Black Talent in Business, Consulting, DDV, London, 2025

Our Consulting practice transforms businesses by solving critical problems and leveraging technology to create competitive advantages. Driven by client needs, we deliver impactful outcomes, whether managing disruption, driving transformation, or developing sustainability strategies.

We serve clients across Financial Services, Government, Health Industries, and the Private Sector, including retailers, banks, telecom operators, and energy companies. You'll collaborate with top professionals across various sectors, providing fresh insights and solutions to their challenges.

Business area

Delivering Deal Value (DDV) is a leading team within PwC’s Consulting business, serving both corporate and private equity clients. We work with clients of all sizes, from £50m to over £50bn, including some of the world's most renowned brands. Our focus is on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), both pre and post deal, often collaborating with our Transactions colleagues. Beyond M&A, we also handle non-deal transformation projects.

Our DDV team provides comprehensive support for transactions, covering all operational aspects, including:

• Pre-deal Value Creation: Identifying potential value in deals.
• Operational Due Diligence: Enhancing value on both buy and sell sides.
• Synergy Development: Evaluating synergies and plans for capturing them.
• Carve Out and Divestment: Offering due diligence and support.
• Taking Control and Planning: Managing control and 100-day plans.
• M&A Integration: Facilitating seamless mergers and acquisitions.
• Post-acquisition Improvement: Using Rapid Value Creation methodology for performance enhancement.
• We excel at understanding target/client businesses to identify key operational issues, synergies, risks, and upsides. Our findings are communicated in real-time and through detailed reports for buyers or sellers. Post-deal, we assist with implementation projects, including taking control, tracking synergy plans, and executing cost reduction strategies.

Programme

During this three-day paid programme you’ll get an insight into what a career at PwC could look like, you’ll meet mentors and buddies who’ll represent the variety of opportunities available across PwC. You’ll meet some of our Black colleagues to hear about their own personal career journeys, as well as from some of our networks focussed on Inclusion and Diversity. Through interactive sessions the programme will help you to develop confidence in a business setting and encourage you to bring your whole self to the workplace. At PwC, we nurture an environment where our people can be the best they can be.

Our Black Talent in Business programme will be a 3-day paid programme taking place 14-16 April 2025. You will need to be in the UK to complete this programme.

What you'll do

As a graduate in DDV, you'll rotate through various sub-teams, either industry-specific or cross-sector (e.g., retail, telecom, finance, technology). Upon completing the programme, you'll have the opportunity to join one of these teams. Project teams range from two to twenty people, where you'll analyse client data to draw commercial insights, support engagement managers, and present findings to clients.

Engagements vary in length, with M&A deals lasting from two weeks to three months and post-deal projects from three months to a year.

Many projects offer travel opportunities, both internationally and within the UK.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct quantitative analysis of transactional operations.
• Prepare client presentations and reports.
• Liaise with multiple stakeholders to build strong relationships.
• Participate in business development activities, including client-specific research, and create pitch documents for potential clients.

What you'll gain

By completing the programme, you'll have the opportunity to be considered for a subsequent Summer Internship 2026 role in the location and business area which you've done the programme. Many of our summer internship participants go on to receive graduate role offers.

What you'll need

You should be on track to complete an undergraduate degree in any subject, based on your most recent academic grades. Eligibility includes first-year undergraduates on a three-year degree course or second-year undergraduates on a four-year degree course.

When to apply

Once you have submitted your application you'll have seven days to complete the online test, this is the first stage of our recruitment process.

Applications for this role may close early should we receive a high volume of interest so we recommend prompt application to avoid disappointment.