Deals Forensics CLM - Manager

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Job description

In Deals we solve the important problems that stand in the way of value being created, sustained, realised or protected for our clients - working together to aid responsible recovery and growth.
We put together major mergers and acquisitions and resolve business crises - from international take-over bids to financial crime investigations and cases of insolvency. Our teams work on iconic deals with national and global clients as well as operating and investing in businesses, new ventures and entrepreneurs in our local market and communities. It's both a responsibility and a privilege to guide our clients through moments that matter deeply to them. Our breadth of clients in an ever-changing market means we need to be agile - responding when we need to, in a way that really makes a difference.
We draw upon our deals experience across many industries to support and partner with our clients, to positively impact society and the communities in which we operate. The insight we create, coupled with the innovative tools and methodologies we use to access and evaluate the data that matters, contributes to the success of our clients in all Deals situations. We encourage our clients to think more broadly - connecting their actions today with their successes tomorrow. We help our clients throughout the Deals lifecycle to create lasting value for their businesses.
Each of our key areas within Deals, delivers services to the market individually or together by combining our specialists to provide comprehensive client solutions.
A career within Forensics Technology services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients protect their business in today's evolving landscape by applying advanced and strategic approaches to information management. We focus on assisting organisations manage vast amounts of electronic data and navigate the legal and business processes demanded by critical events which includes litigation, regulatory requests and internal investigations.
Job Description Summary
A career in our Financial Crime practice, within Forensic Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients navigate through complex challenges, including those related to Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Fraud and Market Abuse . We help our clients to prevent, respond to and remediate a wide range of Financial Crime threats, risks and complex issues.
Who are we looking for?
In order to achieve our growth plans, we are looking to recruit a Manager who is experienced within the anti-financial crime domain. . You will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of clients, primarily financial institutions, delivering advisory and execution managed solution engagements across policy, process, operations, technology or any combination of these facets. It is important that you are a self-starter, a commercial and creative thinker with a desire to learn and that you can work well individually as well as part of a team.
Your skills should include:

• Strong analytical skills, with ability to critically challenge a point of view
• Ability to explain complex issues in plain English
• Excellent attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy both in analysis and when preparing written reports and outputs
• Clear logical thinker and well organised
• Fast learner with a sceptical and inquisitive mindset
• Commercial outlook with an interest in the wider context of our work
• Confident communicator and able to deal with people at all levels including planning and leading client workshops
• Leadership skills and experience leading operational or project delivery teams
• Stakeholder management to support building of consensus to ensure the success of engagements
• Appetite for building an external network of contacts
• Good team skills

Responsibilities
As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers with specialist experience, helping our clients deal with complex issues and navigate large programmes of work. The successful applicant will be responsible for managing client facing engagements as well as driving specific business development initiatives within the team. Client facing responsibilities include:

• Being the day-to-day contact for the client;
• Planning and leading client workshops to develop solutions and build consensus;
• Leading project workstreams around topics such as policy, process, technology or data;
• Leading operational delivery teams managing quality and production outputs;
• Managing engagement set up for new projects;
• Managing engagement costs throughout the project;
• Coaching junior team members and reviewing their output;
• Drafting client deliverables; and
• Proactively suggesting better / more efficient ways to deliver our work.

To progress in the role it will be important for you to demonstrate an appetite and ability to engage in business development through expanding your client network and internal PwC network and developing thought leadership / propositions to take to market with our clients.
Where will you be based?
Projects will mainly be carried out at our offices in London or Belfast, with travel (international and domestic) also sometimes required to client sites; however, PwC allows greater flexibility for post-pandemic working.
You may also need to travel to other PwC offices for work, training and meetings. Any such requirements would be discussed with you in advance of starting a new project.
Requirements

• Strong analytical skills and good attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy both in analysis and when preparing written reports and outputs;
• Clear logical thinker and well organised;
• Fast learner with a sceptical and inquisitive mindset;
• Commercial outlook with an interest in the wider context of our work; and
• Confident communicator and able to deal with people at all levels.

What is in it for you?
This is a fast paced, challenging environment which can provide you with varied opportunities and clear career progression. We are a highly skilled client facing team who support clients in a variety of ways. The value we bring is often directly visible to clients, in terms of regulatory risk they will mitigate, cost savings they will achieve or value they will gain, making our work highly rewarding and interesting. The right candidate will therefore have the opportunity to work on a variety of interesting and complex assignments, gaining valuable experience.
Deals
Our Deals business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business.
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