Mergers & Acquisitions Manager (f/m/x)
Sweco is Europe’s largest architecture and engineering office and is active in over 35 locations in Germany. Together with our customers and the knowledge of over 22.000 architects, engineers and other specialists across Europe, we create sustainable solutions. Transforming society together.
Mergers & Acquisitions Manager (f/m/x)
What we offer:
- Varied projects with focus on sustainability in an open management environment
- Flexible working hours without core working hours but with trust-based working hours as well as a strong work-life balance and support in the form of a free advice hotline
- Additional benefits such as fitness offers or Germany-ticket, childcare and vacation allowance, employee benefits and much more
- Comprehensive digital and personal onboarding program with individual mentoring
- Good career and further development opportunities via Sweco Academy internally or external seminars
- Our complete offering for our employees can be found here
Your tasks:
- Lead smaller and supports the leading of large mergers & acquisitions projects from first contract through due diligence to contract negotiations and closing
- Owns the M&A pipeline and ensures high proactivity towards potential targets
- Support with reach out to create strategic dialogue with our Targets when and where needed and go-to market approach
- Liaise internally with the right persons to help create momentum with Targets and understand segments
- Prepare presentations – both for internal purpose and external purpose where required
- Interact with the Group M&A team on a frequent basis to liaise, discuss strategic alternatives and how to further penetrate the market
- Provide support and advice to the Sweco team where necessary to build a strong basis and help create structural capital for further M&A growth
- Independent financial, strategic, and legal evaluation of potential transactions
- Create analyses and recommendations for M&A project steering committees
- Coordinate and assist negotiation teams and coach corporate colleagues in the project team
- Oversee, coordinate and assist with the post-acquisition integrations process
You should bring:
- Friendly, curious, results driven, pro-active and collaborative personality with a strong desire to achieve long-term sustainable growth via M&A
- Creates trust quickly
- Experience in dealing with clients and other transactional advisors
- Completed relevant university degree
- Several years of relevant professional experience in M&A advisory and/or corporate M&A as overall project manager in the execution of M&A projects
- Knowledge of company valuation and modelling of business cases and complex financial models
- Excellent analytical skills (structuring problems, numerical understanding)
- Relevant experience in sectors pertinent to the Sweco Group
- Proven negotiation skills with completed M&A transactions
- Ideally experienced in integrations of acquired companies or with other major transformation programs
- Proficient in German and English
