Senior M&A Manager

Posted Date 1 week ago(6/25/2021 9:52 AM)

Job Code

DJOB

Country

Switzerland

Function

Finance

City

Zug

# of Openings

1

Overview

As the world’s global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, LafargeHolcim is reinventing the way the world builds. Supported by a 70,000-strong global team spread across 70 markets and four industry segments, we are committed to shaping a greener, smarter and healthier world. 

If you would like to get more information about our corporate organization in Switzerland specifically, please visit our company profile.

No agencies can be considered for this job posting.

Responsibilities

As we continue to look for more sustainable ways to build, we are looking for a Senior M&A Manager to join our team. Someone who is passionate about challenges, driven by curiosity and keen to grow, learn, develop and thrive in our high-performance culture.

As Senior M&A Manager you contribute to the achievement of the company’s strategic goals to grow and continuously optimize the Group’s portfolio through M&A transactions in a way that maximizes value, ensures an optimal return and risk profile, and stands in alignment with group policies and guidelines. You will play a critical role in the origination of deals and coordinate the execution of projects (divestment, listing, dilution, merger, acquisition, joint-venture, financial investment and other strategic partnerships) considered at the corporate or country level. This also includes the interface management to integration and separation.

 

You will be responsible for the following tasks

• Identification, pipeline management and assessment of potential M&A projects


• Steering and independently driving deal execution of mid-sized transactions (incl. structuring, due diligence, financial analysis and stakeholder management)


• Coordinating external advisers (accounting firms, banks, etc) and multi-disciplinary internal teams at Group and Country level


• Act as an advisor to Country Leaders in the evaluation and execution of bolt-on acquisitions or restructuring involving third parties


• Supporting the Head of M&A and the team in its daily activities


• Develop, maintain and improve internal processes for an aligned and structured approach to executing M&A projects


• Establish and disseminate best practices for M&A throughout the group


• Driving for results: comfortable making recommendations based on a balance of factors, measures the impact of her/his actions and takes personal accountability for the results

Education/Qualifications

• Master’s degree in finance, economics or law. Additional qualifications, e.g., CFA is a plus

Experience

• Minimum of 8 years professional M&A experience in a leading investment bank, transaction services of a big 4 or private equity firm


• Experienced working across the different phases of managing acquisitions and divestitures incl. origination, due diligence, valuation, negotiation


• Ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders at different seniority levels


• Strong interpersonal, relationship building and communication skills


• Ability to work in a high energy environment where resilience and timely turn-around of quality work is essential


• Experienced working in multinational and multi-cultural environments a plus

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills


• Solid understanding of macroeconomic and market dynamics, strategic analysis, financial and legal structuring concepts


• Effective planning practices


• Strong communicator, conviction power and negotiation skills


• Act in a way that inspires trust and build effective relationships within and outside the company; deal with highly confidential matters


• Creative and open-minded


• A self-starter with the ability to work independently in an ambitious environment


• Sound problem solving ability; challenges status quo


• Determination and commitment; stress resistant


• Seeks to constructively challenge and be challenged

Language Requirements

English as working language. Additional languages are a plus

Travel Requirements

20 - 40%

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