Graduate Deals Modelling & Analytics, Manchester

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>We use technical and business knowledge to solve our clients&rsquo; problems. And because we offer so many different technology services we need people with different experiences to help us deliver them effectively. Digital is the new normal, transforming how we work and live.<br /><br />At PwC, as we focus on future innovations, we&rsquo;re investing in the best and most diverse workforce of today and tomorrow. We&rsquo;re pushing forward with the use of technology within our own business - enabling our people to work more efficiently and collaborate more easily. All this is part of our commitment to put technology at the centre of our strategy as we continue to help our clients navigate the future digital landscape.</p><br /><p><b>Graduate programme</b></p><p>Our graduate training programme is underpinned by a development framework that broadens and deepens your knowledge. You&
39;ll learn from hands-on coaching and an outstanding variety of work, picking up business, personal and technical skills you can use across the network, and throughout your career.</p><p></p><p><b>Technology</b></p><p>We use technical and business knowledge to solve our clients’ problems. And because we offer so many different technology services we need people with different experiences to help us deliver them effectively. Digital is the new normal, transforming how we work and live.</p><p> </p><p>At PwC, as we focus on future innovations, we’re investing in the best and most diverse workforce of today and tomorrow. We’re pushing forward with the use of technology within our own business - enabling our people to work more efficiently and collaborate more easily. All this is part of our commitment to put technology at the centre of our strategy as we continue to help our clients navigate the future digital landscape.</p><p></p><p><b>Deals Modelling &amp; Analytics</b></p><p>Do you enjoy using your technical knowledge to solve complex problems and business challenges? Are you naturally inquisitive with an analytical and entrepreneurial mindset? Do you want to develop a deep understanding of how businesses work? If so, then this is the perfect role for you.</p><p>We are excited to welcome new perspectives into our highly successful, growing Deals Modelling &amp; Analytics team, where you will get to work alongside and learn from world class practitioners on the most high profile deals.</p><p>We are seeking individuals that are curious, agile, keen to learn and try new things. </p><p>We are the Deals analytics and modelling centre of excellence. Our focus is on the development and application of leading-edge analytical and modelling techniques to produce rapid, pragmatic, and clear outcomes for our clients, helping them to make decisions and solve problems.</p><p>We have an impressive and diverse range of people, from highly respected deals practitioners, modelling experts, cloud data architects and data scientists. We’re all passionate about making our team an exciting and fun place to work whilst supporting each other to be the best we can be.</p><p>No two projects are the same and we thrive on new challenges and tackling the most demanding problems.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst every project is different, we broadly define our specialisms as:</p><p>Deal Analytics – using a range of industry standard and leading analytical tools and techniques to increase confidence both before and during the deal through detailed analysis (customer segmentation, product profitability, pricing etc)</p><p>Modelling - driving performance transparency (deal modelling, cash forecasting, strategic planning, and reporting) to support the investment thesis</p><p>Value creation &amp; performance insight - delivering value creation opportunities using intelligent analytics to corporate and portfolio companies (e.g. enabling data driven decision making across sales teams, HR or finance functions)</p><p></p><p><b>How you’ll grow</b></p><p>We appreciate that some of these terms may be unfamiliar to you and at PwC, there are opportunities to learn and develop your skills everyday. From on-the-job learning to professional qualifications, we’ll support you at every stage of your career to realise your full potential. As a part of the world’s leading Modelling and analytics team in deals, you’ll work with the best in the business, learning from those at the top of their fields.  We offer a wide range of training programmes to develop your proficiency in data analytics and visualisation tools such as Alteryx, PowerBI and Tableau.Through our partnership with leading data analytics and cloud computing service providers, you will be at the forefront of the latest developments, with access to events showcasing these exciting new technologies.</p><p> </p><p><b>What you’ll do</b></p><p>We&
39;re looking for people with a commercial mindset who can deliver commercial insight to our clients and enhance the Deal value through compelling analysis. As a Deals Modelling &amp; Analytics graduate, you will be supporting a broad range of assignments, stretching yourself across many different industry sectors and engaging directly with clients, in a unique, commercially orientated role.</p><p> </p><p>On a typical project, your first task might be to speak to our clients to gather data and understand their business. After wrangling the data and bringing in external sources from APIs, the web and other industry sources, you will analyse the data to draw commercial insights and conclusions. Depending on the project, our team will communicate these insights back to the client as either a series of interactive dashboards, a section in a report, a data pack / model or a presentation. </p><p> </p><p>As you grow and develop over your time with PwC, you will become more involved with complex areas of analysis, client relationship handling and project management.</p><p> </p><p>Our engagements vary in length, with M&amp;A Deal Analytics, you might spend between 2 weeks and 3 months working on a project. Our Post Deal projects normally last between 3 months and a year. Across all projects you will often have the opportunity to travel, either internationally or within the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In Deals Modelling &amp; Analytics you will work with some of the below leading-edge technology: </p><ul><li><p>Power Bi </p></li><li><p>Tableau</p></li><li><p>Alteryx</p></li><li><p>SQL</p></li><li><p>R</p></li><li><p>Azure</p></li><li><p>Excel </p></li><li><p>QlikView </p></li><li><p>Anaplan</p></li><li><p>Datarobot</p></li><li><p>Python</p></li><li><p>UIPath</p></li><li><p>GCP</p></li></ul><p> </p><p><b>What you’ll gain </b></p><p>During your first year in Deals Modelling &amp; Analytics, you’ll be given an introduction to the Deals Cycle. This will be followed by comprehensive training on commonly used tools, such as Alteryx, Tableau and Advanced Excel.</p><p></p><p>Graduates will undertake the ICAEW Certificate in Finance, Accounting and Business (ICAEW CFAB), which is an internationally recognised certificate. This involves taking 6 exams and gives a solid grounding in finance and accounting. Our graduates will receive a mixture of tuition and time off to study during their first year at PwC.</p><p>See the ICAEW website for more details: https://www.icaew.com/learning-and-development/icaew-cfab</p><p></p><p><b>What you’ll need</b></p><p>If you are naturally inquisitive, have an analytical mind and enjoy solving problems, we would be interested in talking to you. Candidates should also be prepared to travel as some of our opportunities can require team members to work at other PwC offices or client sites across the UK or overseas on a temporary basis (subject to government advice/guidelines).</p><p></p><p>You’ll need a 2.1 degree or be on target to achieve a 2.1 degree in a STEM related subject (Science / Technology / Engineering / Mathematics) and demonstrate a passion for a career in technology and how organisations use it. We determine whether you&
39;re on course for a 2.1. based on the grades you achieved in your last completed year of academic study.</p><p>Our work is technical and successful candidates should be able to evidence experience in one or more of the following competency areas. This may be through previous work experience, personal work projects or university:</p><p>Data analysis (for example using SQL/Python).</p><p>Data visualisation.</p><p>Programming or scripting experience.</p><p>Big data.</p><p>Financial Modelling</p><br /><p><strong>Find out more</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/en/careers/blogs.html" rel="no-follow">Our people</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/en/careers/student-careers/traininglearningdevelopment.html" rel="no-follow">Training and development</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/student-careers/undergraduate-graduate-careers/ourevents.html" rel="no-follow">Our events</a></li></ul><p><strong>Do you need a work permit?</strong><br />Please take some time to confirm your eligibility for the role. We welcome applications from all candidates but there are restrictions to some areas of our business and some points you should note on our <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/student-careers/apply/work-permit.html" rel="no-follow">website</a>.</p><p>Please note that PwC is unable to sponsor any candidates for some roles as the Home Office's eligibility criteria will not be satisfied. For a list of these roles, please review the 'Important information' section of the <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/student-careers/apply/work-permit.html" rel="no-follow">work permit page on our website</a>.<br /><br /><strong>The Deal</strong><br />We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have &lsquo;The Deal&rsquo;.</p><p>Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/about-us/the-new-deal.html" rel="no-follow">https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/about-us/the-new-deal.html</a><br /><br /><strong>Diversity</strong><br />Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion</p><p>We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/en/careers/about-us/diversity.html" rel="no-follow">Learn more</a> here about our work to support an inclusive culture.</p><img src="https://www.applytracking.com/tp/rj6_m5HS2-J.K" rel="no-follow" />