About the Role
The People in Deals (PiD) team advises clients across the M&A cycle, focusing on the workforce aspects of transactions to maximize deal value. This role involves working on complex, high-profile transactions, supporting key workstreams, and helping organizations navigate workforce challenges.
Responsibilities
- Support specific workstreams within client engagements, delivering high-quality advice and analysis on people issues across the deal lifecycle.
- Drive project management and commercial delivery within client engagements to ensure seamless execution and impactful client outcomes.
- Build and manage strong client relationships, influencing stakeholders and supporting business development through proposals, thought leadership, and sector insights.
- Manage and coach junior team members, providing feedback and guidance to develop their skills and ensure quality delivery.
- Work effectively in fast-paced, deal-driven environments, balancing multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Contribute to practice development initiatives, including proposition development, knowledge sharing, and team growth.
Requirements
- Knowledge of workforce impacts and priorities in transactions.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outputs under tight deadlines.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and to engage effectively with senior stakeholders.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience with tools such as Excel, Power BI or other data visualisation/analysis platforms is preferred.
- Ability to leverage AI and digital tools to enhance analysis, improve efficiency, and deliver innovative solutions to clients.
- Some experience of coaching others and fostering collaboration across teams to achieve successful outcomes.
- Experience in consulting or professional services would be advantageous, but not essential.
- Experience in deals or transformation is beneficial but not essential.
Skills
- Acquisition Strategy
- Analytical Thinking
- Business Plan Evaluation
- Communication
- Competitive Analysis
- Corporate Development
- Deal Structures
- Embracing Change
- Financial Due Diligence
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Risk Analysis
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Industry Trend Analysis
- Intellectual Curiosity
- Learning Agility
Experience Level
- Senior Associate
About the Company
- People in Deals (PiD) is a market leading team sitting within PwC’s M&A Operations Deals business, advising both corporate and private equity clients across the M&A (merger & acquisitions) cycle, including integration, and with longer term transformation.
- Our clients include some of the most well-known brands and businesses, who understand that putting people at the heart of any M&A activity is critical to achieving deal value.
- Our PiD team assists clients with the operational aspects of a transaction relating to the workforce to identify key risks and opportunities, including but not limited to: HR & People Separation; Employee relations & consultation; Culture, Comms & Change; TOM (Target Operating Model) & Org Design; Reward separation & harmonisation; Talent management and skills agenda; HR Function design.
