Career Opportunity
Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions
Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions
SUMMARY
This position is with a newly acquired, private equity backed, national exterior facility services platform. The VP of M&A/Corporate Development will be responsible for directing key aspects of the Company’s acquisition efforts, including creating acquisition and development strategies and criteria, creating a replicable internal process around M&A, building relationships with sellers and intermediaries, conducting financial analyses, negotiating transaction documents, and leading due diligence efforts. The Vice President of Corporate Development will be a key strategic partner of the CEO.
Geography – This company is west coast based but the position is permanent remote and can be located anywhere in the US.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Support the company’s corporate team with an emphasis on:
- Develop an objective, consistent, disciplined approach to evaluating potential acquisitions and business combinations.
- Analyze addressable markets and work with business unit leaders and functional specialists to develop and/or update.
- Actively identify and source acquisition targets, including building relationships with brokers and building a deal pipeline consistent with the Company’s strategic objectives.
- “Sell” the company story to the marketplace, building rapport and credibility with business owners.
- Create a business case and/or valuation model each potential transaction.
- Identify and quantify synergy opportunities with potential acquisitions; create action plans to drive synergies post close.
- Leads merger and acquisition transactions through the cross-functional due diligence process including gathering and leveraging integration planning inputs in order to support successful integration.
- Responsible for gathering important information regarding risks and opportunities for impending and ongoing M&A activities, translating this information into fact-based and well-reasoned insights on the valuation and structural impact of the merger or acquisition.
- Interact regularly with third-party advisors (legal, financial, tax, consultants)
- Structure and negotiate deals, working with the senior leadership team to gain approval from the Board.
- Participate in post-acquisition integration initiatives
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Operate as strategic partner to CEO:
- Identifying upfront positive and negative trends in the business which impact future periods and problem solve with the team.
- Performing economic and industry analyses to identify and recommend response strategies to trends impacting the business.
- Working effectively with financial, sales/operational personnel, PE sponsor, and third parties.
REQUIRED EDUCATION & SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:
- Minimum 6-10 years of results-oriented work experience in similar role including corporate development, strategy, investment banking or private equity.
- Experience and ability to model and synthesize complex financial analysis, operational, and KPI data into concise presentations and decision framework, on a regular basis.
- Experience in leading mergers and acquisitions review and execution, analyzing business proposals, leading due diligence process and structuring transactions. Experience in small to mid-cap deals working with target companies in the $20-$100 million range highly preferred
- Experience in corporate development, strategy or business development function.
- Strong analytical skills, with extreme attention to detail, accuracy and accountability balanced with sound business judgment.
- Proven experience in financial modeling and valuation and presenting to an investment committee.
- Strong Board presentation skills including the development of PowerPoint presentations.
- Excellent professional written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
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