Consultant Operational Due Diligence & Value Creation

About the role

Join PwC’s Delivering Deal Value team in Amsterdam as a Consultant focused on operational due diligence and value creation. You will work on pre‑deal projects that assess the financial impact of operational and organisational changes for buyers and sellers.

Key responsibilities

• Research companies, sectors and benchmarks to build the fact base for engagements.
• Analyse a target’s core operations – capacity, manufacturing, supply chain, warehousing, asset base – and translate findings into financial consequences.
• Build clear, well‑structured Excel models that size operational costs, risks and upside opportunities.
• Support carve‑out and synergy analyses by quantifying separation costs, one‑offs, stranded costs and potential synergies.
• Prepare deliverable components such as databooks, analyses, report sections and slides, and participate in client and management meetings.

Required profile

• Strong curiosity about how businesses work and the ability to link operational issues to financial impact.
• Financial acumen: solid numeracy, understanding of financial statements and how operational decisions affect metrics.
• Business acumen: interest in cost structures, capacity, supply chain and asset management.
• Affinity for M&A: understanding of transaction dynamics and desire to build a career in deals.
• University degree (Master’s) in Finance, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or a related quantitative discipline.
• 0–2 years of relevant experience; internships in deals, corporate finance, consulting, audit or corporate finance/operations are a plus.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel modeling skills.

What we offer

• Exposure to senior stakeholders from day one.
• Opportunity to develop expertise at the intersection of finance and operations.
• Collaborative environment within a leading professional services firm.