Manager in the Delivering Deal Value team

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About the team
The Delivering Deal Value (DDV) is a Sofia-based team that operates as part of the wider Deals practice within PwC Bulgaria and is planned to triple over the next 2 years. While based in Sofia, it is currently dedicated to supporting the DDV UK team in London. This means that all the DDV work is on UK and global deals predominantly with mid- and large-cap international companies.

Our DDV UK is the market leader business, assisting both Corporate and Private Equity clients in a wide range of high impact business situations. Most of its work is in the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) space, both pre and post deal. The M&A Deals they work on range in size from £50m to over £5bn and the clients include several of the most well-known brands and businesses in the world.

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In the DDV in Sofia you will not be aligned to a sector or specialist team. The type of client projects you work on will vary based on the demand and the current deal market, therefore a high degree of flexibility is expected.

About the role
You will be working on a range of the different products we offer as a team, including:

• Carve out and divestment support – i.e. what does the business look like standalone, what support and transition services will it need to function? How can we help our clients execute the separation and ensure a smooth Day 1?


• Taking control and 100 day planning – i.e. how can our clients safely take control of the business and manage risk whilst delivering quick wins through the first 100 days?


• Pre-deal value creation advisory – i.e. where can we see value for our client in this deal?


• Buy and sell side operational due diligence – i.e. has the business been performing well?


• What could be improved to unlock further value for our client?


• Synergy development and review – i.e. where are the synergies between two businesses and how well has the plan for capturing these synergies been compiled?


• Mergers & Acquisitions Integration – i.e. how can our clients protect and grow value in an acquisition, what is the right level of integration to achieve this and what does an effectively run integration programme look like?


• Post-acquisition performance improvement using our Rapid Value Creation methodology – i.e. where might value lie in the business and how can we generate sustainable cost savings?

Essential (and desirable) skills

• Background in: a) M&A / Deals; b) direct operational or process improvement experience; c) change projects / Consulting; or d) audit


• At least one year of experience as a Manager or equivalent role


• Significant interest in M&A / divestitures (previous experience not essential)


• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills - including attention to detail, ability to present complex information in simple ways, and an eye for slide / table aesthetics


• Excellent verbal and written communications - all work will be in English, often with native speakers


• Comfort around financial analysis and understanding of the drivers of financial information


• Ability to quickly understand large amounts of information and draw out hypotheses and key messages


• Naturally curious; be able to apply logic and problem solving to difficult business problems


• Self-starter, comfortable with uncertainty, thrives under pressure and able to flex working hours to meet deadlines


• Experience around operational analysis to understand business processes, their associated costs and potential issues as well as opportunities for improvement (desirable but not essential)


• Comfort in understanding the impact of different operating models on commercial, financial and operational aspects of a business, ideally in the context of a transaction (desirable but not essential)

Nice to have:

• Professional services experience, either as a consultant / auditor / M&A advisor or as an internal consultant / auditor / M&A advisor within a corporate


• Experience managing large capex spend projects


• Involvement in or experience leading a significant restructuring process


• MBA, FCA or other business management qualification


• Further foreign language skills (oral and written)

Personality characteristics:

• We work hard together, so we hire people who treat their colleagues well, who enjoy creating a happy culture even when under pressure


• Comfortable around C suite or senior stakeholders (predominantly native English speakers), as most of our work is done at this level; you don’t need to be an extrovert, but confidence definitely helps


• Much of our work involves detailed analysis and report writing, so it’s critical you can stay on top of these


• Naturally curious; we love people who can apply logic and problem solving to difficult business problems

What we offer you:

• Professional experience in an international setting with room for assuming responsibilities


• Company training and excellent opportunities for professional and career growth


• Challenging and interesting projects - working on medium and large deals in the UK and globally with key Corporate and Private Equity clients


• Comprehensive employee benefit program


• Professional, positive and team-oriented working environment


• Central office location in Sofia

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Personal data of the applicants will be processed in strict confidentiality by PricewaterhouseCoopers Bulgaria EOOD, UIC 831364383 solely for the purposes of selection and recruitment and will not be transferred to other data controllers unless required by law. Applicants provide their personal data on a voluntary basis and will have the right to access and correct their personal data within a reasonable time upon filing a written request.