Financial Due Diligence Manager, Transaction Services (Deals)

About the role

PwC is hiring a Financial Due Diligence Manager for its Transaction Services (Deals) practice in Almaty. As Deals Manager you will manage and deliver buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence engagements, making sure the analysis is completed to scope and turned into clear conclusions and recommendations for partners and clients.

Key responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day engagements: plan workstreams, coordinate information requests, manage multiple responsibilities and keep stakeholders aligned; oversee the databook workflow and guide junior team members.
• Lead the review of target performance and deal metrics, including quality of earnings, working capital and cash flow, net debt, and issues affecting purchase price and deal structuring; analyse financial and operational results through records review and management interviews; identify IFRS/GAAP issues in the financial statements.
• Communicate with all levels of engagement management and present findings and recommendations to senior managers, directors, partners and clients, managing expectations under tight timelines.
• Review and comment on databooks, write, review and present reports on diligence findings and recommendations from an M&A perspective.
• Manage engagement risks, execute mitigations, prepare working papers and engagement acceptance procedures, and ensure analyses meet scope, evidence and quality standards.
• Take part in business development, contribute to proposals and pitches and help convert follow-on work.

Required profile

• 5+ years of overall experience in corporate finance, advisory, transactions or M&A, with 2+ years in a managerial or equivalent capacity.
• Advantage: track record of leading complex deals, supervising execution across teams and geographies, advising senior stakeholders and driving conclusions under ambiguity.
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics or a related field; ACCA, CPA, CFA or equivalent is an advantage.
• Ability to hold technical discussions on accounting policies, IFRS/GAAP valuation issues and pro-formas, and to defend conclusions with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to drive scalable delivery by setting templates and quality approaches, supervising databook and reporting standards, and using analytics-enabled methods.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel and databook-based analysis, synthesizing large datasets into structured conclusions and clear reporting.
• Exposure to analytics or visualization tools such as Power BI or Alteryx, and/or comfort with AI-powered assistants such as Copilot or Harvey is often beneficial.