Senior Associate - Deals, Performance & Restructuring (P&R)

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Business Recovery Services

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career within our Performance and Restructuring team will provide you with the opportunity to support our clients survive an imminent crisis or simply fix gaps in their organisation. We help clients, 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 challenges until the job is done.

As a Senior Associate, you will play a key role in managing project workstreams, leading financial and operational analyses, developing restructuring solutions, and supporting client-facing delivery. You will work alongside senior management teams and key stakeholders to stabilise businesses, preserve value, improve performance, and support successful recovery outcomes.

Key accountabilities 

As a PwC Professional 

• Invite and give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner. 

• Share and collaborate effectively with others. 
• Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise. 
• Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly. 
• Follow risk management and compliance procedures. 
• Keep up-to-date with developments in your area of specialism. 

• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials I produce. 

• Build and maintain an internal and external network. 

• Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms. 

• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct. 

Role specific 

• Manage key workstreams across business recovery, turnaround, restructuring, and insolvency-related engagements.
• Lead and review analyses of clients’ financial and operational performance to identify underlying issues, root causes, risks, and value-creation opportunities.
• Prepare and review cash flow forecasts, liquidity analyses, budgets, financial models, and scenario assessments.
• Assess key business drivers, working capital requirements, cost structures, funding needs, and operational performance.
• Support the development and implementation of turnaround, restructuring, and business recovery strategies.
• Develop practical options to help clients optimise cash flow, manage costs, improve performance, and address funding or capital requirements.
• Support independent business reviews, viability assessments, and financial diagnostics for companies, lenders, creditors, shareholders, and investors.
• Assist in developing financial restructuring, debt and liability management, refinancing, and stakeholder recovery solutions.
• Support formal restructuring and insolvency engagements, including liquidation, receivership, and other court-ordered or voluntary processes, where required.
• Engage with management teams, lenders, creditors, shareholders, legal advisers, and other stakeholders to collect information, assess options, and communicate findings.
• Support clients and senior engagement team members during negotiations and discussions with creditors and other stakeholders.
• Prepare and review reports, presentations, board papers, restructuring proposals, and other deliverables that clearly communicate findings, options, and recommendations.
• Present analyses and recommendations to clients, senior team members, and other decision-makers.
• Conduct industry research, market analysis, and benchmarking to support strategic and restructuring-related recommendations.
• Manage day-to-day engagement activities and monitor progress against agreed timelines and deliverables.
• Review work prepared by junior team members and provide constructive feedback, coaching, and guidance.
• Work closely with colleagues across Deals and other PwC service lines to deliver integrated solutions to clients.
• Contribute to business development activities, including the preparation of proposals, credentials, presentations, and thought leadership materials.
• Stay current with industry trends, market developments, and regulatory changes that may affect clients and restructuring outcomes.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team’s business recovery, turnaround, and restructuring methodologies and tools.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality completion of assigned engagement responsibilities.

• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience in restructuring, turnaround, insolvency, corporate finance, performance improvement, or related advisory and finance roles.
• Degree in any discipline and/or a professional accounting qualification such as the ICAEW / ACCA /MICPA-CAANZ / CPA Australia
• CFA candidate will be advantage
• Experience in corporate and debt restructurings and corporate insolvencies would be added advantage
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with an ability to understand key business drivers
• Strong leadership, teamwork and client servicing skills
• Strong communication skills in both oral and written English
• Candidates with Audit or Legal experience are welcome to apply

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Bankruptcy Analysis, Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Management, Bankruptcy Restructuring, Business Liquidations, Cash Flow Analysis, Client Management, Communication, Conducting Research, Corporate Development, Corporate Finance, Corporate Management, Creativity, Data Rooms, Debt Restructuring, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Modeling, Financial Review, Financial Statement Analysis {+ 12 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 60%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

Job Posting End Date