About the job
The Mergers & Acquisitions Associate/Sr. Associate plays a pivotal role in driving the company's growth strategy by identifying, evaluating, executing, and integrating mergers, acquisitions, investments, and strategic partnerships. This position involves conducting financial analyses, coordinating due diligence, supporting transaction execution, and planning for post-close integration. You will collaborate across various departments including finance, legal, tax, HR, IT, and business unit leadership to ensure that transactions are strategically sound, financially beneficial, and seamlessly integrated.
This role offers a flexible hybrid work arrangement, allowing for a blend of in-office presence and remote work while being based in Dallas, TX.
Strategic M&A Planning: Assess the competitive landscape and contribute to the development of the M&A strategy to further the company's strategic objectives. This includes profiling and monitoring key targets.
Target Evaluation: Examine operational and financial data of potential acquisition targets. Conduct various valuation analyses (including comparables, DCF, IRR, merger, and accretion/dilution) to aid executive decision-making.
Transaction Execution: Oversee project management responsibilities for coordinating transactions. This entails managing due diligence, internal functional team reviews (finance & accounting, HR, IT, legal, tax), and the approval process.
Transaction Integration: Lead project management for post-transaction integration activities. This includes coordinating planning and execution, aligning cross-functional teams (finance & accounting, HR, IT, legal, tax, operations), tracking synergy realization, and ensuring operational, cultural, and systems alignment to achieve the intended transaction value.
Presentation: Develop investment thesis presentations that encapsulate conclusions and recommendations for presentation to executive management and the Board.
Engage in various ad hoc projects as required by senior management.
