Senior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions

Sodexo Careers•North Bethesda, MD

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

External growth has and will continue to be a key component of Sodexo’s growth story. The North America Mergers & Acquisitions Team works transversally across all business lines, leading execution of Sodexo North America M&A activity, while working closely with the business teams of each segment. Reporting to CFO for the NorAm Region, and dotted line reporting to the Head of Group M&A. The Head of Mergers & Acquisitions - North America manages all aspects of corporate development and influences company-wide strategic initiatives to deliver Sodexo’s organic and inorganic growth strategies. This is a Hybrid Role located at our North Bethesda, MD Headquarters. Travel is not excessive or on a regular cadence, however, candidates must be prepared to travel throughout the region with occasional travels to the Group’s global HQ in Europe.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or Accounting, MBA strongly preferred
Minimum of 10 years in corporate M&A
Experience in investment banking, transaction advisory and/or, in-house corporate development, with in-depth hands-on knowledge of mergers and acquisitions and minority investments.
Works independently to drive high profile initiatives (business acquisitions, divestitures, venture investments, joint-ventures, public-private partnerships).
Strong background in financial modeling.
Possesses persuasive communications skills, particularly the ability to develop coherent arguments and present technical analysis and recommendations to senior leaders and other key stakeholders (with different backgrounds and nationalities).
Strong business acumen and comfortable working in high pressure situations, competing priorities and under tight timelines.
Experience with negotiation of letters of intent, valuation models, due diligence and negotiation of transaction documents, SPA
Advanced competency with necessary software tools, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Word, as well as external data sources such as Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters, Crunchbase and Bloomberg.

Nice To Haves

MBA strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Leads, manages and conducts Deal Developments under the direction of the CFO and of the head of Group M&A.
Leads execution of highly diverse M&A deals from target pre-screening at initial stage and deal sourcing through valuation, negotiation, structuring, signing, closing and post-closing support
Develops detailed financial analysis & business plan (standalone P&L), defines the potential synergies, develops the Sodexo business case including the synergies and Group Model.
Prepares the presentation for the Group Investment Committee for pre-approval (LOI) and for signing (updated business case post DD).
Contributes to the definition of the integration plan.
Works with multi-national and multi-cultural cross-disciplinary transaction teams through due diligence, working with teams from finance, tax, legal, insurance, treasury, operations, IT, HR, etc.
Leads the collaboration of subject matter experts to develop negotiation strategies (e.g., drafting of purchase and sale agreements and other transaction agreements).
Evaluates domestic/international transactions through strategic, financial, and valuation analysis
Manages all aspects of M&A projects (i.e., acquisition, divestiture, joint venture, venture investment, minority investment) across each of the business segments
Leads and coordinates the Due Diligence process; drives deal teams including both internal teams and external advisors (i.e., investment banks, law firms, accounting firms) to evaluate and complete transactions.
Works closely with CFO, NorAm on larger and complex transactions in the region.