Deals - Financial Due Diligence (FDD) Associate - Summer/Fall 2026

Job Family Group

Deals

Job Summary & Description

At PwC, our people in deals focus on providing strategic advice and support to clients in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring. They help clients navigate complex transactions and maximise value in their business deals. Those in financial due diligence at PwC will focus on providing strategic advice and business diligence services to clients in their mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. You will be responsible for analysing financial information focusing on quality of earnings and assets, cash flows and other key client deal issues.

Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.
• Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.
• Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas.
• Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback.
• Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.
• Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.
• Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements.

The Opportunity

As a Deals - Financial Due Diligence (FDD) Associate, you will engage in the meticulous examination of financial records to understand the composition of a target firm's financials and analyze the main drivers of its financial performance. As an Associate, you will focus on learning and contributing to client engagement and projects while developing your skills and knowledge. You will be expected to build your analytical skills, adapt to a fast-paced environment, and support senior staff in delivering quality work.

In this role at PwC, you will be part of a dynamic team that specializes in financial due diligence, financial forecasting, and financial statement analysis. You will have the opportunity to work on mergers and acquisitions, providing valuable insights for our clients in the finance industry. Your role will involve using a broad range of tools and methodologies to generate new ideas and solve complex problems. This position offers a unique chance to deepen your technical knowledge and develop your personal brand within the financial due diligence practice.

Responsibilities

- Conducting financial due diligence to assess the financial health and performance of target companies
- Analyzing financial statements to identify trends and provide insights for mergers and acquisitions
- Supporting deal management activities by coordinating and structuring business transactions
- Utilizing financial modeling techniques to evaluate potential investment opportunities
- Applying cost accounting principles to assess the financial impact of business decisions
- Performing industry trend analysis to inform strategic recommendations for clients
- Engaging in market trend analysis to predict financial market movements and advise clients accordingly
- Collaborating with senior staff to deliver quality financial advising services to clients
- Developing skills in financial forecasting to estimate future financial outcomes for projects and companies
- Participating in the preparation of merger accounting processes to integrate financial records of merged entities

What You Must Have

- Currently pursuing or have completed a Bachelor's degree
- Client service associate positions are entry-level roles intended for job seekers who are completing or have recently completed their final academic year of educational requirements

What Sets You Apart

- Preference for one of the following fields of study: Accounting, Accounting & Finance, Accounting & Technology, Economics and Finance, Finance
- Preference for a 3.3 overall GPA
- Demonstrating proficiency in financial statement analysis and industry trend analysis
- Excelling in merger accounting and M&A modeling techniques
- Utilizing skills in financial due diligence and business valuations
- Engaging in deal management and earnings quality assessments
-Leveraging AI to create efficiencies, innovate ways of working and deliver distinctive outcomes

Additional Details

The salary range for this position is: $61,000 - $100,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

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