Capital Markets (CM) - Senior Manager

Quality is at the heart of what we do. Combining passionate people with leading technology, we work together to build trust in society. We put the team first and solve important problems by challenging the organisations we audit and being open to challenge ourselves. We take pride in our work and the profession, recognising audit as a deep specialism. It's a really exciting time to be joining us. We're growing our teams across all areas of our Audit practice and investing a huge amount in our people, their skills and the technology available, as we continue to radically modernise our business and the way we serve our clients.A career within Capital Markets will provide you with the opportunity to be responsible for complex financial reporting issues around deals and other transformational events. You'll tackle your client's needs with a solution oriented approach that creatively addresses complex financial reporting problems for high profile transactions and you'll have significant interaction with senior company management teams, bankers, lawyers and other advisers.
Capital Markets advises companies on important deals - initial public offerings ("IPOs"), significant acquisitions/mergers or divestments and raising capital through debt or equity issuances. We are specialists in the UK and US capital market regimes and provide assurance and advice in connection with the financial reporting aspects of these deals, including financial projections, financial reporting procedures and offering documents. The team brings together a mixture of capabilities to play a key role in providing transparency to our clients' stakeholders (such as investors, regulators and, other deal participants) through the assurance we provide in connection with capital markets transactions. The output of our assurance work is financial reports for our client's directors and other stakeholders in the form of comfort letters, opinions and narrative / diligence style reports.

PwC is the market leader in providing assurance on these deals. We provide services that our clients and their other advisers depend on. It's both a responsibility and a privilege to guide our clients through moments that matter deeply to them. Our breadth of clients in an ever-changing market means we need to be agile - responding when we need to, in a way that really makes a difference. We are looking for people with the interpersonal skills needed to develop trusted relationships with clients and work alongside them to help solve their issues. We apply the professionally skeptical mindset you will have learnt as an auditor in a deals context.

Our Capital Markets team works on some of the highest profile deals in the market. We pride ourselves on our inclusive culture and the importance we place on wellbeing and development. This is underpinned by a blend of home/office working. We are a supportive and collaborative team and empower and trust our people to work independently but with coaching and guidance as needed. Consultation is a core part of our culture, and our partners and directors work closely with more junior team members to share knowledge and experiences.

We support an inclusive culture by acknowledging the unique experiences and perspectives each individual brings to the table, with our team representing a number of different backgrounds and cultures. Many of our team are working parents.

The role:

A career within Capital Markets will provide you with the opportunity to work on a variety of different types of transaction and workstream with high profile clients across a range of industries.

As a senior manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Writing and reviewing financial assurance/diligence reports and reviewing comfort letters and transaction documents (e.g., prospectuses, shareholder circulars and offering memorandums) for our clients. Identifying critical risks and working as part of a team to address them;
• Interaction with client management and exposure to business owners to assure information in transaction documents and understand areas such as financial reporting processes, historical and projected business performance and wider commercial issues;
• Managing teams on a variety of engagements, taking ownership of all aspects of delivery, programme and team management, monitoring commercial performance and quality;
• Working alongside senior levels of management, bankers, lawyers and other advisers. Collaborating in teams with other parts of PwC as part of a larger project environment; and
• Developing internal and external networks and adopting a business development mindset to drive the growth of our business. This includes involvement in targeting initiatives - helping to identify, pursue and convert a pipeline of business.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Chartered / certified accountant (ICAEW, ICAS & UK ACCA)
• Strong report writing and data analytical skills
• Strong English language skills
• Strong commercial awareness
• Strong client relationship management
• Strong team management ability, including managing teams, coaching, sharing knowledge and collaborating with others, as well as contributing to a positive team spirit
• Ability to manage a diverse portfolio of client-facing project-based work
• Strong project management skills and experience in dealing with changing deadlines, ability to adapt and be flexible in a changing work environment with evolving demands
• Track record of performing high quality work and exhibiting close attention to detail, whilst assimilating information quickly and dealing with ambiguity in a time sensitive environment
• Excellent communication skills (questioning and listening)
• Ability to navigate, understand and apply the relevant capital market rules and regulations applicable in the UK and/or US
• Motivation to help drive the growth of the Capital Markets team