At PwC, our people in finance focus on providing financial advice and strategic guidance to clients, helping them optimise their financial performance and make informed business decisions. These individuals handle financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management. Those in financial strategy and planning at PwC will focus on developing and implementing strategic financial plans to drive business growth and profitability. Your work will involve analysing financial data, forecasting future trends, and providing recommendations for optimising financial performance.

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

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

• Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
• Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
• Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
• Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
• Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
• Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
• Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
• Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

The Opportunity

As part of the Finance Policy, Strategy, Leadership team you are expected to lead large projects, innovate processes, and maintain operational excellence while interacting with clients at a senior level to drive project success. As a Senior Manager, Corporate Development, you will play a key role in shaping the strategic growth of the firm through M&A and investments. This role focuses on identifying, evaluating, and executing transactions that expand our capabilities, industry presence, or talent pool. You will work closely with service line leaders, partners, and executive leadership to assess the strategic fit and operational alignment with the firm’s long-term growth objectives.

Responsibilities

- Source and evaluate potential acquisition targets

- Conduct initial screening for strategic fit, execution, client impact, and potential for capability expansion

- Build relationships with leading investment banks, industry contacts, and internal partners to maintain and optimize deal flow

- Financial modeling, valuation, synergy assessments, and deal structuring

- Coordinate due diligence across service lines (e.g., legal, finance, HR, IT, risk) and manage external advisors

- Present business cases and recommendations to internal stakeholders and executive leadership

- Work closely with firm leadership to align M&A activity with long-term strategic goals and priorities

- Support strategy development with market intelligence and competitor insights

- Assess inorganic growth options to enter new markets, expand capabilities, or strengthen talent base

- Prepare and deliver compelling presentations, recommendations and ad hoc projects for executive and board level stakeholders

- Serve as a trusted advisor to partners and stakeholders

What You Must Have

- High School Diploma

- 7 years of experience in corporate development, investment banking, or private equity

What Sets You Apart

- Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Economics and Finance, or Finance preferred

- Other advanced degrees in a related field may be considered

- Managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

- Experience within or working with a Big 4, or other global consulting / professional services business

- In-depth analytical, financial modeling, problem solving and research skills

- Proven executive presence, communication, and interpersonal skills

Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines

The salary range for this position is: $89,000 - $315,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance