A Corporate Development Associate is required by CareerWise Recruitment for our Irish based client. The Corporate Development Associate plays an integral role in executing the strategic vision of my Client through acquisitions, divestitures, and partnerships for the enterprise and strategic business units. Primary responsibility is to provide Financial Analysis & Modelling/Valuation support to executive decision makers to assess inorganic growth opportunities. You may be involved in every phase of an M&A engagement. The location for this position is flexible & can be based in one of our office locations in Brussels, Dublin, Gothenburg, Oberhausen, Basingstoke, Southampton or Epinal. The position is eligible for HYBRID working.
THE ROLE:
* Develop valuation models, materials, and recommendations by conducting comprehensive financial analyses, utilizing appropriate valuation methods, and preparing insightful valuation overview and analysis materials for senior executive audiences
* Support all elements of the company-wide corporate development process for acquisitions, partnerships, and divestitures, including target identification, analysis, valuation, due diligence, negotiations, contract management, integration, and planning
* Become an expert and thought partner to strategic business unit and enterprise leaders regarding the inorganic path required to achieve strategic growth objectives
* Partner with business and enterprise leaders to develop and manage acquisition pipelines, as well as to determine and execute acquisition and disposition strategies
OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFICATION & PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT:
* Partner with business leadership to evaluate M&A opportunities ranging from small (revenue $10M+) to large (revenue >$1B)
* Evaluate inorganic growth strategies including acquisition, alliance, licensing, and partnership opportunities linked to corporate and business unit strategies.
* Partner with Corporate Strategy team to develop and successfully execute inorganic growth strategies
* Evaluate risk factors and key financial criteria for both sectors and individual target companies
* Manage strategic acquisition funnels and pipelines at the business unit and enterprise level through strategic analysis and adjacent market work
* Present to company leaders on corporate development items, including acquisition pipeline activity, potential dispositions, potential targets, diligence updates, and recommended actions
* Identify, evaluate, acquire, and integrate businesses to meet strategic and financial objectives
* Evaluate existing assets for potential divestiture
* Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to inform business decisions
* Develop communication materials for executive leadership, CFO, CEO, and board of director reviews
DEAL EXECUTION:
* Execute a robust M&A process methodology
* Build complex valuation models to evaluate mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and partnerships
* Complete all financial analysis, financial modelling & company valuation work on M&A transactions
* Participate in all areas of due diligence (with both internal and external parties) from start to finish
* Support negotiation strategy and tactics to ensure transaction success
* Execute the end-to-end process of identifying, evaluating, acquiring and integrating new business entities in close collaboration with business unit and corporate leadership teams
* Construct financial and economic models and build spreadsheet models to analyze data
* Support deal execution process and synthesize input on opportunities and risks
* Evaluate tax, accounting, earnings, and return implications
* Execute combination or disposition processes to achieve strategic goals
* Support regulatory filings and approvals processes, develop transition services agreements, post-closing adjustments, and internal and external communications
* Inform transaction strategies, including deal pricing and structure through the use of primary and secondary data and publicly available information
* Support deal negotiations, working with legal partners to draft and negotiate contracts and closing documents
* Coordinate work streams of projects with Business Unit and functional personnel
* Support cultivation of relationships with targets
REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor’s Degree required
* 2 to 5 years of post-undergraduate experience required; experience in corporate strategy, business development, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, competitive intelligence, corporate development, or other M&A-relevant professional services strongly preferred
* Excellent judgment and analytical ability to make recommendations/decisions and to resolve complex problems
* Strategic thinking, planning and project management skills
* Strong financial acumen (experienced in modeling and detailed financial analysis)
* Proficiency in analyzing financial documents, business plans and making judgment calls based on research and due diligence
* Ability to assess a company’s market and competitive position and operational and financial characteristics
* Demonstrated merger and acquisition experience with a large company / experience with large, complex transactions
* Ability to structure and develop quantitative/analytic models to test hypotheses
* Experience in deal execution preferred
* Advanced experience with Microsoft Office tools (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including exceptional presentation skills
* Ability to manage multiple complex projects and internal and external stakeholders from different functions, businesses, and backgrounds, while maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain relationships at all levels in the organization
* Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
* Highly motivated and organized with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and requests
* Pro-active approach and ability to work independently and oversee projects from start to finish
Please call Tom Devaney today for further information on +353 91 758 771 or email: tdevaney@careerwise.ie
CareerWise Recruitment (In Search of Excellence) Established in 1999, CareerWise Recruitment specialises in recruitment of management and technical professionals for the life sciences, ICT, engineering, food and agri sectors.
We operate out of multiple locations in Ireland and have offices in Cork, Shannon, Galway, Mayo and Dublin.
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