Financial Decisions & Analysis Manager - Deals

PwC Middle East

Description

Established in the region for 40 years, PwC has around 12,000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.Our regional team operates across the Middle East bringing international experience delivered within the context of the region and its culture. We can bring the collective knowledge and experience of more than 370,000 people across the entire global PwC network in advisory, assurance and tax to help you find the value you are looking for.

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, we value every individual's role in shaping our future. We're looking for candidates who excel in their roles and embody our core behaviours of Trusted Leadership and Distinctive Outcomes. Trusted Leadership focuses on building trust, delivering sustained results, and showing courage and honesty. Distinctive Outcomes emphasize excellence, collaboration, and inclusiveness. We seek self-aware, collaborative individuals committed to continuous learning and delivering quality and integrity.

Financial Decisions and Analysis (FDnA) is the modeling and analytics Centre of Excellence within PwC Deals, and one of PwC’s highest growth teams. We focus on the application of leading edge modeling and analytical techniques to help clients make better informed decisions and solve problems. We work on some of the most high profile deals in the market, across a wide range of clients and sectors.

The Financial Decisions and Analysis (FDnA) team delivers additional insight for decision making. Our team provides organizations with data driven financial insights to produce rapid, pragmatic and clear outcomes for our clients. As part of our team, you’ll be supporting on deal modeling and decision support tools using advanced analytics. We use our people's range of industry experiences with a commercial mindset and deep technical skills to produce rapid, pragmatic and clear outcomes for our clients.

What To Consider Before Applying

This role requires the candidate to be based out of our Riyadh or Dubai office.

Job Description

We are now looking to recruit a Manager to join our high performing team, with a specific focus on modeling but with significant opportunities to support across the whole modeling and analytics spectrum of services. If you have a commercial and growth mindset, are naturally inquisitive, have an analytical mind and enjoy solving problems in a rigorous and logical manner, for a variety of different businesses then this is the role for you.

• Improve clarity and transparency for investors by developing a driver based integrated model;
• Build financial models and budgeting tools from scratch to support our client at various stages of the deals cycle;
• Design a short term cash flow model to help our client to actively manage liquidity;
• Leverage data and analytic tools (alteryx, power query, etc.) to create workflows and drive insights across multi asset portfolios;
  
  

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 -7 years of professional experience with a focus on financial modeling and a strong base in accounting;
• CFA, qualified ACA or ACCA equivalent, Advanced Financial Modeler (AFM), or FMVA (Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst) designations are preferred;
• Basic skills in analytical tools (Alteryx, SQL, Power BI, Power Query) is preferred;
• Proven track record of financial modeling advisory and advanced excel skills, with a desire to develop these further;
• Exceptional analytical and technical aptitude, possess both financial and commercial acumen and enjoy problem solving to understand the drivers of a business, analyze their data and use this to provide insight and advice to our clients;
• Passion for innovation, technology and new tools, and applying and developing yourself to new areas (e.g. quickly getting up to speed with tools, analytical approaches and business challenges);
• The ability to build collaborative working relationships at all levels, establishing credibility both internally and externally;
  
  

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 amazing 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 us at https://www.pwc.com/m1/en/about-us/life-at-pwc.html

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Credit Risk Assessment, Credit Risk Management, Credit Risk Mitigation, Credit Risk Model Development, Credit Risk Modeling, Credit Risk Monitoring, Data Analysis, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Audit, Financial Budgeting, Financial Data Mining, Financial Forecasting, Financial Management, Financial Market, Financial Modeling, Financial Planning {+ 17 more}

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

No

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