This is your opportunity to join Deloitte's growing M&A - Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) and disputes team.

Our team works side-by-side with M&A practitioners throughout the firm, clients and their legal advisors. Typically, this involves advising clients in developing contractual solutions to financial and commercial issues identified during due diligence, including advising on purchase price adjustment mechanisms and completion accounts policies in the transaction agreements being negotiated.

What will your typical day look like?

This role will include the following activities:

• First and foremost, help clients negotiate better financial and accounting terms in the SPA.
• Working closely with due diligence teams to identify areas of risk and opportunities to create additional value. 
• Review of transaction documentation to identify key issues, including:
  • Assessing the suitability of the pricing mechanism (for example, locked box; completion accounts and/or earn-out) and associated accounting based definitions;
  • Considering the appropriateness of key financial Representations and Warranties (“R&W”) and indemnities; and
  • Developing robust accounting policies for completion accounts based mechanisms.
• Working with Partner to develop appropriate client recommendations.
• Managing project risk issues and monitoring costs/recovery.
• Reporting key issues and delivering recommendations to clients.
• Help build the practice and have opportunity to grow within Deloitte.
• Participating in practice development activities 

About the team

The M&A Transaction Services team is a collaborative group that creates value for clients undergoing a merger, acquisition or divestiture. Our team is growing. It supports our clients in all stages of the M&A lifecycle through our One-Deloitte approach. We engage on deals of all sizes in in diverse industries. The team has successfully closed deals, small and large, serving mid-market private and public sector clients, in all industries, in Canada and internationally.  We are a group of collaborative, autonomous and amazing people who value client service excellence while having FUN and supporting career growth of each other.

You can easily work from home or the office, although it does require the flexibility to meet peaks of work inherent in the cycle of a deal, which we often try to manage.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you

To qualify for the role, you must be/have:

• An CA/CPA qualification or equivalent qualification/experience (e.g., law degree with accounting or finance background).
• Attention to detail. 
• A flexible working style and an ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances and priorities.
• Strong writing and reviewing skills, with an appropriate focus on conciseness and risk management.
• Broad commercial acumen coupled with a robust personality capable of operating effectively under the pressure and fast-pace of the deal marketplace.
• Excellent interpersonal skills required to challenge, negotiate and operate at a senior level.
• Client focused, ensuring high quality service.
• Experience of working on transactions, disputes and/or completion accounts. Experience in M&A Transaction Services is definitely a great asset.