M&A Director

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Job Description

Job Summary

The M&A Director is responsible for working with the business to ensure the successful integration of acquired companies and the ongoing monitoring of established deal KPIs. The scope of the role includes working with the Executive team across the organization and teams to provide support for acquisition valuation and due diligence, development of overall integration strategy and governance processes, and coordination of quarterly performance reviews for all acquired companies. The individual must demonstrate strong planning and communication skills in a highly matrixed environment to work effectively with partners across different work streams and business units. These include working closely with the Executive team and functional partners, Finance, Human Resources, IT, Legal, and Operations.

Job Responsibilities

• Identification, Research and Analysis
• Evaluate and monitor financial performance of Stewart competitors.
• Complete research assignments in designated industry / business sectors and identify suitable acquisition candidates.
• Prepare business summaries of acquisition candidates for leadership review.
• Financial Modeling/Valuation Analysis
• Provide valuation support through the regular updating and maintenance of appropriate comparable company and comparable acquisition databases related to Stewart’s industry verticals.
• Construct and maintain required valuation models / analyses (e.g., DCF, LBO, comparable company and transactions, cap rate analyses, etc.) for prospective M&A targets.
• Collaborate with Business Unit accounting and managerial staff in creation of pro forma acquisition target projections.
• Maintain valuation analysis and model templates and train junior staff in their use, ensuring adherence to valuation best practices.
• Due Diligence Process Management / Coordination
• Perform financial due diligence in coordination with Business Unit accounting and third-party professional resources.
• Serve as daily point of contact regarding information flow to Stewart employees, as well as requests from corporate functional specialists. Liaise with Business unit management, staff specialists and outside professional resources (e.g., accounting/tax/legal).
• Manage and track due diligence data versus requests.
• Collect and compile cross-functional due diligence results to inform valuation and transaction negotiation.
• Ensure due diligence data capture in financial model / valuation analysis.
• Maintain master file for due diligence request lists.
• Partner with senior leadership, business partners to ensure requirements, business goals and objectives are clear and align to concrete strategic and tactical plans
• Partner closely with stakeholders, executive sponsors and steering committees to institute processes and facilitate decisions necessary for integration plan delivery
• Understand and utilize Stewart’s strategic vision to make appropriate decisions based upon what is best for the Company
• Responsible for analyzing industry prospects and facilitating the purchase or consolidation of companies from inception to the final Merger
• Provides leadership and direction through managers, supervisors and/or individual contributors
• Accountable for the performance and results of a function/sub-function, division/region
• Executes business plans and contributes to the development of business strategy
• Decisions are guided by business unit or regional strategy and priorities
• Applies broad industry knowledge and business acumen to drive financial performance
• Has broad impact on the functional, divisional or regional results
• Directs the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems applying advanced critical thinking
• Persuades and negotiates with senior leaders across the business
• Leads through subordinate managers; contributes to the development of functional/ operational long-term strategy and develops annual business plans to ensure alignment
  
  

Education

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field preferred
  
  

Experience

• Typically requires 10 years of related work experience
• 5 years of experience leading complex acquisitions
• Project/Program Management experience
• Experience in the creation and delivery of a disciplined valuation/due diligence strategy, process, and execution plan
  
  

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

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