Deals Traineeship EMEA

Data and analytics have been essential to the way we provide security and advice to our customers for decades, but over the past 5 years the availability of data and analytical possibilities have grown enormously. Advanced data analytics is therefore essential to doing deals today and tomorrow and to realising the desired company value increase.

By deploying a wide array of data analytics techniques, we help management and investors make the right decisions. By combining data from sales, marketing, operational and financial systems, we perform quantitative data analyses to identify new growth opportunities, work more efficiently or more sharply identifying risks.

From advanced data management projects where you will be building an information platform that combines a wide range of internal and external sources into a KPI dashboard, to advanced data analytics techniques where you will use geo-spatial analytics to identify white-spots in your client's geographical store footprint in the post-deal context.

Financial due diligence helps clients to make the right investment decisions. We regularly advise on some of the largest and most complex cross-border deals. We thoroughly assess a company's financials, take into account opportunities and risks and identify potential deal issues. We focus on the key value items, being the normalised EBITDA, working capital requirements and cash- and debt-like items.

We also work for sellers and independently assess companies so that potential buyers can make informed decisions. Your findings are the building blocks for deal valuation and provide clients with important input for negotiating prices and conditions.

As a consultant in Deals Strategy you support companies and (private equity) investors in their assessment of investment-related strategic issues. Based on a thorough analysis of market, competition and business information, you help our clients make investment decisions, develop business plans or help companies prior to or after acquisition to maximize company value. Your recommendations are concrete, pragmatic and practical and based on facts and insights. You work closely together with our industry experts from Strategy& to understand industries and develop tailored strategies. You also frequently collaborate with the global Deals Strategy network on international acquisitions, or to source specific market knowledge.

Within valuations & modelling you discuss the valuation of companies in the broadest sense of the word. You are involved in deal valuations, valuations for financial reporting (e.g. purchase price allocations and impairment testing), tax valuations and shareholder disputes. Next to that, the team is involved in business modelling engagements providing companies with additional insights in their product portfolio and financial performance. You are the spider in the web because you translate strategic, operational and financial results into an honest and independent valuation.

Buyers and sellers need to understand the key business drivers and key opportunities to quickly extract deal value from transactions. Within this competency, you support customers in the final phase of a takeover or merger, or just after. You help customers to realize the potential value of a deal and thus ensure the success of the investment.

From small family businesses to large multinationals, Business Restructuring Services (BRS) advises and assists underperforming companies and the associated stakeholders by helping develop realistic and pragmatic plans for the furture and conducting negotiations with stakeholders. BRS services include but are not limited to:

• Developing plans to continue viable business through financial restructuring and operational restructuring,
• Providing independent business reviews to better understand the reasons for underperformance and the available options going forward,
• Cash improvement and liquidity management; and
• Crisis management and insolvency support.

The world of M&A is dynamic and challenging given the many stakeholders involved. With millions at stake, our customers can be very demanding as the advice you will give is crucial for their strategies. Corporate Finance M&A supports clients in facilitating a well-managed process from start to end with the ultimate goal of value creation. This means that unlike other departments, our involvement ranges from the initial plan to buy/sell the business to the ultimate signature on a share purchase agreement. A sell-side transaction could start with preparing an approach and timeline with management, identifying buyers and preparing marketing documents, sounding the market, followed by supporting management throughout the due diligence process and finally accompanying them in the final negotiations.

Our work relies on technical financial skills (i.a. valuation techniques like comparable company and transaction analysis, as well as discounted cash flow and leveraged buy-out analysis), strategic thinking and strong communication skills. It is of paramount importance to be well-informed and build relationships quickly and effectively as we have regular contact with our customers and stakeholders.”

As a Debt & Capital Advisory professional at PwC, you will help companies to raise the right type of capital for their needs, from loans to complex hybrid instruments. In our fast-paced and collaborative team, you will support clients in meeting their strategic objectives via raising funds to finance organic or acquisitive growth, whilst catering for specific operating or treasury needs. We provide our clients with direct access to global liquidity and design flexible tailor-made solutions.

In your rotation with us, you will analyse complex business models and advise clients on financing solutions, whilst getting to know a large and diverse universe of financiers.

In ESG in Deals you will help clients understand Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) topics in the context of mergers and acquisitions. Based on a thorough review of a company’s sector and business model, you identify material ESG topics such as circularity, greenhouse gas emissions, and inclusion & diversity. During the ESG due diligence work we perform, you delve deeper into these material ESG topics and assess the company’s track-record, its performance in relation to industry peers, and identify risks and opportunities with specific recommendations. You work closely with ESG experts from across the firm to develop a point of view on a wide range of ESG topics. You also collaborate with other Deals teams, such as Deals Strategy and Financial Due Diligence, to estimate the commercial and financial implications of ESG topics. Your findings will provide our clients with insight into both the financial value and societal impact of a deal.