EY Senior Manager/Director Sales & Purchase Agreement 

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 

610598345

We bring together extraordinary people, like you, to build a better working world.

Your key responsibilities

You will:

• Lead and manage end-to-end SPA advisory engagements for the acquisition or disposal of businesses (targets) by private equity investors, funds or strategic corporate clients;
• Working closely with clients, their bankers and legal advisers, transaction diligence teams. 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;
• Advise clients on the advantages, risks and options as to the most suitable purchase price mechanism for their transactions, together with providing insightful, deal relevant points of view and recommendations to the client by leveraging your technical and commercial experience;
• Analyse financial results of targets through reviewing diligence findings, financial analysis and conducting interviews with target management;
• Supporting negotiations with clients throughout the transaction, agreeing detailed and compelling outputs;
• Collaborate with other EY service teams to deliver an integrated approach to our clients;
• Building valued relationships with internal contacts and external clients to develop and expand your own portfolio of projects, focusing on high value opportunities

Here’s our ‘wish list’, but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your strengths, what you want to learn, and how far you want to go.

• A trusted advisor to clients and their advisors reliant upon your expertise
• Ability to quickly develop, build and manage relationships to work closely with multiple clients and teams, both external and internal
• A bachelor or master degree in accounting, business, finance or economics
• Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, CAANZ or international equivalent
• A strong work ethic and the agility to adapt to new challenges and ideas in a collaborative team environment
• Experience in a Transaction Diligence role, or mergers and acquisitions environment, leading the execution of, and working with senior stakeholders on, multiple engagements simultaneously
• At least 7 years' experience in a role within a professional services or chartered accounting environment or in a financial performance and analysis or mergers & acquisitions role at a corporate organisation
• A keen interest in understanding businesses, transactions and deal value drivers
• Passion for client service excellence and attention to detail
• Ability to grasp complex issues and explain them clearly to non-accountants

• Explore how a career at EY is yours to build at www.ey.com/au/careerdevelopment
• Discover how, when and where you can work at www.ey.com/au/flexibility
• Learn about our commitment to DE&I at www.ey.com/au/diversity-inclusiveness
• Discover the various ways our benefits can cater to your needs, across wellness, financial wellbeing, and family-friendly policies which include 26 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave at www.ey.com/au/benefitsApply now… we’re over 9,000 perspectives in Australia and we’re ready to welcome yours.

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

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