Senior Associate / (Senior) Manager – Deals – Separation and Integration

Senior Associate / (Senior) Manager – Deals – Separation and Integration

You will be part of the Deals Strategy & Operations team, focusing on identifying, planning and realizing value from an M&A transaction. We help clients with complex M&A related projects, which are typically highly international. You will support our fast-growing deals practice, uniquely positioned as a leader in Switzerland, offering a full range of M&A consulting services, from strategy to execution, giving you a wide range of project opportunities. You can find more information here.

Senior Associate / (Senior) Manager – Deals – Separation and Integration

• Assist and lead high-impact consulting projects in a timely manner for key industry players as well as build and maintain trusted internal and external relationships.
• Deliver integration & separation (carve-out) readiness assessments, and assist client in the preparation for Day 1, Day 100 or Day 2.
• Design and implement target operating models and develop the separation or integration plan to realise full deal value potential.
• Execute separation and integration projects, often with high complexity and in multinational environments.
• Bring strong project management capabilities, as well as functional perspectives (e.g. commercial, back-office functions, IT, operations).
• Find a friendly and supportive work environment, non-hierarchical and committed to providing you the professional development opportunities you seek.

• Masters' degree and have a minimum of 3-8 years relevant work experience, having worked primarily on deal and/or consulting-related assignments at a top-tier consulting firm or a Big4, or were part of the in-house deal team of a larger corporate.
• Experience along the M&A lifecycle, in separation and/or integration projects and it is advantageous if you are a generalist with deep insights into business functions (e.g. Technology/IT, HR, Supply chain, Finance).
• Experience in various of the following areas:
  1) Leading (a part of) an integration or separation programme
  2) Experience in planning and executing integration and separations
  3) Drafting TSAs (incl. pricing), preparing TSA exit plans, and managing TSA exit readiness (incl. TSA exit cost)
  4) Preparing for Day-1 readiness
  5) Developing interim and end-state target operating model
  6) Running a Project Management Office (IMO or SMO)
• Feel comfortable advising clients across a wide variety of industries, and having a strong track record in a certain industry is a plus. Additionally, you feel comfortable in interpreting financial statements.
• Actively contribute to the growth of our Deals Strategy & Operations team by leveraging your entrepreneurial spirit and personal network.
• Strong analytical skills, and you are fluent in German and English. Any other languages are a plus.

Patricia Schmitz

PwC Switzerland is the leading audit and advisory company in Switzerland. As an independent member of the international PwC network, we help organisations and individuals to deliver solutions and sustained outcomes in the areas of assurance, advisory and tax services.