Valuations - Health & Pharma - 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.

Who are we looking for?

Are you looking to become a Healthcare & Pharma ("H&P") valuations specialist in a dynamic business?

Or are you already working in the industry, but looking for an opportunity to develop your career, working with some of the highest profile clients and landmark transactions across the sector?

About the team

Our Valuations business is a thriving, growing and innovative team of individuals who work collaboratively with our clients to value their businesses, shares, financial instruments and intangible and tangible assets. Our clients rely on our valuation insights to make commercial decisions, execute transactions, resolve disputes and meet their regulatory requirements.

Our team is large, and industry focused. We have around 150 people in the UK and we specialise along industry lines, as we believe that having a proper in-depth understanding of the issues and opportunities facing each sector is critical to producing commercial and robust valuations.

Within this Valuations business, the H&P team provides deep sector expertise to a broad portfolio of clients, ranging from high-growth early stage businesses to some of the biggest and most established players globally.

We are looking to recruit a Manager level individual into our London office. This provides the opportunity for a successful candidate to work in a fast paced business alongside a growing team in a rapidly developing sector.

We are proud of our caring and supportive team culture, and it is an important aspect of our core values.

About the role

The Manager role combines opportunities to develop deep valuation skills, to gain insights into different businesses and sectors, to develop your network and most of all, to learn and collaborate with a fun and talented team.

The day to day works of a Manager typically includes research, financial analysis, financial modelling and report writing, developing softer-skills such as relationship building, coaching others, contributing to thought leadership and helping the wider team to win (and then deliver) client projects.

We believe our team is a great place to build a career, in an environment that is commercially focused, innovative and collaborative.

Key responsibilities will include

Supporting in the delivery of valuations and advisory services to our clients.

Analysing business plans and H&P sector dynamics to build financial models that make the best use of our leading data and analytics tools at PwC.

Assisting in areas of business development, practice development and strategy.

Essential skills and experience

• Ability to deliver high-quality written work
• Well organised and able to prioritise multiple client projects appropriately
• Proficient in Excel
• Strong analytical skills matched by an ability to think creatively
• Keen attention to detail, assimilating large amounts of commercial and financial information in a fast-paced transaction services environment while still being able to see the big picture
• Ability to work effectively in teams, sometimes to tight deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence when interacting with others

Desirable skills

• ACA or CFA qualified (although not essential)
• Financial modelling experience
• Willingness to learn using other data and analysis tools (such as Python, Alteryx, Tableau or Power BI)

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.

Not the role for you?
Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work (ie temporary or day rate contracting)?

The skills we look for in future employees
All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

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The Deal
We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'.

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Diversity
Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion.

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.