Value Creation Strategy & Operations Senior Manager

Senior Manager, Deals Strategy – Value Creation Practice

Whatever their specific business priorities, unlocking new ways to create durable, long-term value is critical for our clients. A career with Value Creation will provide you with the opportunity to help clients release that value by developing a deep understanding of how their businesses work and interact with the world around them, especially during mergers and acquisitions (M&A) processes. You will combine your core set of well-honed business skills with the creative thinking to identify and unlock untapped opportunities.

We help our clients determine the right strategic priorities to grow profitably and maximize shareholder value, while offering support and practical solutions to achieve these objectives. We combine strategic insight, rigorous analysis and in-depth industry expertise with access to PwC's global network of industry and functional specialists, local knowledge and resources.

As a Senior Manager, you will be leading cross-disciplinary teams of problem solvers, helping to tackle the most complex business issues our clients face during the pre-deal, deal execution and post-deal phases of M&A activities.

Sitting within the Deals practice, we advise clients on strategic issues in connection with either a deal they are investigating or helping them solve strategic issues facing the organization (e.g., long-term planning, market entry, growth strategy, etc.). Our services include:

• Strategic Planning: Assist clients in setting their business ambitions, generate and evaluate key strategic initiatives to achieve these and deliver against a plan
• Growth Strategy: Assist clients assess where and how to grow by identifying organic and inorganic growth opportunities, unlocking growth levers and prioritizing growth programs (e.g., geographies, sectors/industries, customer segments, products/services)
• Market Entry Strategy: Assist clients in assessing the attractiveness of a market by understanding market dynamics, including size (current and future), growth rate, key trends, market segments, profitability and cost structure, customers, distribution channels, key players and disruptors
• Commercial Due Diligence: Assist both financial and corporate buyers and sellers in evaluating investments by understanding the dynamics of the deal and the business, including deal hypotheses, industry dynamics, value drivers, synergies and risks

We support clients across a broad range of industries and on a wide range of transaction sizes; our core Deals Strategy Value Creation clients include:

• Major Canadian public and private corporations
• Leading Canadian financial buyers (Private Equity and Pension Funds)
• Inbound financial and strategic acquirers

Experiences and skills you'll use to solve:

• Experienced in business development and building a practice
• Professional service experience is a must and leading teams through complex engagements
• Strong commitment to professional and client service excellence
• Proven ability to deliver the full cycle of project management accountabilities
• Experienced with project problem diagnosis, solution development, client communications, facilitation of decision making, documentation, managing client expectations, project profitability and team leadership
• Ability to anticipate the long-term impact of all decisions and take a broad approach to problem solving. An interest in upskilling for a digital world and technology trends, an openness to learning new tools and adapting how you work
• Willing to travel occasionally throughout Canada, with the potential to travel outside of Canada, depending on client requirements
• A demonstrated commitment to valuing differences, developing and coaching diverse teams, and ensuring diverse perspectives are heard

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.