Senior Merger and Acquisition Executive

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa AdaptIT Full time

Listing reference:
adapt_000117
Listing status: Online-
Position summary

Industry:
IT & Internet

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Job category:Others: General Management
Location:Johannesburg

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Contract:Permanent
EE position:Yes
About our company

  • A provider of leading specialised software and digitallyled business solutions that assist clients across targeted industries.
    IntroductionJob description**Adapt IT is looking for a Senior M&A Executive. This role is directly responsible for managing acquisition opportunities this includes valuation, negotiation, due diligence and investment rationale and approvals. This role will report to the CEO who is Head of M&A and will work closely with members of the senior management team to identify, qualify, manage, and execute acquisition opportunities within the local, continental and global market to meet our capital deployment goals.
This opportunity is a full-time predominantly office-based position in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, with some hybrid work flexibilty.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

M&A Execution

  • Gather, analyze, and present target company financial information
  • Manage acquisition transactions from initial evaluation through to integration
  • Responsible for financial modeling, due diligence, negotiation, investment approval and postclose monitoring for multiple M&A transactions per year
  • Manage the acquisition team including other M&A professionals and cross functional inhouse and external experts (IT, technology, HR, Legal, Finance) on each transaction

Business Development

  • Identify vertical market software businesses that meet our strategic criteria and specific metrics, and add new prospects to our proprietary database of industry contacts and continuously manage the pipeline
  • Engage owners, shareholders, and other stakeholders in meaningful dialogues
  • Nurture leads regularly and over long timelines, helping to progress prospective targets through the pipeline
  • Work closely with our M&A business development team to ensure acquisition opportunities are being effectively nurtured and developed

Minimum requirements

QUALIFICATIONS
Professional

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent, in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics
  • Relevant postgraduate qualification is advantageous
  • 8 years of hands on experience in M&A execution, including conducting of valuations, performance of due diligence and leading negotiations.
  • High curiosity and drive to connect with business owners and learn their stories
  • Strong communication skills and capable of establishing and building rapport remotely
  • Solid understanding of company financial information
  • Solid experience in financial modeling
  • Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint
Personal Atributes

  • Advanced time management, attention to detail, organisational, strategic thinking, and analytical skills
  • Adaptable and flexible, with an ability to respond to changing work priorities, pressure and demands
  • Must be selfmotivated, able to work autonomously and think independently, and open to learning and sharing new ideas
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, and ability to work in a collaborative manner with the senior management team
  • Strong English language capability is required and any additional languages are a plus
  • Flexibility to accommodate multiple global time zones for online meetings
  • Ability to travel short and long haul (1025% of the time)

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