Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Deals

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, we value every individual's role in shaping our future. We're looking for candidates who excel in their roles and embody our core behaviours of Trusted Leadership and Distinctive Outcomes. Trusted Leadership focuses on building trust, delivering sustained results, and showing courage and honesty. Distinctive Outcomes emphasize excellence, collaboration, and inclusiveness. We seek self-aware, collaborative individuals committed to continuous learning and delivering quality and integrity.

Our specialist Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) Advisory team delivers expert guidance to clients, partners, and deal teams across the Middle East. We provide insights into key value drivers in transactions, supporting equity price negotiations and drafting accounting and financial elements within SPAs.
Operating from Dubai, Riyadh, and Jordan, our team is structured to react quickly to client needs, delivering tailored, high-quality solutions across industries including Technology, Health, Real Estate, Financial Services, Retail, Consumer, Energy, and Infrastructure.

Role Responsibilities

As a Sales Purchase Agreement Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

SPA Review: Analyze SPAs from a financial and accounting perspective, providing written comments and participating in discussions with clients and their legal advisors.

Value Analysis: Offer analytical support to clients and their advisors to evaluate the value implications of purchase price adjustments and advocate for positions in negotiations.

Transaction Execution: Support the drafting and negotiation of key financial aspects of the SPA, ensuring purchase price mechanisms are well-structured, due diligence findings are integrated, and warranties/indemnities adequately protect the client.

Post-Transaction Support: Assist with completion accounts preparation or review, earn-out mechanisms, and resolving disputes related to purchase price adjustments.

Enterprise to Equity Bridge Adjustments: Propose adjustments between Enterprise Value and Equity Value bridges, leveraging due diligence findings, and present robust arguments to justify proposed approaches.

Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with legal advisors to align financial aspects of the SPA with client goals, ensuring a balanced approach in drafting and negotiating terms.

Transition Agreement Review: Analyze transition agreements to safeguard clients from value leakage by the vendor.

Completion Account Review: Validate potential value leakages and ensure compliance with SPA terms.

Requirements

3+ years of relevant experience working in transaction services, financial due diligence, valuations or audit background.

Strong understanding of M&A processes, including deal timelines and pricing mechanisms.

Hands on experience with sign off on documents for agreements 

Confident with providing analytical support to stakeholders 

Ability to assess value impacts of different treatments of purchase price adjustments

Hands-on experience drafting and reviewing SPA documents and financial models, with advanced MS Excel skills.

Keen to build collaborative working relationships at all levels, establishing credibility both, internally with senior management, and externally with our clients

Strong time management and organizing skills

Ability to prioritize workload and meet tight deadlines

Confident communicator and can deliver messages with impact to a wide variety of audiences

Why you’ll love PwC
We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of amazing teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about us at https://www.pwc.com/m1/en/about-us/life-at-pwc.html 

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Alteryx (Automation Platform), Analytical Thinking, Budget Analysis, Business Valuations, Carve-Outs, Cash Flow Analysis, Communication, Conducting Research, Contractual Risk Mitigation, Creativity, Data Analysis, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Analytics, Data Integrity, Deal Structures, Draft Preparation, Due Diligence Research, Earnings Quality, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Ensuring Compliance With Accounting Standards {+ 38 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

No

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