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Strategy& Deals - Manager - Technology Media & Telecoms - London

Employer
PWC 1
Location
London, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
May 14, 2021

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Job Role
Manager
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Who we are looking forAre you from a Strategy Consulting or Corporate Strategy background with a focus on Technology Media or Telecoms? Do you have Commercial Due Diligence experience?PwC's Strategy& Deals practice is growing quickly and we are looking for strategy professionals to join us through the next phase of our journey.The Strategy& Deals Technology, Media and Telecoms team is looking for Managers to join our team. The ideal candidate will be an experienced strategy consultant from a recognised firm or has experience in the strategy department, and specifically in conducting commercial due diligence, in a corporate environment.About the Strategy& Deals Team more broadly:PwC's Strategy& Deals practice is comprised of approximately 170 consultants in London with strong international practices across the PwC & Strategy& network. Our teams work with a wide variety of corporate clients and investors, with a mix of transaction-related work (commercial due diligence, synergy assessment, pre and post-deal value creation) and strategy development (growth strategy, market entry, initiative prioritisation, policy assessment). We support private equity firms, investment funds and corporate clients through their toughest decisions including group and business unit strategy, investment trade-offs, M&A and much more. In all of these cases we provide detailed evaluation of the target or our client's proposition and market need, and help identify opportunities or constraints to be addressed.About the Technology, Media and Telecoms team:You would be joining a market-leading and fast growing team that consistently works with leading UK and international businesses and private equity/venture capital investors.Our team is organised into 3 sub-sectors:

Our Technology team works across the software, comms, IT services, security, & hardware markets, with particular strengths in software and cyber-security

Our Media team works across both B2B and B2C media markets, as well as across all formats, with leading work in digital advertising

Our Telecoms business focuses on fibre, towers, data centres, B2B telecoms and broader telecoms players.

The strategy professional we are looking to recruit will likely specialise in a particular sub-sector. You may be required, from time to time, to work in other sectors as per business needAbout the roleOur projects are typically short and sharp, providing the opportunity to gain a variety of experience across sectors and/or engagement types, whilst continuously learning and developing. You'll work on client projects in teams of varying sizes, coaching less experienced team members. You will be interacting with clients and operating closely with senior members of the team, this combination of responsibility and senior support provides individuals with significant development opportunities.Typical duties include:

Leading a team of consultants and taking responsibility for project delivery

Running projects on a day-to-day basis, structuring and managing the work streams and supervising delivery

Coordinating with key project stakeholders including clients and other internal teams

Managing appropriate senior team input and ensuring progress and risks are effectively communicated to senior team members throughout the project

Planning initial hypotheses and analysis; formulating initial hypotheses based on previous experience, knowledge of the sector and understanding of the scope of work

Storyboarding to present a compelling narrative to the client

Developing the approach to address the project brief, and driving research and analysis with appropriate tools and techniques

Contributing to conclusions and supporting senior team members in presenting back to the client

Contributing to the wider business through business development, knowledge sharing, coaching and mentoring junior team members and other activities

Our team is primarily based in the London Bridge office, with c. 10-20% of time spent on client sites, typically throughout the UK and Europe.Requirements:

Previous strategy consulting experience from either a strategy consulting firm or the strategy or business development function of a Technology, Media, or Telecoms business

Experience of working in or advising clients in the Technology (software, comms, IT services, security, hardware), Media (B2B, B2C), or Telecoms (Networks, Operators, Infrastructure) industries

Direct experience of managing strategy and commercial due diligence assignments for private equity or corporate clients, with the ability to act independently

Strong technical skills in;

  • Market and competitor analysis (market sizing, drivers and dynamics, competitive intensity, etc.)

  • Customer analysis (segmentation, customer journeys)

  • Internal analysis (capabilities, business model review, financial assessment)

An ability to multi-task effectively and balance time between project delivery and business development support effectively

Good client management skills, including an understanding of how to communicate with clients of different backgrounds and opinions

Proven experience of coaching junior team members

Evidence of contributing to the wider team and leading on business development opportunities

Fluency in another (European) language is an asset

You'll be joining a driven and diverse team that's welcoming of your opinions and enables you to develop within one of the world's leading professional organisations. With an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working requirements where appropriate and have many successful arrangements currently in place. Please apply if you have a keen interest in the work we do.
Deals

Our Deals business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business.

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