Senior Manager - Deals - M&A Strategy

Actively Reviewing the Applications

PwC Acceleration Center India

India, Karnataka Full-Time On-site

Posted 2 hours ago • Apply by June 15, 2026

Job Description

At PwC, our people in deals focus on providing strategic advice and support to clients in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring. They help clients navigate complex transactions and maximise value in their business deals. Those in deal integration and valuation realisation at PwC will focus on assisting clients in successfully integrating acquisitions and maximising the value of their investments. You will be responsible for conducting valuations, financial analysis, and developing strategies for post-merger integration.

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

Skills

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Core responsibilities as a Senior Manager would entail (but not limited to)

Consistently achieve high-quality outcomes that exceed client expectations.
Take ownership of projects, driving them end-to-end while demonstrating accountability and resilience.
Build trusted client relationships and deliver clear, high-impact solutions.
Support team development through active mentoring, training, and capability building and foster growth
Maintain morale, sense of community and overall employee experience
Apply sound judgment to resolve issues and drive outcomes in ambiguous situations.
Operate across global, cross-cultural teams and manage distributed delivery models.
Leverage GenAI and integrate GenAI-enabled tools and solutions into client engagement activities, enhancing scale, delivery, and efficiency

Additional Application Instructions

Must have Skills

Ability to understand and identify client problems and develop suitable solutions
Strong prior experience in operational due diligence, divestitures and carve-outs, integrations, and synergy and value creation engagements
Expertise in building functional standalone and synergy models, analyzing baseline costs, future-state run-rate costs, one-time costs, stranded costs, and assessing TSA implications.
Strong expertise in business process & systems analysis, design, and optimization.
Proven experience leading operational integration or separation programs across functions in pre- and post-deal environments.
Expertise in building Functional and Operational Blueprints & Entanglements Logs and in developing Target Operating Model
Ability to utilize Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint to analyze and present data effectively.
Ability to understand requirements and build detailed process flows for Day 1 of operations following a deal close
Demonstrated language proficiency across comprehension and written / verbal communication
Strong program and project management skills, including governance and execution oversight.
Advanced stakeholder management and client engagement capabilities to achieve program objectives.
Demonstrated team leadership, people development, and mentoring experience.

Good-to-have Skills

Proficiency with tools such as Visio, Alteryx, Power BI, and GenAI-enabled solutions.
Knowledge of back-office functional processes (Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, etc.)
Prior experience in sign-to-close and post-deal engagements, including Operating Model blueprinting, separation and integration planning (Day 1, Day 100, and long-term plans).
Experience contributing to practice development, proposal creation, or go-to market initiatives.

Eligibility Criteria