About the role

PwC’s S& M&A Operations team assists both Corporate and Private Equity (PE) clients in a wide range of business critical operational and transformational challenges, driven by Merger and Acquisition (M&A) activity. We advise our clients on deals with values ranging from £50 million to over £100 billion and our clients include some of the most well-known brands and businesses in the world.

We have around 200 dynamic and friendly people from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines. We recruit proactively from industry, consulting, private equity and audit to create a blend of relevant experience to support each transaction. We have a team of technology specialists with deep experience and are looking to enhance this team with individuals who can contribute to achieving our ambitious growth goals.

S& MA& Operations focuses on providing support for potential / actual M&A transactions and assists clients in all operational aspects of the transaction, pre and post deal, including:

• Pre-deal value creation advisory (i.e. helping clients to prepare their business, or parts of their business for sale)

• Buy and sell side operational due diligence (i.e. reviewing and reporting on the technology risks and value opportunities for the business)

• Synergy development and review (i.e. helping to develop or providing an external independent review on the level of synergies available from putting two or more businesses together)

• Carve out and divestment support (i.e. helping to develop the standalone operating model, one-off costs and standalone operating costs of a divestment)

• Taking control and 100 day planning (i.e. helping our clients to safely take control of the business, manage risks and deliver ‘quick wins’ during the first 100 days of ownership)

• Mergers & Acquisitions Integration (i.e. helping our clients protect and grow the value of an acquisition, develop a robust and realistic integration plan and then executing on it)

• Post-acquisition performance improvement (i.e. reviewing where the value might lie in the business and how realistic and sustainable cost savings can be achieved)

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This role is for you if have:

• Broad operational experience in terms of how ERP and ERP connected applications work together with business functions.

• Real-world experience of ERP scoping, selection, design and implementation, ideally within the context of a transaction or a transaction-related event.

• Comfort around IT and operational analysis to quickly understand the core IT, operational and back-office processes and their associated costs to the business.

• Proficiency in creating detailed IT cost models and budgets, interpreting data, and performing scenario analysis.

• Experience reviewing one or more of the following areas: IT enabled performance improvements, IT enabled cost reduction plans and IT cost out strategies.

• Detailed ERP business case development, option analysis and capital investment requirements.

• A demonstrable ability to ‘read’ a business/process and to anticipate issues as well as identify potential upside opportunities.

• The ability to undertake IT strategy formulation and analysis and IT operating model design review/formulation.

• Familiarity with data architecture concepts.

• Experience of IT project support and development, including planning and costing changes.

• Capability to quickly assimilate large amounts of information and identify key messages.

• Expertise in creating clear, concise presentations and drafting comprehensive board papers for executive audiences.