Senior Consultant Financial Due Diligence (Sector focus: Industries)

at  EY

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THE OPPORTUNITY

EY Strategy and Transactions provides services within the domain of mergers and acquisitions, private and public offerings, valuations, business modeling, due diligence and financial consulting. Through our independent position with respect to lenders, investors, and investment bankers, our team of professionals is ideally placed to successfully support corporate transactions.
EY SaT is growing and is looking for a Senior Consultant Financial Due Dilligence.
The Transaction Diligence team aims to assist clients, both private equity firms and corporate clients, throughout the whole transaction process. Whilst traditional financial due diligence is a key element of the service, transaction support is much broader, incorporating assistance with business plan assessment, including support to the transaction management, negotiation and documentation, and post-completion integration.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS

• Highly numerate with strong attention to detail
• Logical and methodical approach

AS A SENIOR CONSULTANT TRANSACTION DILIGENCE, YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Performing financial due diligence procedures relating to the sale and purchase of companies and businesses together with your project team. You will do this with a view to identifying risks of importance that are relevant to the perception of a contemplated transaction.
• Analyzing key balance sheet components and valuation issues, for example, identifying overvalued assets and undervalued/omitted liabilities.
• Quantifying tax and other non compliance exposures
• Coordinating with other advisors/investors (e.g. legal, lenders)
• Supporting the buyer’s negotiating position and purchase price adjustments.
• Providing input to purchase and debt agreements and other related documents.
• Analyzing working capital requirements and seasonality relative to proposed target levels.

TO QUALIFY FOR THE ROLE YOU MUST HAVE

• Master degree and minimum 2 years of working experience preferably in audit
• Excellent trilingual Dutch/French/English
• Good accounting knowledge
• Team player with the ability to build relationships at all levels
• You have the necessary competencies to perform your job independently while using professional assertiveness
• Project management skills and excel spread-sheeting skills