Website Deloittte
Your job responsibilities will include:
Provide analytical support to our clients and their advisor team to assess the value impacts of different treatments of purchase price adjustments and provide arguments to support them in their negotiations
Trusted advisor: work closely with clients, due diligence teams, investment banks, lawyers and other deal advisors to optimise value and mitigate risk for clients
Support clients throughout the entire M&A lifecycle in their transaction process
Support successful transaction execution, including drafting and negotiating the key financial aspects of the sale and purchase agreement, in order to ensure the purchase price mechanism is appropriately drafted, due diligence observations and recommendations are included and our client is appropriately protected by the warranties and indemnities
Post-transaction support to clients for the preparation or review of completion accounts, earn out mechanisms, leakage reviews, and support on disputes on purchase price adjustments
Working closely together with our financial due diligence team as well as the international financial SPA team
Let’s talk about you
You hold a Master’s university degree in Finance or Economics
Minimal 2 to 5 years experience in a M&A Transaction Services and/or audit environment (combination of an audit and M&A Transaction Services environment is considered as a plus)
You are passionate about client service and have commercial awareness
Strong knowledge of how financial statements work and an understanding of the relationships across balances and earnings
Interest in understanding businesses and value drivers
Agility to work with and move between numerical analysis and written documents (e.g. reports, contracts)
Strong analytical skills, an ability to grasp complex issues and explain them clearly
Good knowledge of PC applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Our ideal candidate speaks English. Dutch and/or French is a plus