Corporate Finance Senior Associate

About Us

Established in the region for 40 years, PwC has around 12,000 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 370,000 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

At PwC, we value every individual's role in shaping our future. We're looking for candidates who excel in their roles and embody our core behaviours of Trusted Leadership and Distinctive Outcomes. Trusted Leadership focuses on building trust, delivering sustained results, and showing courage and honesty. Distinctive Outcomes emphasize excellence, collaboration, and inclusiveness. We seek self-aware, collaborative individuals committed to continuous learning and delivering quality and integrity.

A career in our Corporate Finance practice, within Deals Corporate Finance services, will provide you the opportunity to deliver innovative deal solutions to our clients, provide 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 to ensure maximum value for their company.

Our team focuses on playing the role of lead financial advisers in sell-side and buy-side transactions.

Responsibilities

• Support governments, public enterprises, and regulatory bodies in solving complex business issues, from strategy through to execution, including evaluating, structuring, and executing M&A and investment transactions.
• Collaborate with government ministries, public agencies, and state-owned enterprises across sectors such as transport, energy, healthcare, housing, culture, and real estate.
• Advise public sector clients across the full investment transaction and project lifecycle, taking an integrated approach to originating, structuring, executing, and realizing value from deals.
• Assist in the execution of M&A transactions involving public entities, including acquisitions, disposals, mergers, joint ventures and partnerships.
• Conduct sector-specific research (e.g., infrastructure, healthcare, education, energy) and prepare market and benchmarking analyses tailored to public-sector dynamics.
• Assist in the preparation of internal and external marketing materials such as teasers, confidential information memoranda (CIM), and management presentations.
• Obtain necessary information from available client data and conduct appropriate financial analysis.
• Build and review financial models and valuation analyses (e.g., DCF, precedent transactions, public comps) to support strategic recommendations.
• Assist in managing transaction execution, including due diligence coordination, investor engagement, preparing status reports, and managing multiple counterparts to meet transaction deadlines.
• Actively participate in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities with new and existing clients.
• Develop internal relationships and enhance your PwC brand.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field. A master’s degree or professional certification (e.g., CFA, ACCA) is preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in M&A, corporate finance, investment banking, or valuation — preferably with exposure to the public sector.
• Prior exposure to end-to-end Merger & Acquisition deal execution and understanding of the M&A transaction process and key execution steps.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills.
• Excellent understanding of financial statements and valuation techniques.
• Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Proven experience of delivering high-quality strategic engagements across multiple industries.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal, in Arabic and English.
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy with an ability to work under pressure.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel across the Middle East as required by client engagements.

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.

The most connected firm through activity based working
With connectivity being a key enabler of our strategy, our objective is to become the most connected firm - connected to our clients, our communities and to each other. PwC follows an Activity Based Work model, where our PwC professionals engage in a diverse range of meaningful activities from our offices, from client sites, or our homes.

Required Skills

• Accepting feedback
• Acquisition strategy
• Active listening
• Analytical thinking
• Business valuations
• Buyouts
• Capital raising
• Client confidentiality
• Client management
• Client onboarding
• Communication
• Contract negotiation
• Contractual agreements
• Corporate development
• Creativity
• Data analysis
• Data rooms
• Deal sourcing
• Deal structures
• Debt restructuring
• Discounted cash flow valuation
• Embracing change
• Emotional regulation
• Empathy

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%