Commercial Analyst Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Reporting directly to the Head of M&A - Pacific, this position will see you play an imperative role in the mergers and acquisitions program of a global corporate.

The business has a healthy pipeline of deals and this role will be heavily transaction focused. The right candidate will be high performing, commercially astute and able to manage competing priorities in an organised fashion.

Responsibility :

Financial Modelling

• Assist in completing financial modelling and projections for external businesses in the Pacific M&A pipeline.
• Identify irregular costs and normalise P&L statements for target businesses.
• Identify and quantify opportunities for synergies.
• Assist in building valuation models of target businesses on both a standalone and synergised basis.
• Calculate relevant financial metrics such as NPV, IRR and ROI for proposed acquisitions.
• Identify sensitivities in relevant financial models.

M&A Pipeline Management and Business Development

• Identify and target new business opportunities.
• Update and maintain pipeline and workflow documents of potential investment opportunities across the Pacific business.
• Liaise with key stakeholders within potential targets, to understand their business and assist them during the acquisition and integration processes.
• Organise internal stakeholders to ensure key deliverables and timeframes are met.
• At all times ensure competition law obligations are upheld in all M&A target interactions.

We are seeking an engaging, organised and analytical individual with advanced written and verbal communication skills who can:

• Participate in financial and business modelling.
• Lead internal M&A Due Diligence projects, managing scope, risks and deliverables.
• Manage stakeholders across the different functional teams.
• Assist with the financial due diligence and presentations to senior management.
• Understand irregular costs and normalise financial statements of target businesses.
• Identify, analyse and interpret financial, operational and statistical information.
• Understand and interpret project/assignment scopes and objectives.
• Analyse and interpret industry and competitive environment information.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to drive beneficial outcomes.
• Update and maintain pipeline and workflow documents of potential acquisitions across the business.
• Research and analyse small and medium businesses and commercial data required to complete project related documentation and reports.
• Develop and maintain project related documents including information memorandums, due diligence checklists and question and answer processes.
• Facilitate and coordinate the business sale transaction processes.

The successful applicant will be Degree qualified in Business, Commerce, Economics, Accounting or related disciplines with a minimum of 3 years' experience as a Business Analyst, Financial Analyst or M&A Manager.

In addition you will need to have;

• Strong understanding of financial and business concepts, models and financial accounts, standard and specific business drivers and performance measures.
• An understanding of statutory and management reporting benchmarks, calculations, and business management techniques.
• Well-developed analytical skills, including qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Extensive resourceful research skills and advanced report writing and documentation skills.
• Advanced excel and experience in business valuation modelling.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office knowledge including Powerpoint, Word, Outlook, Google Mail.

If this sounds like the right role for you then don't miss out and APPLY NOW!