Director, M&A - France

Banyan Software; Paris; Hybride; EUR 180 000 - 260 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Banyan Software seeks a Director of M&A to lead multiple acquisitions in France, from initial assessment through post-closing integration, reporting to senior leadership. The role requires building and guiding a high-performing team, collaborating with origination, operating partners, and finance to drive strategic value.

Based in Paris with hybrid work 2-3 days/week, you will negotiate with software owners, analyse financial data, and develop valuation models to support decisive investment

Qualifications

• Experience as an M&A leader with buy-side transactions in France.
• Ability to influence leadership and build a team in a hybrid Paris office.
• CA/CPA and/or MBA is an asset.
• Ability to evaluate risks and opportunities quickly.
• Strong negotiation and execution of acquisitions with owners and executives.
• Financial literacy and the ability to present to executives and boards.
• Fluency in English and French, written and spoken.
• Hybrid work in Paris, 2–3+ days per week.

Responsabilités

• Meet with software owners and share Banyan's value proposition for acquisitions.
• Lead multiple acquisition processes from LOI to closing.
• Analyse financial data and build valuation models.
• Lead due diligence to surface risks and opportunities.
• Manage internal resources and external vendors.
• Lead post-acquisition integration with best practices.
• Nurture relationships with brokers and bankers.
• Build an M&A team to support a specialized vertical.

Connaissances

M&A leadership

Leadership influence

CA/CPA or MBA asset

Risk evaluation

Negotiation

Financial literacy

Bilingual English/French

Hybrid work in Paris

Formation

CA/CPA and/or MBA

Description du poste

Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. We are on a mission to acquire, build, and grow great companies worldwide, helping them modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world. Banyan is Great Place to Work Certified, a five-time Inc. 5000 honoree, and a top 10 company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Banyan operates more than 100 portfolio companies across North America, the UK, EU, and APAC.

Director of M&A - France

Job Profile:

As a front-line leader on the M&A team, the Director leads multiple acquisitions per year from early-stage evaluation through to post-closing integration, meeting with business owners to evaluate alignment with the company’s acquisition criteria and to determine prospective company valuations. Post-acquisition, the Director will be responsible for strategy and key operational improvements. Working closely with the origination team, operating partners, and finance team, the Director will be expected to lead and grow the M&A function within their industry vertical, providing senior leadership and direction to the team.

Location:

Paris, France

Responsibilities

• Meet with software owners and share the company’s value proposition of being the best permanent home for the acquired business.
• Lead multiple acquisition processes per year, from LOI through closing, collaborating with business owners on key issues and roadblocks to ensure successful closings.
• Analyse financial data and prepare financial valuation models.
• Lead diligence efforts to surface key risks and opportunities in target businesses.
• Effectively manage internal resources and external vendors as needed (e.g., tech, accounting, legal).
• Manage post-acquisition integration, implementing the company’s best practices for running software companies and capitalising on the opportunities surfaced during diligence.
• Nurture relationships with business brokers and bankers to aid business development efforts.
• Build an M&A team to support the development of a specialised vertical.

Qualifications for success:

• Proven experience as an M&A leader having executed a volume of buy side transactions in the software and technology sector in France.
• The ability and willingness to strategically influence leadership, grow the team and develop the region, while also being comfortable 'rolling up your sleeves' in transactions as the first execution headcount in the region.
• CA/CPA and/or MBA is an asset.
• Ability to quickly evaluate key risks and opportunities in a business.
• Ability to negotiate and execute acquisitions with business owners/executives.
• Financial literacy and the ability to build presentations for executive- and board-level audiences.
• Business-level written and spoken fluency in English and French
• While we don't have a physical office in France yet, it will be in Paris, and we will be looking for people comfortable working there in a hybrid capacity, ideally 2-3+ days a week.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Banyan: Banyan affirms that inequality is detrimental to our Global Teams, associates, our Operating Companies, and the communities we serve. As a collective, our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Banyan is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.

Please Note

Banyan Software does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications submitted via email, LinkedIn, or other direct channels. All candidates must apply through our official Careers site to be considered for employment. Applications submitted outside of our applicant tracking system will not be reviewed.

Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. We are on a mission to acquire, build, and grow great companies worldwide, helping them modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world. Banyan is Great Place to Work Certified, a five-time Inc. 5000 honoree, and a top 10 company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Banyan operates more than 100 portfolio companies across North America, the UK, EU, and APAC.

Responsabilités

• Rencontrer les propriétaires d'éditeurs de logiciels et partager la proposition de valeur de la société : être le meilleur foyer permanent pour les entreprises acquises.
• Piloter plusieurs processus d'acquisition par an dans leur intégralité, de la lettre d'intention (LOI) jusqu'au closing, en collaborant avec les dirigeants sur les enjeux clés et les obstacles rencontrés en cours de route, jusqu'à la finalisation réussie des opérations.
• Analyser les données financières et élaborer des modèles de valorisation financière.
• Diriger les travaux de due diligence pour identifier les principaux risques et opportunités des entreprises cibles.
• Gérer efficacement les ressources internes et les prestataires externes selon les besoins (technique, comptabilité, juridique).
• Piloter l'intégration post-acquisition, en mettant en œuvre les meilleures pratiques de la société en matière de gestion d'éditeurs de logiciels et en capitalisant sur les opportunités identifiées lors de la due diligence.
• Entretenir les relations avec les intermédiaires et banquiers d'affaires afin de soutenir les efforts de développement commercial.
• Constituer une équipe M&A pour accompagner le développement d'un vertical spécialisé.

Qualifications requises

• Expérience avérée en tant que leader M&A, avec un volume significatif de transactions buy-side exécutées dans le secteur des logiciels et de la technologie en France.
• Capacité et volonté d'influencer stratégiquement le développement de la région, de développer l’équipe M&A tout en étant à l'aise pour s’impliquer directement et opérationnellement dans les transactions.
  Capacité à évaluer rapidement les principaux risques et opportunités d'une entreprise.
• Capacité à négocier et à exécuter des acquisitions avec des propriétaires et dirigeants d'entreprises.
• Solide culture financière et capacité à construire des présentations destinées au comité de direction et au conseil d'administration.
  Maîtrise professionnelle de l'anglais et du français, à l'écrit comme à l'oral.

Le poste est situé à Paris VIIIème (Saint Lazare) et nous recherchons des personnes à l'aise avec un mode de travail hybride, idéalement 3 jours ou plus par semaine au bureau.

Director of M&A - France

Job Profile:

As a front-line leader on the M&A team, the Director leads multiple acquisitions per year from early-stage evaluation through to post-closing integration, meeting with business owners to evaluate alignment with the company’s acquisition criteria and to determine prospective company valuations. Post-acquisition, the Director will be responsible for strategy and key operational improvements. Working closely with the origination team, operating partners, and finance team, the Director will be expected to lead and grow the M&A function within their industry vertical, providing senior leadership and direction to the team.

Location:

Paris, France

Responsibilities

• Meet with software owners and share the company’s value proposition of being the best permanent home for the acquired business.
• Lead multiple acquisition processes per year, from LOI through closing, collaborating with business owners on key issues and roadblocks to ensure successful closings.
• Analyse financial data and prepare financial valuation models.
• Lead diligence efforts to surface key risks and opportunities in target businesses.
• Effectively manage internal resources and external vendors as needed (e.g., tech, accounting, legal).
• Manage post-acquisition integration, implementing the company’s best practices for running software companies and capitalising on the opportunities surfaced during diligence.
• Nurture relationships with business brokers and bankers to aid business development efforts.
• Build an M&A team to support the development of a specialised vertical.

Qualifications for success:

• Proven experience as an M&A leader having executed a volume of buy side transactions in the software and technology sector in France.
• The ability and willingness to strategically influence leadership, grow the team and develop the region, while also being comfortable 'rolling up your sleeves' in transactions as the first execution headcount in the region.
• CA/CPA and/or MBA is an asset.
• Ability to quickly evaluate key risks and opportunities in a business.
• Ability to negotiate and execute acquisitions with business owners/executives.
• Financial literacy and the ability to build presentations for executive- and board-level audiences.
• Business-level written and spoken fluency in English and French
• While we don't have a physical office in France yet, it will be in Paris, and we will be looking for people comfortable working there in a hybrid capacity, ideally 2-3+ days a week.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Banyan: Banyan affirms that inequality is detrimental to our Global Teams, associates, our Operating Companies, and the communities we serve. As a collective, our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Banyan is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.

Please Note

Banyan Software does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications submitted via email, LinkedIn, or other direct channels. All candidates must apply through our official Careers site to be considered for employment. Applications submitted outside of our applicant tracking system will not be reviewed.