M&A Operations -Financial Services IT - Senior Manager

M&A Operations -Financial Services IT – Senior Manager

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About The Role
The Financial Services team within S& M&A Operations is a successful, growing and supportive team that specialises in helping clients pre transaction by assessing FS companies’ operations and technology, and identifying value creation opportunities – as well as helping clients post deal with fast-paced transformation programmes – including planning operational separations and mergers. We routinely collaborate with PwC’s wider practice (e.g. Transaction Services, Strategy & Consulting) as part of our go to market approach.

About The Role
The Financial Services team within S& M&A Operations is a successful, growing and supportive team that specialises in helping clients pre transaction by assessing FS companies’ operations and technology, and identifying value creation opportunities – as well as helping clients post deal with fast-paced transformation programmes – including planning operational separations and mergers. We routinely collaborate with PwC’s wider practice (e.g. Transaction Services, Strategy & Consulting) as part of our go to market approach.
We comprise both career-consultants and people from industry, and welcome diversity of experience in our hires.
The job will require some degree of travel, though our clients are more and more accustomed to working offsite. As a team we are committed to working collaboratively at least 3 days per week alongside some flexibility, which is built on two-way trust.
What Your Days Will Look Like
As a Senior Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Leading high-profile M&A transactions technology engagements, including IT separations, IT integrations and technology due diligence projects – to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients and our own quality criteria
• Managing and delivering large and small projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team
• Developing strategies to solve complex technical challenges
• Proactively assisting in the management of a portfolio of clients
• Training, coaching, and supervising staff
• Being responsible for the financial management of clients
• Leading business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients
• Contributing to the development of your own and the team\’s technical skills

The Skills & Experience We\’re Looking For
Either

• Experience of working in an IT role in financial services, or an IT role in the financial services industry, ideally Banking, Payments, Insurance or Asset and Wealth Management

OR

• Experienced in IT separation, IT integration and/or technology due diligence

In Addition To

• Awareness of common IT application systems in one or more financial services sub-sectors, and awareness of common IT infrastructure
• Ability to understand the impact of IT on commercial, financial and operational aspects of a business, ideally in the context of a transaction
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and communicate with senior business leaders on technology matters
• Excellent quantitative and written skills, able to build analysis or an evidence base to support a position, often in situations with imperfect or incomplete information
• Comfortable under pressure and managing through ambiguity to deliver tasks in an environment where there are many unknowns
• Comfort around financial analysis and understanding of the drivers of financial information

What You’ll Receive From Us
No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.
We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development and Sales

• Industries

  Accounting

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