Assurance - Transaction Forensics - Sale & Purchase Agreements - Manager - London or Manchester
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This is a high-profile role working with some of the world's largest companies and offers an exciting opportunity to gain exposure to the dynamic world of Transaction Forensics. Our team is highly ambitious and has significant growth aspirations over the next year. The opportunity EY's Transaction Forensics - Sale and Purchase Agreements (SPA) team provides expert support to clients, investment banks, lawyers, and deal teams on Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) pricing mechanisms and the accounting aspects of SPAs, including support around any post deal Completion Accounts. You will assist clients in their SPA negotiations and will interact with deal teams and clients across the transaction life cycle. Your key responsibilities- Working closely with clients, their bankers and legal advisers, transaction diligence teams and guiding other SPA team members to manage and deliver advice around the price adjustment mechanisms on M&A transactions. This may include analysis of cash, debt and working capital adjustments, preparation of pricing schedules, reviewing, and commenting on the financial aspects of the SPA, assisting the client with their preparation or review of Completion Accounts, and performing Leakage reviews.
- Supporting and contributing to the delivery of Transaction Forensics engagements, per agreed timeline and budget
- Adhering to Quality and Risk Management (QRM) to ensure client work is delivered consistently and in compliance with EY's quality standards
- Providing insightful, deal-relevant points of view and recommendations to the client by leveraging your technical and commercial experience
- Building valued relationships with internal contacts and external clients to develop and expand your own portfolio of projects, focusing on high value opportunities
- Supporting negotiations with clients throughout the transaction, agreeing detailed and compelling outputs
- Fully qualified as a chartered accountant e.g., ACA / ACCA / CA / ICAS / ICAEW or international equivalent
- Experience directing M&A transactions in a managerial capacity
- Expert in financial information analysis, including modelling, testing, documenting financial scenarios and anticipating challenges
- Commercial awareness and the desire to learn and retain industry knowledge
- Project management and people management experience
- An application and solution-based approach to problem solving
- Strong negotiation capabilities, able to analyse strengths/weaknesses of opposing cases, formulate alternative scenarios, and advise on strategic implications
- Ability to simultaneously handle multiple pressing assignments and sensitive and adversarial situations
- Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
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