Description
Established in the region for 40 years, PwC has around 8,000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Our regional team operates across the Middle East bringing international experience delivered within the context of the region and its culture. We can bring the collective knowledge and experience of more than 328,000 people across the entire global PwC network in advisory, assurance and tax to help you find the value you are looking for.
Job Description & Summary
PwC’s Business Restructuring Services (BRS) team is currently the largest restructuring practice in the Middle East, with over 60 employees operating across various offices in the region. Our team helps organizations facing financial distress or insolvency with crisis recovery, administrative tasks, liquidation and insolvency proceedings. Whatever the solution, we help them manage road blocks until the job is done.
We develop and implement realistic and pragmatic plans by applying restructuring and stakeholder management skills, functional knowledge, and proprietary assets and tools to support Executives in making difficult decisions and driving through change in a short timeframe. We help clients, among other things, to reduce balance sheet stress, generate cash and reduce costs or refinance to find the best source of capital to support their business objectives. Whatever the solution, we help them manage road blocks until the job is done.
What to consider before applying
- This role requires the candidate to be an Egyptian National and be based out of our Cairo office.
- Your flexibility to travel 20% of the time to UAE and KSA. This means we may require you to work away from your base office location on a regular basis and frequent overnight stays may be required. Where possible, we will take your preferences into account and strike a balance between meeting your career development/personal needs and those of the business and our clients.
The Role
As a Business Restructuring Senior Manager or Director leading our Egypt market, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping solve complex business issues from strategy to execution and operations. Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:
- Lead on proposals and business development initiatives within the Egypt market
- Leverage our practice to help our clients with restructuring activities to find the best source of capital and support their business objectives
- Developing value propositions for the clients by anticipating their future needs and the competitor landscape
- Managing client relationships on a day-to-day basis including other stakeholders
- Managing complex projects while functioning as a trusted advisor
- Theorizing and implementing best practices on net returns for clients and other stakeholders from financially distressed companies and individuals
- Day to day case management of administrations, asset recoveries, liquidations and other corporate insolvency processes
- Maximizing net returns for clients and other stakeholders from financially distressed companies and individuals
- Involvement in in-court restructuring schemes and other related tools
- Identify risk issues and ensure these are dealt with
- Conducting investigations of financial information and identifying transactions that could lead to civil actions or penalties
- Project budgeting and management
- Coaching and resource management on a portfolio of clients
- Deliver significant business results that reflect both strategic and creative thinking
The Requirements
- Extensive experience with restructuring activities (reviewing financial statement analysis, financial modeling, financial due diligence, corporate insolvency cases and restructuring out-of-court and in-court procedures) ideally from a professional services background
- Significant experience with M&A or Deals Advisory (supported a business undergoing mergers, integrations, spin-offs and/or divestiture transactions)
- Evidence of leading on successful business development opportunities including client lead maturation, proposal development, and closing new business opportunities within the Egyptian market
- Technical and analytical skills with the ability to translate complex issues to support client solutions
- Passionate about delivery of work and has a strong desire to succeed
- An investigative mindset with attention to detail with an ability to see the big picture
- Eager to build long lasting relationships with external stakeholders in order to identify value add opportunities for existing and potential clients
- Successful at managing multiple stakeholders
- Confident to develop and lead teams
- Ability to leverage technology enabled and digital tools to achieve efficient delivery for our clients
- Excellent communicator and can deliver messages with impact to a wide variety of audiences
Why you’ll love PwC
We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of amazing teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about us at https://www.pwc.com/m1/en/about-us/life-at-pwc.html
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