Assistant Director, Mergers and Acquisitions, Sales and Purchase Agreement

Overview

As Assistant Director in Deloitte’s SPA team, you will lead high-profile M&A engagements, guiding deals from due diligence through completion. You’ll work within cross-functional deal teams to assess financial risk, pricing mechanisms and warranties, delivering robust client recommendations. The role blends project management, client-facing leadership and regulatory awareness in a fast-paced environment. You’ll collaborate with partners and lawyers to drive value and strengthen client relationships. This is a growth-focused opportunity in a market-leading practice with strong progression potential.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• return-to-work coaching
• wellbeing emphasis
• career development and world-class training
• collaborative culture
• support from Partners and Directors

Responsibilities

• Understand target business drivers quickly and assess risks with due diligence teams
• Review transaction documents to flag issues, including pricing mechanics and warranties
• Evaluate pricing mechanisms (locked box, completion accounts, earn-out) and related accounting definitions
• Develop robust accounting policies for completion accounts-based mechanisms
• Collaborate with Partner/Director to formulate client recommendations
• Report issues and deliver actionable recommendations to clients
• Lead deal progress and serve as main client contact alongside M&A lawyers
• Manage assignments: client interface, risk, costs, and recovery; produce timely, high-quality deliverables
• Contribute to practice development and marketing activities (client presentations, campaigns, cross-selling opportunities)

Key requirements

• ACA qualification or equivalent
• Attention to detail
• Flexible working style and adaptability
• Strong writing and editing skills with risk focus
• Broad commercial acumen and ability to perform under pressure
• Excellent interpersonal skills for senior-level negotiation and challenge
• Client-focused with strong organizational capabilities

• strong interpersonal skills
• ability to challenge and negotiate
• client-focused mindset
• due diligence process
• risk assessment
• analysis of warranties and indemnities

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