Lead M&A Specialist

Grundfos; Bjerringbro; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Home working opportunities

Annual bonuses

Job summary

Grundfos seeks a Lead M&A Specialist to own end-to-end M&A transactions from LOI through due diligence, negotiations, and signing. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and advise executives and external advisers worldwide from our Bjerringbro headquarters.

The role emphasizes strong analytical skills, valuation capabilities, and English fluency, with a track record in corporate M&A or related advisory. Hybrid work and global collaboration are core aspects.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in economics, finance, business, commercial, or MBA (or engineering with MBA).
• 2–5 years of experience in corporate M&A, investment banking, or similar.
• Strong analytical and valuation capabilities with attention to detail.
• Advanced communication skills and fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Execute M&A transactions from LOI to closing, including integration planning.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and align stakeholders worldwide.
• Prepare decision materials for executives and external parties.
• Conduct valuations and financial analyses of targets.
• Challenge hypotheses and strengthen deal rationale.

Skills

Analytical skills

Valuation capabilities

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Education

Master's degree in economics, finance, business, commercial, or MBA plus engineering option

Job description

Lead M&A Specialist

Job Description

Are you our new M&A professional ready to take ownership of high-impact M&A deals that shape the future of a global industrial leader? Then join us in our mission to pioneer smarter solutions for moving and transforming water, reducing energy consumption, and enhancing quality of life.

As our new Lead M&A Specialist , you will be involved in M&A transactions end-to-end, from letter of intent through due diligence, negotiations, and signing, while coordinating cross-functional teams and building trusted relationships with stakeholders and advisers worldwide.

What you will be doing

As part of the Group M&A team based in our head offices in Bjerringbro, Denmark, you'll get a central role in strategic acquisitions and partnerships that accelerate Grundfos's growth and strengthen our position as a global water technology leader.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Execute M&A transactions from LOI through due diligence, negotiations, and closing, including integration, merger, and carve-out planning

• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and align internal and external stakeholders throughout the deal lifecycle

• Prepare and quality-assure decision materials for Executive Management, the M&A Committee, and external parties

• Conduct valuations, financial analyses, and assessments of potential M&A targets

• Challenge and validate deal hypotheses, and key assumptions to support sound decision-making

• Drive M&A improvement initiatives and strengthen the Grundfos M&A processes and ways of working

What makes you a great fit

You are a structured and self-driven transaction professional with strong analytical skills, commercial judgement, stakeholder management capabilities, and the ambition to move beyond the traditional adviser role. We also imagine that you have:

• A master's degree in economics, finance, business, commercial, or alternatively engineering disciplines combined with an MBA

• 2-5 years of experience in corporate M&A, investment banking, transaction advisory, private equity, or similar

• Strong analytical and valuation capabilities with excellent attention to detail

• Advanced communication skills and fluency in written and spoken English

It is a plus if you also:

• Have experience working across large organisations and geographical and cultural boundaries

• Have strong digital and AI literacy and can leverage technology in deal execution

• Have a track record of driving process improvements in a transaction or corporate development environment

Why you will love working here

We care! Day to day, you can look forward to:

• A working environment built around your needs, with flexible hours, home working opportunities and parental support.

• Annual bonuses, health insurance and a strong focus on well-being activities.

• Three days' additional paid leave for volunteering in your community.

• Access to on-demand training and learning sessions and carefully structured programmes to pursue personal and professional development opportunities.

For more information about the role, please contact VP & Head of Group M&A, Claus la Cour, on [phone].

To get to know us better, follow us on LinkedIn or visit grundfos.com

Information at a Glance

Job details

Workplace: Hybrid (office and home-working)

Job Location: Bjerringbro, Midtjylland, Denmark

Contract Type: Full-Time

Employment Type: Regular