M&A Manager

Rentokil Initial; Boulogne-Billancourt; Sur place; EUR 80 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading company in pest control is seeking an experienced M&A professional to drive strategic business development in France and French-speaking regions. The role involves managing transactions, negotiating deals, and ensuring compliance with internal governance. The candidate will work closely with regional leadership and internal specialists, requiring strong interpersonal skills and the ability to manage complex valuation models. This position offers a dynamic environment with opportunities for professional growth and collaboration across various teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on M&A experience.
• Fluency in English and French is mandatory.
• Experience leading negotiations of LOIs and Purchase Agreements.

Responsabilités

• Develop pipeline and execute transactions in France.
• Negotiate LOIs and SPAs, manage due diligence.
• Perform post-acquisition reviews and evaluations.

Connaissances

M&A Experience

Business Modelling

Negotiation

Cross-Functional Team Management

Communication

Formation

Relevant Business or Finance Degree

Professional Qualification (e.g. ACA, CFA)

Description du poste

You will play a leading role in furthering our strategic business development programme through merger, acquisition, joint venture and divestment activities using our transaction processes, from developing a high quality pest and hygiene / wellbeing pipeline, appraising and valuing acquisition opportunities, building internal consensus and getting formal approvals, negotiating and deal structuring, organising DD and sign-off process, through to completion and post-completion follow-up.

You will be primarily responsible for France and other French speaking regions (French speaking Belgium, French Caribbean, some African countries etc.) and have the responsibility to develop pipeline and execute transactions in France and support transactions in other European regions as required. You will work closely with MDs and business unit managers for these countries / regions, and interact with internal specialists (Finance, Legal, Tax, HR, Operations etc.). You will implement and ensure internal governance and compliance processes.

This role will report to the Executive M&A Director (based in the Group HQ in Crawley, UK), and will be a key member of a small but dynamic team with exposure to the PLC Investment Committee.

Key Responsibilities :

Pipeline building and maintaining relationships with targets.

Calling up / meeting new potential targets where RI has no prior contact

Maintaining relationship with top 50 targets by calling / meeting them 1-2 times a year.

Work in conjunction with M&A ED in managing deals :

Negotiate LOIs – needs demonstrable prior experience of “leading” LOI negotiations

Negotiate SPAs – demonstrable prior experience of understanding of key SPA clauses and negotiating positions

Manage due diligence with a cross functional team of internal experts and external advisors (finance, tax, legal) – prior experience essential.

Build robust financial valuation models and Investment Committee papers reflecting the detailed business case in order to assess the value creation potential of acquisition, venture or divestment proposals :

With input from country MD / FD

Aligned with expectations of EU MD / FD, M&A ED and Investment Committee.

As required, prepare general market entry analysis for new segments, industry and competitor analysis and various internal and external presentations.

Awareness of post deal integration activities and ensuring these are identified, planned for and actioned by the acquiring business.

Follow-up on post completion undertakings such as Earn Out related payments and breach of warranty.

Perform thorough post-acquisition reviews evaluating the success of transactions and take learning forward.

Qualifications

Mandatory Skills

A minimum 5 years of hands-on M&A experience, including prior experience in a corporate environment (preferred). Candidates with a background in a client facing role in a large accountancy firm or investment banking will be considered.

Fluency in English and French; other languages will be a plus

Solid business modelling skills mandatory

Experience of managing cross functional due diligence teams

Experience of leading negotiation of LOIs / Term sheets and Purchase Agreements will be valuable

Ability to work collaboratively with country and regional leadership teams

Other Skills needed for the role

Ability to deliver results often working in and managing cross functional, cross cultural teams spread across various countries where face to face meetings are rare.

Intellectual capacity to manage complex valuation models independently.

Ability to work on 3-5 projects simultaneously without slowing down any of them.

An open, direct, and respectful communication style with excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to work in a collaborative manner with colleagues, challenging them in the right areas while getting things done.

Experience of communicating with MD / FD level individuals.

Proven ability to think strategically about acquisition objectives, map the strategy into due diligence evaluations.

Capacity to rapidly identify issues pertaining to acquisitions, communicate those issues upwards immediately and find resolution.

Exceptional attention to detail.

Relevant business or finance degree from a leading academic institution and / or professional qualification (e.g. ACA, CFA etc).

Flexibility to travel regularly (~20% of time).

Additional Information

Personal attributes

Strong interpersonal skills

Able to facilitate and leverage internal resources

Able to challenge key senior stakeholders on deal critical issues