M&A Manager

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Our organisation

Ageas is a listed international insurance Group with a heritage spanning of 200 years, offering Retail and Business customers Life and Non-Life insurance, and is also engaged in reinsurance activities. As an international insurance company, Ageas concentrates its activities in Europe and Asia through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and long-term partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors. Ageas ranks among the market leaders in the countries in which it operates. It represents a staff force of about 50,000 people and reported annual inflows of over EUR 18.5 billion in 2024.

Ageas aims to be a Great place to Grow for all its people, while always staying true to its four values: care, share, deliver and dare. Ageas strives to create a truly inclusive company – attracting the most talented people and offering a working environment where everyone feels they belong, collaborates to achieve our common ambitions and is recognized for their contribution. Ageas encourages its people to think and act differently, to speak up, to be themselves and to contribute their individual skills. For Ageas, diversity and inclusion is a business imperative, providing us with the foundation to achieve sustainable business results across different markets.

Ageas has been re-certified as Top Employer in 2026.

The vibrant Ageas Corporate Centre in Brussels is home to a variety of Group level functions including, amongst others, Risk, Finance, Legal & Compliance, Investor Relations, Human Resources, Strategy, Business Development and Corporate Communications. It sets out the long term strategy for Ageas and coordinates numerous initiatives across the Group to help realise the strategic ambitions. The Corporate Centre also facilitates knowledge and skills sharing amongst its local operating entities and JV’s, creating strong connections and leveraging on local strengths. It represents the Ageas Group towards external parties, managing relations with analysts, retail and institutional investors, regulators, rating agencies and the media.

Your function

The Group M&A department is the central expert team executing M&A opportunities for the Group. To strengthen the team, we are recruiting a Manager M&A to support end‑to‑end transaction execution and portfolio initiatives.

Your main responsibilities are:

• Screen & evaluate opportunities: Assess acquisitions, divestitures, JVs/partnerships, spin‑offs against strategic fit and financial/operational criteria; prepare opportunity notes and dashboards.
• Deal analytics & valuation: Build/review models; perform valuation and scenario analysis; contribute to structuring/financing options; synthesize findings for decision forums.
• Due diligence coordination: Coordinate cross‑functional workstreams (finance, actuarial, risk, legal, compliance, HR, IT); manage timelines and deliverables ensuring progress; consolidate risks/issues.
• Transaction documentation support: Contribute to term sheets, SPAs and other transaction agreements with Group Legal M&A; track key negotiating points and approvals.
• Project reporting & PMO: Maintain plans, milestones and status reporting; prepare governance materials; flag critical‑path risks and mitigations.
• Post‑closing follow‑up: Support hand‑over to operating management, monitor post‑closing obligations/integration milestones, and help minimize escalations.
• Market & competitor insights: Track insurance market developments and selected peers; maintain origination pipelines and internal knowledge bases.

Your profile

• You hold a university degree, preferably in economics, finance, law or business administration;
• You have 5-8 years’ experience in Investment Banking M&A, corporate finance or Transaction Support (Big 4) with a focus on the insurance sector.
• You have a good knowledge of the international insurance market, including a well-developed understanding of the dynamics of the financial services industry and of Ageas.
• You have experience in Financials, Corporate Finance and M&A processes.
• You possess strong valuation/modeling capabilities; comfort with due diligence coordination and transaction materials; crisp presentation skills.
• You master effective cross‑functional coordination and stakeholder management; clear written/oral communication for presentation materials, cutting through complexity.
• You foster an inclusive, high‑energy team environment and apply PMO best practices to influence multi‑disciplinary workstreams and deliver on time, scope and quality.
• You have international experience, speak/write English fluently and are willing to travel when necessary.

We offer

• The possibility of (maximum 50%) home working;
• A dynamic, multicultural working environment;
• An interesting and extensive salary package (including meal vouchers, eco vouchers, hospitalization, disability and group insurance, additional child benefit, mobile allowance and intervention in the internet reimbursement, ...);
• The possibility to optimize part of your salary package through a flexible income plan;
• A corporate culture where you are encouraged to share your views and opinions;
• A flat organizational structure with close collaboration and communication with management and cross departments;
• A company car with charging card;
• An extensive range of learning & development opportunities through our online learning platform;
• The opportunity to further develop yourself and to be part of a great team at a Top employer in Belgium. Find out more about it here.

Interested?

Please apply online. We are looking forward to talking to you!