in M&A contexts.
  • Identify technology risks, remediation actions, and technology-enabled value-creation initiatives, and quantify their economic impact.
  • Conduct IT carve-out due diligence by analyzing technology entanglements between the target perimeter and seller group, defining the separation strategy, identifying transition services agreement services, and estimating standalone costs.
  • Review long-form transition services agreements and support negotiations between buyers and sellers.
  • Monitor separation activities, sign-to-close quality assurance programs, and Day-1 readiness.
  • Design standalone IT architectures for acquired perimeters based on As-Is processes and gaps identified with process owners across manufacturing, supply chain, HR, sales and aftersales, and engineering.
  • Participate in management sessions and question-and-answer sessions with chief information officers, IT managers, and counterpart advisors.
  • Prepare reports and deliverables in English for investors and senior management.

Desired Qualifications

  • Exposure to M&A transactions and related concepts, including due diligence, carve-outs, transition services agreements, and Day-1 readiness.
  • Knowledge of ERP ecosystems such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, and Oracle, and their licensing models.
  • Familiarity with security frameworks and regulations, including ISO 27001, NIST, NIS2, and GDPR.
  • Cloud certifications such as Azure, AWS, or GCP fundamentals, or ITIL certification.
  • Experience analyzing and benchmarking IT costs.

About the Company

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Global professional services: assurance, tax, consulting

PwC provides assurance (audit), tax, legal services, consulting and deals advisory to organisations worldwide. It uses multidisciplinary teams across accounting, advisory, technology and industry, delivered through a global network of locally established firms that collaborate with technology partners to offer AI, cloud, managed services and digital trust. PwC differentiates itself with an integrated, global-local service model and technology-enabled offerings that address complex client needs across risk, transformation, reporting and sustainability. Its goal is to help clients improve governance, efficiency and value by supporting reporting accuracy, business transformation, risk management and sustainable practices.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Early VC
Total funding
$3.3M
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
1989

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