Capital Markets & Accounting Advisory Services Experienced Associate Job
Category: Accounting and Auditing|Mergers and Acquisitions Line of
Service: Assurance Location(s): AZ-Phoenix|CA-Los Angeles|CA-San
Diego|CA-San Francisco|CA-San
Jose|CO-Denver|FL-Miami|GA-Atlanta|IL-Chicago|MA-Boston|MI-Detroit|MN-Minneapolis|NC-Charlotte|NY-New
York|PA-Philadelphia|TX-Dallas|TX-Houston|VA-McLean|WA-Seattle Travel
Requirements: 41-60% Level: Experienced Associate Job ID: 101585BR
PwC/LOS Overview PwC is a network of firms committed to delivering
quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. We help resolve complex
issues for our clients and identify opportunities. Learn more about us
at At PwC, we develop leaders at all levels. The distinctive leadership
framework we call the PwC Professionalprovides our people with a road
map to grow their skills and build their careers. Our approach to
ongoing development shapes employees into leaders, no matter the role or
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Developing as a PwC Professional means that you will be ready - to
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Assurance at PwC? You'll ask questions and test assumptions. You'll help
determine if companies are reporting information that investors and
others can rely on. You'll help businesses solve complex issues faced by
management and boards. You'll serve the public interest and the capital
markets by conducting quality audits. Visit http://pwc.to/pwcassurance
for more information on PwC's Assurance practice. The world is quickly
changing, that's why PwC is quickly adapting. We're capitalizing on
trends that will impact corporate reporting. Our focus is on
globalization, technology, sustainability and environmental reporting,
population shifts and regulation. We combine skills and experience to
help our clients address their challenges. Job Description Members of
the Transaction Services practice help clients navigate through
complicated transactions and events, from evaluation through
integration, in a multifaceted business environment. PwC helps clients
negotiate with confidence. Some of the world's most prestigious
companies rely on our buy-and-sell side due diligence capabilities and
turn to us for advice on financial reporting, valuation and tax issues.
We also provide advice and project management for capital raising events
such as initial public offerings, secondary listings and private
placements. For companies in distressed situations, we advise on crisis
avoidance, financial and operational restructuring and bankruptcy.
Clients rely on PwC to help them make informed and empowered decisions
to invest, divest, raise capital or reorganize. As our clients execute
on their chosen strategy, our focus turns to helping them extract value.
PwC's Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services advises our
clients, primarily Fortune 500 public companies, and large financial
institutions such as private equity and hedge funds, in moments of
exceptional change around deals, stress and accounting change helping
them shape strategy and transformation. Our main areas of focus include:
- Capital markets such as IPOs, spins, debt raisings and capital
structure advice; - Acquisitions; - Alliances such as enter/exit JVs,
strategic alliances, licenses, collaborations, etc.; - Divestitures; -
Crisis, restructurings and restatements; and, - Deal strategy and
readiness including navigating accounting complexity and change. We
advise our clients across the deal spectrum to capture value. With a
consulting mindset, we solve our clients' complex accounting and
financial reporting matters around deals or other transformational
events. CMAAS employs a team based structure to tackle clients' needs
with a solution oriented approach to creatively address complex
financial reporting problems. We work on high profile transactions with
significant interaction with senior company management teams, bankers,
lawyers and other advisors. We have a coaching environment with both
formal and informal systems in place as well as continuous on the job
training to ensure industry leading personal and professional
development. Position/Program Requirements Minimum Year(s) of
Experience: 1 Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's degree in Accounting
Certification(s) Required: CPA or in the process of obtaining CPA
license or equivalent accreditation Knowledge Preferred: Participate as
an individual contributor and a team member with senior CMAAS
practitioners and other professionals (eg, bankers, lawyers, auditors,
advisors) on complex accounting- and financial reporting matters related
to deals and other transformational events on a daily basis in areas of
focus listed above. This includes demonstrating thorough knowledge of
and/or a proven record of success in the following areas: Advising
multi-national, publicly-traded companies and private equity firms on a
broad range of technical accounting, financial reporting, and capital
markets topics including: - IPOs, debt offerings, private placements,
carve-outs and/or spin-offs; - acquisitions, alliances/joint ventures,
post deal accounting; - restructurings, restatements, bankruptcies; and
- GAAP conversions, change in accounting standards, accounting
complexity. Demonstrates a strong interest in deals, capital markets,
complex accounting and other transactions-based activities and should
expect to operate in a high pressure, fast-paced work environment.
Skills Preferred: Demonstrates some proven abilities and/or record of
success as a team member in a professional services consulting firm,
including, but not limited to, the following areas: Technical
Capabilities: - Demonstrating an understanding of foundational knowledge
of the technical accounting and financial reporting standards under the
GAAP; - Elevating potential issues on a timely basis after gathering key
facts; - Leveraging team members and appropriate technical resources to
assist in resolutions; - Taking pride and responsibility for the quality
of work and performing critical self-reviews; - Demonstrating
professional skepticism, independence, and objectivity; - Seeking
proactively the advice of supervisors and responding to feedback in a
timely manner. Business Acumen: - Leveraging know-how of business
financials, reports and profitability levers; - Considering current
issues facing the markets and relevant industries, including technology
developments; - Performing research, analysis, and structured
problem-solving using a range of tools and techniques; and, -
Demonstrating critical thinking, bringing order to unstructured
problems. Global Acumen: - Developing know-how of the implications of
globalization, including key business trends and developments. -
Incorporating proactive, individualized career planning goals to build
awareness of cultural dexterity and global business, and, asking
clarifying questions and/or researching the answers, as appropriate.
Leadership: - Working comfortably across differences, especially with
change and ambiguity. - Asking regularly for in-the-moment feedback and
taking action on it. - Demonstrating a strong work ethic and delivering
high-quality results on time. Relationships: - Building relationships to
create exceptional client experience; - Collaborating with others to
optimize solutions, testing the feasibility of recommendations
proffered, anticipating potential inquiries, and preparing responses. -
Identifying and using the most effective communication tools and
applications. - Understanding the needs of others to proactively assist,
as appropriate. - Building respect and trust as an open-minded and
inclusive professional. Link for schema