Overview
In this Senior Manager role, you lead Transaction Forensics work on SPAs within EY’s Assurance practice, partnering with clients, deal teams and advisers to shape M&A pricing and post-deal accounting. You’ll own the delivery, quality, and risk management of engagements while guiding junior colleagues and building client relationships. You’ll advise on SPA negotiations, craft deal-focused insights, and support growth of the Transaction Forensics service line. This is a high-visibility role with exposure to large corporate and PE clients, offering scope for leadership and impact in a fast-paced environment.
Pay / Benefits
- flexible working arrangements
- travel opportunities
- Total Rewards package
- continuous learning
- career development
- health and well-being benefits
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver advice on price adjustment mechanisms in M&A transactions, coordinating with clients, bankers, and legal advisers
- Analyze cash, debt, and working capital adjustments; prepare pricing schedules and review SPA financials
- Support Completion Accounts and conduct leakage reviews for clients
- Steer project delivery within timelines and budgets; review team outputs
- Lead client calls to explain outputs and liaise with other EY advisors
- Own Quality and Risk Management to ensure compliance with EY standards
- Advise on negotiations through the transaction with detailed outputs and insights
- Develop client relationships and support career development of team members
- Coach junior colleagues and contribute to performance development
Key requirements
- Fully qualified chartered accountant (ACA/ACCA/CA/ICAS/ICAEW or international equivalent
- Significant senior M&A transaction experience
- Expertise in financial analysis, modelling, scenario testing, and documenting financials
- Strong technical and commercial acumen with industry knowledge
- Experience reviewing SPAs and pricing mechanisms; SPA team exposure preferred
- Problem-solving with an application/solutions focus and collaborative leadership
- Strong negotiation, communication, and presentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple high-pressure assignments and handle sensitive situations
- Interpersonal skills
- risk management
- negotiation
- Financial information analysis
- M&A modelling and scenario testing
- SPA review and pricing mechanisms
Assurance - Transaction Forensics - Sale & Purchase Agreements - Senior Manager - London employer: EY (Ernst & Young)
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