Illiquid Debt Valuations (MVD) - Senior Manager

About Risk

We are a leading provider of trust in the digital world – in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today’s business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on.

Who are we looking for?

Are you or do you want to become a debt valuation specialist? We are looking for debt valuation specialists and consultants, to support our growth in the financial instrument valuation area of the market.

About the team 

Within the Risk Modelling Services business, the Market Value Direct (“MVD”) team provides financial instrument valuation services in a range of offerings from financial reporting, audit support, during deals and transactions to supporting client decision making. The MVD team values financial instruments from vanilla derivatives through to exotics and complex illiquid debt. 

We are looking to recruit Senior Manager level individuals into our London or Edinburgh offices. The role will focus on the valuation of illiquid debt and supporting our growth in this area. This provides the opportunity for a successful candidate to work in a fast paced business alongside a team which has grown exponentially in the last three years. 

We are proud of our fun, caring and supportive team culture with flat hierarchies, which has seen people stay with us throughout our growth story. 

About the role

Supported and coached by Associate Directors and Directors within the team, you will work closely with the wider team focusing on leading the delivery of projects to clients, either internal to the firm or externally. The role will also involve helping with various business development activities such as driving pitching to new clients and developing our strategy and proposition.

The role offers you the opportunity to learn a broad range of commercial, financial risk and valuation skills and further develop your own attributes. 

In delivering the role, you would have a high degree of autonomy, using your organisational ability and initiative in completion of tasks. 

Key responsibilities will include

• A debt valuations specialist, who can lead the valuation of a significant and varied repertoire of product types in this area. 

• Driving the delivery of valuations and advisory services. These services are led by our clients key commercial decisions and can arise in the contexts of commercial deals to regulatory requirements. 

• Leading projects which support teams in our Audit practice in relation to testing clients financial instrument valuations, encompassing clients across our global network and including a wide range of instrument types

• Working closely with the leadership team in areas of business development, practice development and strategy – due to the high growth nature of MVD this will be a key component of the role

Essential skills and experience

• A growth mindset!

• Commercially minded and proactive in growing services through business development

• Lead and liaise with other team members based in other geographical locations

• Be numerate with an analytical mindset with high attention to detail

• Have an interest or background in debt or derivative financial instruments

• Project management organisational skills and able to prioritise the workload of the team

• Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative

• Clear communication skills which bridge complexity into clear advice

• Financial modelling experience

Desirable skills

• Willingness to learn hybrid debt and derivative valuations

The skills we look for in future employees

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’. 

The PwC Professional focuses on five core attributes; whole leadership, business acumen, technical capabilities, global acumen and relationships. We use this framework to recruit, develop and assess our people, at all grades and all areas of our business, because we expect all of our people to be leaders.

http://www.pwc.com/uk/en/careers/experienced/applying-to-pwc.jhtml 

The Deal

We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have ‘The Deal’.

Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/about-us/the-new-deal.html

Diversity

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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 because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements.

Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture: www.pwc.com/uk/diversity

Risk
Risk is all around us and in our complex world, is changing all the time. Our teams bring people from diverse backgrounds together, using their skills and cutting-edge technology, to help solve complex problems. We are pioneers in a world of changing risk and our market leading services build resilient organisations. Join us and together, we can support our clients to rethink risk.

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The skills we look for
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The Deal
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Our commitment to you
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Application support
If you’re a person with a disability, if you’re neurodivergent, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you. Learn more.