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General Information

Company
Deloitte
Business Unit
Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory
Primary Location
Zaventem
Field of interest
Finance & Risk
All Locations
Zaventem
Industry Focus
Industry Agnostic
Recruiter
Ouaret, Chaïmae - couaret@deloitte.com

Description of the position

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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, realised or protected for our clients. Our M&ATransaction 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 specialist Financial Sale & Purchase Agreement (SPA) advisory team provides expert support to clients, partners, and deal teams in all financial aspects of SPA work. 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 drafting of the accounting and financial elements in the SPA. As the Sale & Purchase Agreement (SPA) advice team we support clients in the process leading up to the signing of SPA, but also thereafter, in the process leading up to the determination of the final Purchase Price for the transaction.

Pre-signing

We work with clients during the negotiation of the Purchase Price on their transactions (either buying or selling) and ensure that the parties’ commercially agreed terms are reflected in the financial aspects of the transaction documentation.

Our key focus is increasing and protecting deal value for our clients through the SPA negotiation process, working alongside our client’s other advisors (investment banks/M&A teams, lawyers, due diligence teams and other advisors) to ensure no money is left on the table.

With this goal in mind, we advise and assist our clients in the value negotiation of a transaction. More specifically, we analyse net working capital and net debt in order to create and protect value for our client. We advise our clients on the risks and options relating to which purchase price mechanism is best suited (typically either locked box or completion accounts) to their particular transaction. And we read and comment on the underlying SPA, as accountants and financial specialists (and not as lawyers).

Post-signing

We assist our client with the final purchase price determination process, be it via completion accounts, or leakage reviews and/or earn-out calculations.

Your job responsibilities will include

  • Support clients throughout their transaction process

  • 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

  • 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, and support on disputes on purchase price adjustments

  • Trusted advisor: work closely with clients, due diligence teams, investment banks, lawyers and other deal advisors to optimise value and mitigate risk for clients

  • Coaching, training and supervising team members both on the job and through more formal technical training

Develop, build and manage client relationships and cross teams within Deloitte to continue to deliver and identify business opportunities
Let's talk about you

  • You hold a Master's university degree in Finance or Economics
  • Minimal 5 years professional 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, particularly to a more senior audience

  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

  • Strong organisational and project management skills

  • Excellent time management, being able to work with a number of different clients and internal stakeholders
  • Our ideal candidate speaks English. Dutch and/or French is a plus
Our story
Our Strategy & Transactions offering portfolio combines the following teams: Strategy & Business Design, Infrastructure & Real Estate, Sustainability and M&A Valuation & Business Modelling.
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@Deloitte
  • Wellbeing tips and activities powered by Energise@Deloitte
  • Topped off with other health benefits and insurance opportunities

Empowering our employees with flexible work arrangementsremains 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 part-time work under a 90% or 80% regime.

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