About PwC
Who we're looking for
Do you have experience of advising clients on appropriate actions regarding their pension scheme? Are you keen to work on multiple projects covering both distressed and non-distressed businesses? We are looking for a Manager to join our team.
About the role
About our team: We work with corporates and trustees of defined benefit pension schemes to understand and evaluate the strength of covenant that the sponsoring employer provides to the scheme. We operate across all segments of the market and deliver creative commercial solutions to our clients.
Your duties may include the following:
Do you have experience of advising clients on appropriate actions regarding their pension scheme? Are you keen to work on multiple projects covering both distressed and non-distressed businesses? We are looking for a Manager to join our team.
About the role
About our team: We work with corporates and trustees of defined benefit pension schemes to understand and evaluate the strength of covenant that the sponsoring employer provides to the scheme. We operate across all segments of the market and deliver creative commercial solutions to our clients.
Your duties may include the following:
- Meeting with senior company management to discuss and understand their business
- Review of current financial position of business, including its capital structure
- Analysis of forecast P&L and cash flow information and review of management assumptions
- Analysis of where value lies in the group, and the access the scheme has to this value through its legal claims
- Review of the likely return to the scheme in an insolvency scenario
- Understanding the priority of various classes of creditor
- Company, sector and market research and analysis
- Appreciating external perception of the business through the review of credit ratings, analyst and industry reports
- Consideration of the impact of a transaction on the business and its creditors
- Identification of possible options to improve the long-term security of the pension scheme
- Management of other PwC teams we often bring utilise on assignments
- Preparation of presentations and/or reports to key stakeholders (e.g. management, trustees, banks, PE houses, etc.)
Requirements
- Academic record to at least degree level
- ACA / ACCA qualified
- Financial analytical skills with strong commercial awareness
- Interpersonal skills and comfortable communicating with a range of stakeholders
- Proven project and time management skills
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Strong verbal and written English
We are open to applications considering a minimum of 3 days a week.
You’ll be joining a team who welcome your outlook and knowledge, whilst developing your skill set further 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.
You’ll be joining a team who welcome your outlook and knowledge, whilst developing your skill set further 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.
About PwC
We’re one of the world’s leading professional services organisations. From 158 countries, we help our clients, some of the most successful organisations on the globe, as well as its most dynamic entrepreneurs and thriving private businesses, to create the value they want. We help to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.
The skills we look for in future employees
All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.
Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/careers/experienced/apply
Diversity
We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.
Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/diversity
