Senior Associate - Deals Advisory - M&A Ops (Sector: Industrial Products & Services)

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The Opportunity

Join our Acceleration Center India and help shape the future of business for our diverse client portfolio across geographies and jurisdictions. You’ll work at the heart of global teams across Advisory, Assurance, Tax and Business Services—solving real client challenges through connected collaboration. We’ll help you grow your skills so you can go further. With hands-on learning, cutting-edge tools and an inclusive culture, this is your opportunity to do inspiring work that makes a difference—every day.

As a Senior Associate - Deals Advisory - M&A Ops (Sector: Industrial Products & Services), you will play a pivotal role in guiding clients through complex transactions, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring. Within our Deals practice, you will assist clients in integrating acquisitions and maximizing the value of their investments by conducting valuations, performing financial analysis, and developing post-merger integration strategies.

As a Senior Associate, you will leverage your skills and network to deliver quality results. You will motivate and coach others, working collaboratively to solve complex problems. You are expected to navigate ambiguity, ask insightful questions, and communicate how various elements fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain diverse and inclusive teams, along with your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our firm.

In this role at PwC Acceleration Center India, you will be at the forefront of strategic advisory, using your influence to craft and convey impactful messages that tell a holistic story. You will apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and opportunities, validate outcomes with clients, and act on feedback to enhance client relationships and deliver value.

Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end deal value creation initiatives including pre/post-deal performance improvement, operational efficiency programs, and profitability enhancement (e.g., cost optimization, supply chain and back-office transformation).

- Support complex transactions such as carve-outs, divestments, and M&A integration by driving separation planning, Day 1 readiness, transition execution, and synergy realization across combined entities.

- Deliver buy- and sell-side operational due diligence by analyzing business performance across the value chain and identifying value creation opportunities to support strategic decision-making.
- Conducting valuations and financial analysis to support mergers and acquisitions
- Developing strategies for post-merger integration to maximize investment value
- Navigating complex transactions and providing strategic advice to clients
- Applying systems thinking to identify underlying problems and opportunities
- Crafting and conveying clear, impactful messages that tell a holistic story
- Validating outcomes with clients and acting on feedback to improve processes
- Directing teams through ambiguity and challenging situations with composure
- Initiating open and honest coaching conversations at all levels
- Modeling and reinforcing professional and technical standards within the team
- Evaluating business plans and competitive analysis to inform strategic planning
- Collaborating on acquisition strategies and deal structures to enhance value creation

What You Must Have

- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 2 years of experience
- Oral and written proficiency in English required

- MBA in Strategy/ Marketing/ Finance from a premium B-School. Experience in M&A or management consulting domain.

What Sets You Apart

- Preference for a Master's of Business Administration degree
- Demonstrating analytical thinking in complex deal structures
- Excelling in strategic planning and corporate development
- Utilizing M&A strategy for post-merger integration
- Applying systems thinking to identify opportunities
- Crafting impactful messages that tell a holistic story
- Initiating open and honest coaching conversations at all levels
- Strong functional expertise in operations (engineering, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing) with the ability to assess business performance, identify improvement opportunities, and apply commercial acumen across industries.

- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured, hypothesis-led approach, leveraging data analytics tools (Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau) to drive insights while working with ambiguity and incomplete information.

- Strong stakeholder management and leadership capabilities, with the ability to influence senior leaders, operate under pressure, manage risk and competing priorities, and ensure high-quality delivery.

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