Deals, Transaction Services - Valuations - Senior Associate

Do you have strong financial analysis skills, combined with an ability to see the commercial "Big Picture"? Are you comfortable with financial models but equally interested in the strategic decisions which drive business value? We have an excellent opportunity to join our Dubai office as a Senior Associate in the Valuation team.

About the role

As part of the leading global valuation practice with over 1,700 dedicated valuation professionals in 50 countries, we have the right people to support clients for various different type of valuation related work. Our Middle East valuations team operates on a regional basis but with team members based in each territory who understand the local market dynamics.

Within the practice, the UAE valuations team represents a group of more than 20 professionals based mainly in the Dubai office, working across various industry verticals as required. We also work collaboratively with the regional valuation team members and provide support on large complex regional valuation engagements. You could be working remotely with colleagues anywhere in the region.

You will enjoy potential for fast personal development in a dynamic team by playing an important role within the local and regional valuations practice. From the outset you will be exposed to a diverse range of challenging valuation work across industry sectors including company share valuations and/or financial instruments and valuations of intangible assets. Interaction with senior colleagues and senior client individuals will also provide plenty of opportunity for candidates to build business development and marketing skills.

You will:
• Assist managers/senior manager/directors in carrying out valuation engagements
• Engage with clients on a day to day basis for carrying out the valuation fieldwork
• Provide support to junior team members in guiding and reviewing their work outputs
• Present valuation findings internally and, where required externally to clients
• Build a network around your peer group internally within PwC and externally

More specifically your role will involve:
• Carry out financial modelling assignments as part of the valuation process
• Prepare detailed analysis of peer group across a wide variety of industry sectors
• Prepare substantial written sections of valuation reports which supports the valuation conclusion
• Working with colleagues across all lines of services to deliver valuations alongside other services provided by PwC
• Although you would be based in the UAE, a degree of flexibility in travelling between regional offices maybe required as part of the role.