(Senior) consultant - Financial Sale & Purchase Agreement Advice (M&A Transaction Services)

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Can’t wait to make an impact on the world? You’re not alone. Join us in driving progress in the working world and beyond. Your journey with us At Deloitte in our M&A Transaction Services - Financial SPA Advice Team we solve important M&A problems that stand in the way of value being created, sustained, realized or protected for our clients. Our M&A Transaction Service practice is an exciting, fast-paced environment, as well as a consistently growing business that focuses on M&A deals for our clients. We provide valuable support, insight and analysis to our clients and other players involved in M&A transactions, with a focus on accounting and financial aspects. Our Financial Sale & Purchase Agreement (SPA) advisory team provides expert support to clients, lawyers, and deal teams in purchase price discussion and all other financial and accounting aspects of the deal. Our clients come to us to obtain our advice on the key value items in a transaction, including supporting them in their equity price negotiation as well as the accounting and financial elements in the SPA, supporting them once the SPA is signed on topics as completion accounts, leakage reviews, and earn-outs, as well as M&A disputes. Pre-signing In the pre-signing phase, our key focus is increasing and protecting deal value for our clients by supporting them with their non-binding offer or letter of intent, all purchase price, financial and accounting related topics in the SPA negotiation process (e.g. purchase price mechanism, enterprise value to equity value bridge, equity ticker calculations, accounting policies, etc.) working alongside our client’s other advisors to ensure no money is left on the table. Post-signing We assist our client with the final purchase price determination process, be it via completion accounts support, leakage reviews in a locked box pricing mechanism and/or earn-out calculation. Depending on whether we are supporting the buy-side or the sell-side, we assist in dry-runs to be fully prepared for the completion accounts process, preparing the completion accounts, or take on the review role. In every situation, our focus is to ensure that value is protected and where possible, maximized. SPA disputes Lastly, we support our clients in case of M&A disputes related to the SPA, which can be on price discussions related to the completion accounts, discussions on leakage, earn-outs or financial commitments in the SPA. This can be in a supporting role to the Seller, the Buyer, or acting as an independent expert, but always with the goal of arriving at a final solution in their discussions on the purchase price. 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 This is your opportunity to join our Deloitte M&A team. We are the global leader in integrated M&A Services. By cooperation between various specialists in M&A, Deloitte provides integrated solutions for every transaction process. We define and execute growth strategies for our clients and guide them through every stage of a transaction, so they achieve their aspirations. Who is Deloitte? We provide industry-leading audit and assurance, tax and legal, consulting and related services. We are committed to driving innovation across offerings to help our clients address their challenges, while giving our professionals opportunities to learn and grow in this era of transformation. In Belgium, +5000 dedicated professionals active in +10 offices, take great pride in bringing multidisciplinary expertise to a wide variety of clients, from national and international companies, small, fast-growing and large organizations to public institutions and governmental authorities. Why Deloitte? Be the true you! We foster diversity and inclusion and encourage you to bring your authentic self to work. Explore, question and collaborate while building a career that inspires and energises you. Never stop growing! Diversity of thought makes us stronger. At Deloitte, we tailor a personalized learning experience, offering you the opportunity to grow at your own pace and achieve maximum impact. We practice what we preach! As a Purpose-led organisation, at the heart of everything we do is a set of timeless principles and unifying values . Life looks different for each of us, so we created a varied benefits package that you can tap into: My Benefits My Choice , a flexible rewards plan tailored to your lifestyle and priorities Sustainable transport options offered by Mobility@Deloitte Flexible work arrangements for all and initiatives supported by Parents & Caregivers @Deloitte Wellbeing tips and activities powered by Energise@Deloitte Topped off with other health benefits and insurance opportunities Empowering our employees with flexible work arrangements remains essential in today's reality: Hybrid workplace: combination of home office and on-site (+10 offices in Belgium or client's premises). Part-time employment: all our jobs are open to full-time or part-time work under a 90% or 80% regime. Join us to make an impact together! Apply now! #LI-SL2