PWC

Transaction Services Senior Manager - Financial Services, (Bilingual FR/EN)

PWC$112K — $162K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Qualified Canadian CPA or equivalent designation preferred
  • Extensive experience as a Senior Manager in Financial Due Diligence
  • Deep knowledge of the Financial Services sector is essential
  • Proven analytical, communication, and leadership skills
  • Strong relationship-building capabilities both internally and externally
  • Experience with data analytics tools like Alteryx, Power BI, and Tableau is desirable
  • Bilingual in French and English is required in Quebec, and preferred elsewhere

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the due diligence process across various service lines
  • Ensure high-quality client deliverables including detailed reports and presentations
  • Identify and manage project risks effectively
  • Build and maintain trusted client relationships while enhancing personal brand
  • Coach and develop junior staff, supporting their career growth
  • Utilize new software tools to enhance efficiency in analysis
  • Oversee project budgets and manage costs effectively

Benefits

  • Professional development and coaching opportunities
  • Access to advanced data analytics tools
  • Collaboration across multiple business lines
  • Opportunities to work on significant mergers and acquisitions
  • Involvement in strategic decision-making processes
  • Supportive culture for continuous learning and innovation
Full Job Description
Line of Service
Advisory

Industry/Sector
FS X-Sector

Specialism
Financial Due Diligence

Management Level
Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary
A career in our Financial Services ("FS") Financial Due Diligence practice, within Deals Transaction Services, will provide you the opportunity to help organisations realise 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 realise 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 organisations with both buy side and sell side due diligence. As part of our team, you'll help us provide both corporate and financial buyers with peace of mind by analysing and validating all the financial, commercial, operational and strategic assumptions being made.

Our team specializes in the Financial Services sector, performing due diligence and other M&A activities on companies across the Insurance, Banking & Capital Markets, Asset & Wealth Management and Fintech subsectors. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to help our clients through the different stages of the M&A process.

The Opportunity

As a Transaction Services Senior Manager - Financial Services (Bilingual FR/EN) , 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:

Leadership and project management:
  • Demonstrate strong leadership skills by managing the entire process along the deal continuum and driving collaboration across all lines of service (Tax, HR, IT, etc.) and with other network firms.

Transaction Services advisory skills:

  • Demonstrate a deep understanding of the Financial Services sector, the end to end transaction process, key deal issues and strategic implications, drawing on significant transactions experience with specialized expertise in one or more areas.
  • Be responsible for the quality of client deliverables, including diligence reports, presentation of diligence findings to clients and discussion of wider deal implications.
  • Take accountability for project risk management and identifying commercial, contractual and delivery risks.


Building relationships:

  • Drive strong, trusted client relationships, as well as relationships within the firm and with other network firms.
  • Focus on developing their personal brand and will proactively build and maintain professional networks to drive opportunities and generate new business.


Developing people:

  • Responsible for the coaching and continuing development of junior staff members. You'll be a designated career coach for one or more employees to actively support in their performance appraisals, long-term development and career progression.


Budgeting and efficiency:

  • Learn and adapt to new software tools, and encourage adoption of such tools to improve efficiency and insights gained through our analysis.
  • Manage project budgeting, monitoring costs and raising bills and will ensure work is performed efficiently.


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

  • Qualified Canadian CPA or equivalent reciprocal/recognized designation is an asset
  • Professional experience at a Senior Manager level, with solid Financial Due Diligence experience, experience in Financial Services preferred.
  • Proven technical and analytical capabilities including proven financial and business performance analysis skills
  • Excellent communication, presentation and report writing / review skills
  • Proven due diligence engagement team management and leadership skills
  • Proven ability to build and maintain professional relationships, both internally and externally
  • Data analytics experience, using tools such as Alteryx, Power BI and Tableau (desirable)
  • When applying to a Quebec based opportunity, fluency in French is required. Outside of Quebec, fluency in French is an asset


This newly created role reflects our commitment to growth and delivering distinctive value for our clients and stakeholders.

The salary range for this position is $112,400 - $162,400. 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.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Acquisitions, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Performance Metrics, Business Valuations, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Contractual Agreements, Corporate Finance, Cost Accounting, Creativity, Deal Management, Earnings Quality, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Finance Industry, Financial Advising, Financial Due Diligence, Financial Economics, Financial Forecasting, Financial Management, Financial Modeling {+ 30 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements
Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No

Government Clearance Required?
No

Job Posting End Date

About PWC

PwC is a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. PwC ranks as the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. PwC firms operate in 157 countries, 742 locations, with 276,000 people. As of 2020, 26% of the workforce worked in the Americas, 26% in Asia, 32% in Western Europe, 5% in Middle East and Africa and 11% in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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Size
284,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1998

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