Transaction Services Senior Associate (Bilingual FR/EN)

A career in our Financial Due Diligence practice, within Deals Transaction Services, will provide you the opportunity to help organizations realize the potential of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and capital markets. In short, we help some of the world’s leading companies originate, create, execute, and realize value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction ensuring maximum value for their company. Our team assist organizations with both buy side and sell side due diligence. As part of our team, you’ll help us provide both corporate and financial buyers and sellers with peace of mind by analyzing and validating all the financial, commercial, operational and strategic assumptions being made.

The Opportunity:

As a Transaction Services Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve business issues, deliver high quality client service and unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:

• Participate in meetings with top-level management in a wide range of businesses/ industries to obtain critical information for due diligence and help drive in-depth financial analysis of client and target financial data to identify deal issues and value drivers.

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of target companies (e.g., industry, key business drivers)

• Undertake in depth financial analysis of client and target financial data to identify deal issues and business value drivers

• Prepare key transaction analyses such as Quality of Earnings, normalized net working capital and analysis of debt and debt-like items. Data analytics tools will be utilized to drive efficiencies in data processing and analysis, and to present data effectively

The key areas of focus for this position are as follows:

• Buy Side Financial Due Diligence; and

• Vendor assistance/ sell side due diligence and carve-outs

What can you expect working in our Transaction Services group?

• New and stimulating challenges to tackle – as part of a TS Group that is growing fast;

• Access to a wide range of companies, sectors, clients, and transactions. Opportunities to learn – understand what makes transactions successful in Canada, their valuation, and their structure (financial and tax aspects).

• Opportunities for travel and a collaborative and supportive work environment – we have an excellent team and want to continue developing it!

• Training and development opportunities including AI and other digital tools

Experiences and skills you’ll use to solve:

Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for:

• Solid audit experience at a Senior Associate level

• A Chartered Professional Accountant Designation (or local equivalent) preferred

• Proven technical and analytical capabilities including proven financial and business performance analysis skills

• Strong communication, presentation and report writing skills

• Proven engagement team management and leadership skills; and

• This role doesn’t support completion of the Canadian CPA designation

• PwC Canada is committed to cultivating an inclusive, hybrid work environment. Exact expectations for your team can be discussed with your interviewer.
• The successful candidate requires fluency in English, in addition to French as they will be required to support or collaborate with English-speaking clients, colleagues and/or stakeholders during the course of their employment with PwC Canada

This position ensures continuity and upholds our standards of excellence following the departure of a valued team member.

The salary range for this position is $60,000 - $100,100. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

We’re committed to providing accommodation throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.
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