Data Protection and Compliance Officer

Full time (35 hrs/wk), permanent

Based central Reading, Berkshire

Salary range £40,000 - £45,000 FTE pa plus benefits

We’re looking for an experienced professional, passionate about data protection and compliance!

In this new role you will use your compliance and data protection expertise to the maximum. We are a data-rich institution and in the main you will:

• Act as and be named the Data Protection Officer for UCEM.
• Provide central information governance services, guidance and advice to stakeholders across UCEM.
• Co-ordinate UCEM’s responses to statutory information requests.
• Log and assess reported data breaches, ensuring these are fully recorded and documented.
• Maintain your data protection and compliance knowledge, attending CPD events relevant to this subject matter.
• Determine the appropriate strategy for responding to DPA, GDPR and FOIA requests, including the application of exemptions and exceptions.
• Ensure policies and privacy notices are reviewed and updated where required.
• Deliver awareness and training sessions for staff on information governance, and produce relevant communications to both staff and students.

You must have relevant academic or professional qualifications and be keen to continue to develop your knowledge. Through your work experience you must be able to demonstrate a deep understanding of information governance, data protection, and records management. Other key skills include: strong all-round communication skills, relationships with stakeholders, IT skills, analysis of complex data, research skills, initiative, and a commitment to deliver excellence in this role.

At UCEM we expect all our employees to demonstrate our values: Passion, Integrity, Excellence and Support.

University College of Estate Management (UCEM) is the leading provider of supported online education for the Built Environment. Currently celebrating our 100^th year as an institution, we have a wealth of history and experience in providing the highest quality learning opportunities. At any one time, we have over 3,500 students from more than 100 countries benefiting from our qualifications. UCEM helps to enhance Built Environment professional careers through our accredited property-related and construction programmes, offered at Postgraduate, Undergraduate and Apprenticeship levels. Our centenary year has inspired our new vision to be the Centre of Excellence for Built Environment Education, appropriately abbreviated ‘CX’ to help us look to the future and lead our strategy for the next 10 years. This is all to achieve our core purpose of providing accessible, relevant and cost-effective online education, producing leading talent for a better Built Environment.

JOB SPECIFICATION

We have a very detailed job specification for this role so please, before applying, take a look at our website.

INFORMAL DISCUSSION

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Gill Hopper on 01184672204. alternatively contact the HR team on 0118 467 2243 / 7051.

APPLICATION DETAILS

To apply please send your CV, covering letter, and Recruitment Check Form via the button below.

CLOSING DATE

Thursday 12 March 2020 at 12 noon

Please note, applications may be reviewed as and when they are received, so you may be invited to interview ahead of the closing date.

INTERVIEW DATE

Initial interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 17 March 2020, Friday 20 March 2020 and Tuesday 24 March 2020. Specific times for interview will be advised to you later in this process.

SAFEGUARDING CHECK

Please note any appointment to this post is conditional upon and subject to an enhanced certificate (criminal record check) issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), which will also include a check of the DBS Barred Lists.

NOTE TO AGENCIES

We do not use agencies as part of our recruitment process. We politely ask that you respect this decision and do not call our offices on seeing this advertisement; if you do, the same message will be repeated to you. Thank you for your co-operation.

Data Protection and Compliance Officer

Full time (35 hrs/wk), permanent

Based central Reading, Berkshire

Salary range £40,000 - £45,000 FTE pa plus benefits

We’re looking for an experienced professional, passionate about data protection and compliance!

In this new role you will use your compliance and data protection expertise to the maximum. We are a data-rich institution and in the main you will:

• Act as and be named the Data Protection Officer for UCEM.
• Provide central information governance services, guidance and advice to stakeholders across UCEM.
• Co-ordinate UCEM’s responses to statutory information requests.
• Log and assess reported data breaches, ensuring these are fully recorded and documented.
• Maintain your data protection and compliance knowledge, attending CPD events relevant to this subject matter.
• Determine the appropriate strategy for responding to DPA, GDPR and FOIA requests, including the application of exemptions and exceptions.
• Ensure policies and privacy notices are reviewed and updated where required.
• Deliver awareness and training sessions for staff on information governance, and produce relevant communications to both staff and students.

You must have relevant academic or professional qualifications and be keen to continue to develop your knowledge. Through your work experience you must be able to demonstrate a deep understanding of information governance, data protection, and records management. Other key skills include: strong all-round communication skills, relationships with stakeholders, IT skills, analysis of complex data, research skills, initiative, and a commitment to deliver excellence in this role.

At UCEM we expect all our employees to demonstrate our values: Passion, Integrity, Excellence and Support.

University College of Estate Management (UCEM) is the leading provider of supported online education for the Built Environment. Currently celebrating our 100^th year as an institution, we have a wealth of history and experience in providing the highest quality learning opportunities. At any one time, we have over 3,500 students from more than 100 countries benefiting from our qualifications. UCEM helps to enhance Built Environment professional careers through our accredited property-related and construction programmes, offered at Postgraduate, Undergraduate and Apprenticeship levels. Our centenary year has inspired our new vision to be the Centre of Excellence for Built Environment Education, appropriately abbreviated ‘CX’ to help us look to the future and lead our strategy for the next 10 years. This is all to achieve our core purpose of providing accessible, relevant and cost-effective online education, producing leading talent for a better Built Environment.

JOB SPECIFICATION

We have a very detailed job specification for this role so please, before applying, take a look at our website.

INFORMAL DISCUSSION

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Gill Hopper on 01184672204. alternatively contact the HR team on 0118 467 2243 / 7051.

APPLICATION DETAILS

To apply please send your CV, covering letter, and Recruitment Check Form via the button below.

CLOSING DATE

Thursday 12 March 2020 at 12 noon

Please note, applications may be reviewed as and when they are received, so you may be invited to interview ahead of the closing date.

INTERVIEW DATE

Initial interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 17 March 2020, Friday 20 March 2020 and Tuesday 24 March 2020. Specific times for interview will be advised to you later in this process.

SAFEGUARDING CHECK

Please note any appointment to this post is conditional upon and subject to an enhanced certificate (criminal record check) issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), which will also include a check of the DBS Barred Lists.

NOTE TO AGENCIES

We do not use agencies as part of our recruitment process. We politely ask that you respect this decision and do not call our offices on seeing this advertisement; if you do, the same message will be repeated to you. Thank you for your co-operation.

Are you looking to develop your career in one of the world’s largest Research Organisations?

Our Sampling department sits within one of the largest Operational Business Units in the industry having the largest face-to-face interviewing capacity. 

We pride ourselves in our expertise to provide high quality Statistical Sampling and Sample File Management for some of the most demanding market research studies in the country. Many of the projects requiring the knowledge and

 expertise to design Random Probability or multi-stage quota samples and matching data extractions.

The Role:

This is a varied and interesting role including:-

• Responsibility for keeping the department’s bespoke systems and data libraries up-to-date and fit for purpose.
• Running the department’s various programs and systems to produce key data for audience measurement surveys
• Proactive maintenance of the department’s programs and systems, and assisting in system development
• Taking ownership of tasks whilst working within a team as well as cohesively with other internal teams
• Providing accurate and timely sample data and file management to both the client-facing project team and other operational teams
• Support for other Sampling colleagues in their roles
• Providing support for relevant client-facing project teams
• Ability to see beyond the immediate problem and the colleague/client’s point of view
• Ability to explain solutions or workings to colleagues/clients

About you…

To be successful in this role you will need the following skills and experience:-

• Practical procedural programming knowledge and experience would be advantageous
• Accuracy and consistency are critical components in the role
• Experience of one or more of our key tools: SQL, SAS, Excel, Fortran, Python, MapInfo; Operating system -  Linux and Windows.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise own work to meet key deadlines
• An aptitude for and interest in data structure, meaning and accuracy, who is organised with an analytical mind
• An interest in computing, maths/analytics and/or programming would be an advantage Good communication skills, with a logical and structured approach to trouble-shooting within limited time frames.

About us…

We are one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers. With offices in 90 countries, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts globally with local knowledge to deliver top-quality research.

Our culture is unique - we have the entrepreneurial spirit and quirkiness of a small boutique, but we also have the resources, scale and diversity of a large global agency. We have more bright, friendly, hard-working and enthusiastic people, from more backgrounds, with more interests, skills and experiences to learn from. Our values are based on our diverse cultural backgrounds, helping us to be responsive, client-focused and flexible.

We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We understand the importance of commitments you may have outside of work and we consider all flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.

If this is what you are looking for from your next role, we look forward to hearing from you!

Are you looking to develop your career in one of the world’s largest Research Organisations?

Our Sampling department sits within one of the largest Operational Business Units in the industry having the largest face-to-face interviewing capacity. 

We pride ourselves in our expertise to provide high quality Statistical Sampling and Sample File Management for some of the most demanding market research studies in the country. Many of the projects requiring the knowledge and

 expertise to design Random Probability or multi-stage quota samples and matching data extractions.

The Role:

This is a varied and interesting role including:-

• Responsibility for keeping the department’s bespoke systems and data libraries up-to-date and fit for purpose.
• Running the department’s various programs and systems to produce key data for audience measurement surveys
• Proactive maintenance of the department’s programs and systems, and assisting in system development
• Taking ownership of tasks whilst working within a team as well as cohesively with other internal teams
• Providing accurate and timely sample data and file management to both the client-facing project team and other operational teams
• Support for other Sampling colleagues in their roles
• Providing support for relevant client-facing project teams
• Ability to see beyond the immediate problem and the colleague/client’s point of view
• Ability to explain solutions or workings to colleagues/clients

About you…

To be successful in this role you will need the following skills and experience:-

• Practical procedural programming knowledge and experience would be advantageous
• Accuracy and consistency are critical components in the role
• Experience of one or more of our key tools: SQL, SAS, Excel, Fortran, Python, MapInfo; Operating system -  Linux and Windows.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise own work to meet key deadlines
• An aptitude for and interest in data structure, meaning and accuracy, who is organised with an analytical mind
• An interest in computing, maths/analytics and/or programming would be an advantage Good communication skills, with a logical and structured approach to trouble-shooting within limited time frames.

About us…

We are one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers. With offices in 90 countries, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts globally with local knowledge to deliver top-quality research.

Our culture is unique - we have the entrepreneurial spirit and quirkiness of a small boutique, but we also have the resources, scale and diversity of a large global agency. We have more bright, friendly, hard-working and enthusiastic people, from more backgrounds, with more interests, skills and experiences to learn from. Our values are based on our diverse cultural backgrounds, helping us to be responsive, client-focused and flexible.

We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We understand the importance of commitments you may have outside of work and we consider all flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.

If this is what you are looking for from your next role, we look forward to hearing from you!

Client Account Executives provide excellent client service. They’re a specialist 350 strong team, who sit alongside the business and support them in tasks that vary from project organisation, to finance system control and much needed e-administration.

It’s an incredibly interesting and challenging role that provides the opportunity to work directly with our client facing teams and clients.

What we’re looking for

• Enthusiasm and passion to deliver exceptional client service
• Confidence with numbers and budget work
• Excellent proven organisation, multi-tasking skills and enjoyment in building strong working relationships

The role would suit an experienced project co-ordinator or office administrator used to the demands that exceptional business administration requires.

The role

• Co-ordinating projects with our client facing teams, including our overseas delivery centres.
• Preparing and assisting with client communications.
• Attending internal meetings with senior leaders.
• Financial administration, budget preparation and analysis.
• Project planning, progress monitoring and reporting.
• Understanding and administering our risk management process.
• Data entry risk administration and reporting.

Client Account Executives (CAE)

• Work in teams, taking direction from your CAE Team Leader and CAE Manager.
• Are passionate in the role they play to help achieve business priorities and excellent client service.
• Enjoy the demands that come with working on client engagements and to defined KPI’s.
• Manage their time, and personal chargeable time.
• Are willing to learn new tasks and take on new responsibilities when needed.
• Take the time to learn about our clients, and the services we’re providing to them.
• Share ideas and best practice with colleagues and peers.
• Travel to other PwC offices as needed.

Skills needed

• Proven office work experience.
• Organisation skills, ability to perform tasks and prioritise work, especially when there are conflicting demands.
• Work effectively under pressure.
• Ability to interpret financial data and produce relevant reports.
• Pragmatic in your approach to problem-solving.
• Good communicator, making sure tasks are clearly understood and taking personal responsibility in dealing with queries to/from the client engagement teams.
• Attention to detail and the personal motivation to perform your role to the highest standards.
• Always punctual, flexible and responsive in how you approach your work.

Academic or professional qualifications needed

• English and Maths GCSE at grades A to C (or equivalent).
• Microsoft office suite experience, good Excel skills are particularly valued.
• A degree is not essential for this role.
• No professional qualifications are needed for this role

Training and development

Our training and development approach broadens and deepens your knowledge, and is focused on the learning experience you get in doing the role (70%), learning from others around you (20%) and formal training courses (10%). We call this 70 20 10. That means you’ll learn most from an outstanding variety of work, picking up the business, personal and technical skills you need to do well.

Risk Assurance

We’re a leading provider of trust in the digital world - in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today's business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on.

Not the role for you?

Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work ( ie temporary or day rate contracting)?

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

Diversity

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, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

Client Account Executives provide excellent client service. They’re a specialist 350 strong team, who sit alongside the business and support them in tasks that vary from project organisation, to finance system control and much needed e-administration.

It’s an incredibly interesting and challenging role that provides the opportunity to work directly with our client facing teams and clients.

What we’re looking for

• Enthusiasm and passion to deliver exceptional client service
• Confidence with numbers and budget work
• Excellent proven organisation, multi-tasking skills and enjoyment in building strong working relationships

The role would suit an experienced project co-ordinator or office administrator used to the demands that exceptional business administration requires.

The role

• Co-ordinating projects with our client facing teams, including our overseas delivery centres.
• Preparing and assisting with client communications.
• Attending internal meetings with senior leaders.
• Financial administration, budget preparation and analysis.
• Project planning, progress monitoring and reporting.
• Understanding and administering our risk management process.
• Data entry risk administration and reporting.

Client Account Executives (CAE)

• Work in teams, taking direction from your CAE Team Leader and CAE Manager.
• Are passionate in the role they play to help achieve business priorities and excellent client service.
• Enjoy the demands that come with working on client engagements and to defined KPI’s.
• Manage their time, and personal chargeable time.
• Are willing to learn new tasks and take on new responsibilities when needed.
• Take the time to learn about our clients, and the services we’re providing to them.
• Share ideas and best practice with colleagues and peers.
• Travel to other PwC offices as needed.

Skills needed

• Proven office work experience.
• Organisation skills, ability to perform tasks and prioritise work, especially when there are conflicting demands.
• Work effectively under pressure.
• Ability to interpret financial data and produce relevant reports.
• Pragmatic in your approach to problem-solving.
• Good communicator, making sure tasks are clearly understood and taking personal responsibility in dealing with queries to/from the client engagement teams.
• Attention to detail and the personal motivation to perform your role to the highest standards.
• Always punctual, flexible and responsive in how you approach your work.

Academic or professional qualifications needed

• English and Maths GCSE at grades A to C (or equivalent).
• Microsoft office suite experience, good Excel skills are particularly valued.
• A degree is not essential for this role.
• No professional qualifications are needed for this role

Training and development

Our training and development approach broadens and deepens your knowledge, and is focused on the learning experience you get in doing the role (70%), learning from others around you (20%) and formal training courses (10%). We call this 70 20 10. That means you’ll learn most from an outstanding variety of work, picking up the business, personal and technical skills you need to do well.

Risk Assurance

We’re a leading provider of trust in the digital world - in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today's business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on.

Not the role for you?

Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work ( ie temporary or day rate contracting)?

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

Diversity

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, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

A career in our Mergers and Acquisitions practice, within Deals Corporate Finance services, will provide you the opportunity to deliver innovative deal solutions to our clients, providing advice and support, from initiation through to deal completion. In short, we’re a part of helping some of the world’s leading companies across industries originate, create, execute, and realise value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction ensuring maximum value for their company.

Our team offers strategic advice to investors and companies undertaking mergers and acquisitions or investment opportunities. As part of our team, you’ll help our clients by providing client specific commercial insight, market and competitor overviews, and investment/divestment advice and modelling.

To really stand out and make us ?t for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Take action to ensure everyone has a voice, inviting opinion from all.
• Establish the root causes of issues and tackle them, rather than just the symptoms.
• Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Develop specialised expertise in one or more areas.
• Advise stakeholders on relevant technical issues for their business area.
• Navigate the complexities of global teams and engagements.
• Build trust with teams and stakeholders through open and honest conversation.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Responsibilities

As an Assistant Director, you’ll work as part of a team with extensive experience and which is already involved in a substantial portion of UK / European Healthcare deals each year, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Working across the Healthcare sector on the execution of buy-side and sell-side transactions
• Day-to-day management of transactions which includes responsibility for delivery of information memoranda, management presentations, valuation analysis and taking responsibility for preparation of information and client communications
• Primary contact for clients on a day-to-day basis on transactions
• Valuation work including financial modelling such as DCF and LBO analysis
• Taking a lead role in driving forward marketing and business development opportunities including developing market insight materials and managing the development and preparation of client proposals
• Engaging with the senior team in relation to the development and implementation of team strategy
• Coaching and mentoring more junior team members

Who we are looking for

As a result of the team’s current activity levels and future anticipated level of deal flow, we are now seeking to recruit an Assistant Director to join our established Healthcare M&A team. This role would represent an exceptional opportunity to join one of the UK’s market leading corporate finance practices and assist in growing its market presence. It’s a chance to gain immediate exposure to transaction activity within a strong team of experienced advisors at PwC. The ideal individual will be able to demonstrate a sustained level of high performance in a similar role and strong academic track record.

We would expect the individual to have strong communication, interpersonal and numerical skills.

Candidates will be required to show a high degree of commercial awareness and dedication to their work. PwC will provide you a wide range of career development opportunities, allied with an ongoing programme of support and training to enable you to meet your career aspirations.

About the role

The individual would expect to be involved in the following types of work:

• Managing teams or people
• Preparation of information memoranda, business plans, client presentations and pitch documents
• Participation in client presentations and meetings
• Detailed industry and company analysis
• Financial modelling and analysis of transactions
• Preparation and co-ordination of project deliverables
• Project managing transactions and liaising with multiple parties
• Business development activities including identification and targeting of potential opportunities, and developing a strong personal network of contacts
• The base office will be London, with travel to other office locations in the UK and continental Europe, as well as travel to client sites as required.

Requirements

We would expect interested applicants to be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

• Very strong project management and organisational skills
• A minimum of four years’ experience in an M&A lead advisory role with experience in managing deals
• Excellent numeracy skills with keen attention to detail and the ability to absorb and analyse large amounts of data quickly
• Ability to undertake detailed financial/ commercial analysis for inclusion in client reports
• Strong written skills with demonstrable experience of producing high quality, tailored documents
• Client focus, with ability to work quickly and establish effective working relationships
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with a range of clients from entrepreneurs to corporates
• Logical and methodical approach to problem solving
• The self-confidence/appetite to be involved in business development activities
• Ability to develop, coach and motivate junior members of the team
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel

Deals

Our Deals business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business.

Not the role for you?

Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work ( ie temporary or day rate contracting)?

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

Diversity

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, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

A career in our Mergers and Acquisitions practice, within Deals Corporate Finance services, will provide you the opportunity to deliver innovative deal solutions to our clients, providing advice and support, from initiation through to deal completion. In short, we’re a part of helping some of the world’s leading companies across industries originate, create, execute, and realise value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction ensuring maximum value for their company.

Our team offers strategic advice to investors and companies undertaking mergers and acquisitions or investment opportunities. As part of our team, you’ll help our clients by providing client specific commercial insight, market and competitor overviews, and investment/divestment advice and modelling.

To really stand out and make us ?t for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Take action to ensure everyone has a voice, inviting opinion from all.
• Establish the root causes of issues and tackle them, rather than just the symptoms.
• Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Develop specialised expertise in one or more areas.
• Advise stakeholders on relevant technical issues for their business area.
• Navigate the complexities of global teams and engagements.
• Build trust with teams and stakeholders through open and honest conversation.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Responsibilities

As an Assistant Director, you’ll work as part of a team with extensive experience and which is already involved in a substantial portion of UK / European Healthcare deals each year, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Working across the Healthcare sector on the execution of buy-side and sell-side transactions
• Day-to-day management of transactions which includes responsibility for delivery of information memoranda, management presentations, valuation analysis and taking responsibility for preparation of information and client communications
• Primary contact for clients on a day-to-day basis on transactions
• Valuation work including financial modelling such as DCF and LBO analysis
• Taking a lead role in driving forward marketing and business development opportunities including developing market insight materials and managing the development and preparation of client proposals
• Engaging with the senior team in relation to the development and implementation of team strategy
• Coaching and mentoring more junior team members

Who we are looking for

As a result of the team’s current activity levels and future anticipated level of deal flow, we are now seeking to recruit an Assistant Director to join our established Healthcare M&A team. This role would represent an exceptional opportunity to join one of the UK’s market leading corporate finance practices and assist in growing its market presence. It’s a chance to gain immediate exposure to transaction activity within a strong team of experienced advisors at PwC. The ideal individual will be able to demonstrate a sustained level of high performance in a similar role and strong academic track record.

We would expect the individual to have strong communication, interpersonal and numerical skills.

Candidates will be required to show a high degree of commercial awareness and dedication to their work. PwC will provide you a wide range of career development opportunities, allied with an ongoing programme of support and training to enable you to meet your career aspirations.

About the role

The individual would expect to be involved in the following types of work:

• Managing teams or people
• Preparation of information memoranda, business plans, client presentations and pitch documents
• Participation in client presentations and meetings
• Detailed industry and company analysis
• Financial modelling and analysis of transactions
• Preparation and co-ordination of project deliverables
• Project managing transactions and liaising with multiple parties
• Business development activities including identification and targeting of potential opportunities, and developing a strong personal network of contacts
• The base office will be London, with travel to other office locations in the UK and continental Europe, as well as travel to client sites as required.

Requirements

We would expect interested applicants to be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

• Very strong project management and organisational skills
• A minimum of four years’ experience in an M&A lead advisory role with experience in managing deals
• Excellent numeracy skills with keen attention to detail and the ability to absorb and analyse large amounts of data quickly
• Ability to undertake detailed financial/ commercial analysis for inclusion in client reports
• Strong written skills with demonstrable experience of producing high quality, tailored documents
• Client focus, with ability to work quickly and establish effective working relationships
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with a range of clients from entrepreneurs to corporates
• Logical and methodical approach to problem solving
• The self-confidence/appetite to be involved in business development activities
• Ability to develop, coach and motivate junior members of the team
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel

Deals

Our Deals business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business.

Not the role for you?

Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work ( ie temporary or day rate contracting)?

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

Diversity

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, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.