Senior Analyst – Corporate Finance (Deals)

About the role

PwC New Zealand is seeking a Senior Analyst to join its Corporate Finance (Deals) team in Wellington. The role offers hands‑on exposure to live buy‑side and sell‑side transactions, close interaction with partners and a clear pathway toward manager‑level responsibility.

Key responsibilities

• Support buy‑side and sell‑side M&A transactions, including analysis, due diligence and execution activities.
• Build, review and own financial models and business valuations, including DCFs, trading and transaction comparables, and scenario analysis.
• Prepare high‑quality client deliverables such as information memoranda, investment papers, valuation reports and board or shareholder presentations.
• Analyse financial performance, growth drivers, risks and value‑creation opportunities to support investment decisions and pricing strategy.
• Support transaction execution tasks such as data‑room management, coordination with other advisors and responding to buyer or investor queries.
• Work closely with Partners, Directors and Managers to deliver commercially robust, technically sound advice.

Required profile

• Tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or a related discipline.
• Experience in corporate finance, investment banking, transaction advisory or financial markets (Big 4 or similar preferred).
• Strong analytical capability and commercial judgement.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel for financial modelling and valuation.
• Financial modelling.