Junior Deal & Valuation Consultant Ghent (start september 2025)

Overview:

BDO is a world leading professional services firm, providing advisory services, audit and accounting  and tax and legal advice. We offer services to multinational and large organizations, public institutions and medium sized and small, fast-growing companies and spin-offs. Thanks to a strong regional presence and our multi-disciplinary approach, we are ideally placed to meet the financial requirements of a wide range of small and large companies and public institutions.

Our Deal & Valuation department is mainly active in Transaction Services (buy-side and sell-side Due Diligence investigations), Valuation of companies and M&A mandates. The last couple of years, we have seen a strong growth in Corporate Finance and we are therefore hiring junior consultants for our office Ghent.

Join the BDO family, a worldwide consulting firm where you can bring your own personality to your job! We help organisations grow sustainably with our expertise in audit & assurance, tax & legal, advisory and accountancy.

At BDO, you are not just a number. Your wellbeing and development are just as important to us as the personal, hands-on advice and pragmatic solutions we offer our clients. Because as you grow, so do we and so do our clients. That is why our slogan is 'Let's Grow Together'!

• Analysis of the Target’s financial statements in the context of due diligence, valuation or Info Memo preparation
• Preparation of Q&A for Target’s management
• Research of potential acquisition targets in the context of a vendor’s mandate
• Research of industry related information to support the preparation of Information Memorandum
• Draft reporting of due diligence report, valuation report and/or Information Memorandum

• University background in finance or business economics
• Excellent knowledge of Dutch and/or French
• Advanced working knowledge of English
• Strong understanding of Excel and how it can be applied to corporate finance
• Good knowledge PowerPoint is essential for drawing up reports.
• Prior traineeship experience in Corporate Finance, M&A, private equity, audit or similar environment is a strong asset
• Analytic mindset triggered to understand complex problems
• Can do and result driven attitude
• Team player and self-starter
• Eager to learn

• Start in a general position and discover which types of clients, duties or specializations suit you best. After the starters days, you will build your own career along with your other new colleagues. 
• Take on increasing amounts of responsibility as the rest of your team is ready to support you.
• BDO Academy’s extensive list of training courses helps you grow both personally and professionally. 
• Sample projects from other Business Practices through our “flex pool”. 
• Options to work from home or from the nearest office, for example, and flexible working hours. 
• A competitive salary package with many attractive benefits such as a net expense allowance, company car, mobile phone plan, hospitalization insurance, etc. 
• Work at a company with an integrated sustainability policy on issues such as climate impact and equality, diversity and inclusion, which actively contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

Were you nodding to yourself enthusiastically as you read through the job description? Then be sure to send us your CV right away! May we soon welcome you as a new colleague!