Mergers and Acquisitions Manager
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M&A Manager originating and leading US acquisitions for Celnor Group, a Testing, Inspection, Certification, and Compliance business group. Building owner relationships and driving transactions from opportunity through completion.
Responsibilities:
- Identify and originate acquisition opportunities, including off-market opportunities
- Build trusted relationships directly with founders, owners, and entrepreneurs
- Assess businesses from financial, strategic, and commercial perspectives
- Develop investment cases and recommendations for senior leadership and the Board
- Lead transactions through evaluation, due diligence, negotiation, and completion
- Build financial analysis and deal models in Excel
- Produce investment papers, reports, and presentations
- Coordinate external advisors and internal stakeholders throughout the transaction process
- Work closely with Finance, HR, Integration, and operational leadership
- Manage multiple live transactions while maintaining pace, accuracy, and attention to detail
- Contribute ideas, market intelligence, and potential opportunities to the wider US acquisition strategy
- Personally drive deals and take ownership of the US acquisition pipeline
- Work closely with established M&A leadership in the UK and senior Group leadership
- Help build the US platform for Celnor Group’s growth in the Testing, Inspection, Certification, and Compliance sector
Requirements:
- Strong track record of executing and leading M&A transactions
- Experience working within the lower-middle market
- Strong financial analysis and transaction capability
- Excellent commercial judgment and ability to recognize attractive businesses
- Confidence building relationships directly with founders and business owners
- Ability to originate opportunities rather than relying solely on intermediated processes
- Strong Excel financial modeling and PowerPoint skills
- Ability to turn complex financial and commercial information into clear recommendations
- Confidence presenting investment cases to senior stakeholders
- Judgment to assess cultural alignment alongside financial performance
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to operate autonomously while remaining part of an internationally connected team
- Willingness and ability to travel within the United States as required
- CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional finance/accounting qualification advantageous
- Experience combining M&A with consulting, corporate strategy, or another commercially focused environment valuable
Benefits:
- Deal-based variable incentive compensation; incentive compensation is performance-related, not guaranteed, and subject to the applicable incentive plan
- Competitive US benefits package
- Healthcare coverage
- Generous paid time off allowance
- Remote work
- Domestic travel typically around twice per month depending on deal activity
- Potential to help build and ultimately lead a broader US M&A capability over time
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