Senior Consultant Sale & Purchase Agreement (Transaction Services) - Deals

Job Description & Summary

What does the job involve

Our SPA Advisory team provides specialised support in all financial aspects of SPA work. Our clients seek our advice on identifying and negotiating the key value items in the EV-to-equity value bridge as well as drafting the accounting and financial clauses of the SPA reflecting their negotiated outcomes. We support clients in the process leading up to the signing of SPA and also thereafter in the closing accounts earn-out determination or leakage review process leading up to the determination of the final purchase price for the transaction.

Your job responsibilities will include

• Preparing financial analyses: to identify quantify and substantiate value items relevant for our clients EV-to-equity value bridge and purchase price negotiations.

• Leveraging existing analyses: prepared by other advisers for the transaction including due diligence reports information memoranda etc.

• Contributing to the drafting and mark-up of the financial aspects of the SPA: to ensure the purchase price mechanism is appropriately drafted (including the definition of its components the principles and policies to be applied for its preparation the steps and timeline of the process to be followed for its final determination) due diligence observations and recommendations based on our financial analyses are included and our client is appropriately protected by the warranties and indemnities.

• Providing 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.

• Being a trusted advisor and strong communicator: working closely with clients due diligence teams investment banks lawyers and other deal advisors to optimise value and mitigate risk for clients.

• Building relationships: with clients other advisers the other PwC Deals project teams etc to identify and develop business opportunities.

Skills and experience

• You have studied Accounting Finance Business Administration or (Business) Economics at a university supplemented by a completed RA RC ACCA (or similar) or CFA (level 3) program

• Minimum 3 years professional experience preferably in professional services

• Experience in a transaction and/or audit environment (e.g. at an accounting firm investment bank or boutique advisory) is 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 cash-flows and earnings;

• Interest in understanding businesses and value drivers;

• Agility to work with and move between numerical analyses and written documents (e.g. reports contracts);

• Strong analytical skills an ability to grasp complex issues and explain them clearly and articulately particularly to a senior audience;

• Excellent interpersonal verbal and written communication skills;

• Strong organisational and project management skills;

• Excellent time management being able to work (sometime simultaneously) with multiple clients and related internal and external stakeholders;

• Proficiency in Excel. PowerBI and more advance data analytics skills are a definite plus.

What do we offer

At PwC you get the opportunity to be yourself get the best out of yourself in a high-performance organization and grow within our global network. As part of our team we offer among other things:

• A competitive salary attractive pension scheme and the opportunity to grow;

• Customized training for professional growth and leadership development;

• Motivating work environment where collaboration with ambitious colleagues and recognition for your contributions are of paramount importance;

• Extensive employment conditions including well-being budget for physical and mental health;

• Attractive mobility options including electric lease car car reimbursement waiver and the option to use various sharing providers;

• 32 vacation days per year;

• Fun social events including winter party and ski weekend.

Apply now

Are you interested do you recognize yourself in our purpose and values and do you fit in with the profile Then upload your resume and motivation directly via the apply button. We will be in touch within two weeks to report on your applications progress.

Do you still have questions in the meantime Then contact Taoufik El Hassani our recruiter via