What are the main differences work wise/culture/WLB between the groups S& Deals Strategy, PWC DDV, and like a PWC/EY Finance?

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I’ve worked in Deals Strategy and a neighboring group to DDV and PwC’s Finance Transformation team. Know nothing about EY.

Deals Strategy. Work = Commercial Due Diligence and Growth strategy. 2-4 week short sprint style projects for top PE funds. Competes with MBB, LEK, and others in the market and often wins. Culture = smaller, close knit team with a genuine interest in developing others. Folks have great humor and are witty. WLB = team and leaders is highly committed to great WLB despite being in a demanding industry. Lots of structures are in place to support this. On balance, majority of folks hrre have good WLB experiences (meanings <50 hrs per week). DS sees strong WLB and culture as a source of competitive advantage within the industry for attracting talent (most in this industry are working waaay longer hours) and I expect will therefore remain committed to this in the long run

DDV — these are only my perspectives from a neighboring team and from knowing folks in DDV. These aren’t first hand. Work = IMO and integration, some capture/realization of synergies (cost and rev sides). Occasionally pulled upstream in the lifecycle. Culture/WLB = currently getting raided by competitors who have their respective DDV functions sitting in their Strategy groups receiving strategy comp. That means arbitrage for DDV folks, but some counter argue that this is damaging/diluting the strategy brand at competitors in the long term—as integration management is not classically considered strategy work. Generally I’ve heard more horror stories about hours and WLB at DDV than from almost any other PwC team. I can tell you though that I’ve lived out horror stories in unrelated groups that are worse than anything I’ve heard at DDV (90+ hours for 8 weeks straight)—it’s all about the bed you create for yourself.

PwC Finance—if this is just referring to the team focusing on management consulting for the finance function with no particular focus on deals, then I know it again by proximity, but not directly. Work = finance transformations at large corporate clients. This could be selecting or implementing new financial systems, modernizing the finance function, revenue recognition, etc. Culture/WLB = in line with standard quality PwC culture and hours. Haven’t heard or seen anything pro/con. This is the type of large group where you will see large cultural variation by office or account or region, and there will certainly be incredible teams and some less so.

Good luck!

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