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M&A Director

M&A Director

Dartmouth PartnersGreater London, England, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Job description

Dartmouth is proud to be supporting this PE backed Industrials group in their search for an M&A Director to define and implement an ambitious M&A strategy to enable significant growth.

The Role

The M&A Director will support the group's executive leadership and work closely the sponsor on the identification, origination, pipeline management, execution and integration of acquisitions.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Work autonomously day-to-day on M&A projects, under the leadership of the Group CEO and CFO.
  • Support origination and business development activities, meet potential acquisition targets to promote the benefits of joining the Group
  • Produce presentation documentation and updates for investors and executive leadership on M&A opportunities
  • Oversee rigorous internal due diligence processes on target companies, liaising with external advisors as appropriate
  • Manage the full process on opportunity execution; from deal evaluation, producing the investment case, through to commercial and legal negotiations
  • Create and handover the 100-day integration plan of new businesses to the Group
  • Provide input into overall Group strategic direction developing a good understanding of the sectors within which the Group operates

The Person

  • The ideal candidate will have significant M&A or Transaction Services experience, ideally gained within a Big 4 / Top 10 or boutique M&A advisory context.
  • Ideally, the candidate will already be working for a private equity backed business, but candidates direct from advisory can still be considered
  • Combines professionalism and gravitas with the EQ to interact credibly with owners and management teams of SMEs / OMBs
  • Experience of working on deals in the lower / mid-market, often with founder-led / owner-managed business
  • Ability to manage a pipeline of multiple transaction opportunities (from opportunity evaluation, through due diligence, deal negotiation, execution, and final integration strategy)
  • Possess excellent technical skills including financial modelling and valuations
  • Some content knowledge around the sector would be useful, though not critical.
  • Have great written and oral communications skills and be able to influence at all levels including C-suite and investors