Advisory - Deals - BRS - Insolvency - Associate 2 -Kolkata

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.

Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities.

Skills

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

• Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.
• Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.
• Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas.
• Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback.
• Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.
• Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.
• Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements.
  
  

About The Team

There is an opportunity to join the Insolvency Team, which is part of PwC’s Restructuring and Insolvency (R&I) Team.

This is a fast-growing business unit providing advisory and executory restructuring services to a range of clients and stakeholders, including corporates, banks, funds, sponsors, and many more.

Our work is dynamic, fast-paced, and essential for our clients, offering an excellent opportunity for motivated individuals to advance their careers.

As part of the largest and most experienced Restructuring and Insolvency business in the UK, we are at the heart of PwC’s purpose ‘to build trust in society and solve important problems.

Being part of the R&I team provides a unique opportunity to gain experience across a variety of insolvency assignments in a wide range of sectors. Our teams work on situations ranging from large and complex insolvencies to middle market projects, delivering solutions to ensure we achieve the best outcomes for stakeholders. Our work includes all aspects of the insolvency lifecycle, from pre-insolvency planning, through asset realisations, distributions and concluding cases, all while ensuring we deliver compliant processes.

The ideal candidate will ideally already have some experience of working on insolvency cases. They should show initiative, a willingness to learn, good attention to detail, be proactive, and be able to identify risk issues.

They will have excellent numeracy, verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will also need to be flexible, as well as being a self-starter and adaptable to change.

About The Role

The successful candidate would be assigned to one of the three teams and will work on a variety of aspects of corporate insolvency cases and support the wider team in achieving 100% compliance with legislation, professional regulations and internal procedures.

We operate hybrid working at PwC, and at least 60% of your time will be spent working in our Kolkata office although some travel to other offices, external meetings, residential training courses and client sites will be required and may be at short notice. Due to the nature of the role, flexibility in terms of working extra hours will be required.

Requirements

• Previous insolvency experience (ideal but not essential)
• Strong numeracy skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Have strong IT skills including the use of Microsoft platforms (Word, Excel) and Google platforms (inc Sheets)
• Not afraid to step outside their comfort zone to develop new skills and embraces new challenges