Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

A Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor plays a crucial role in facilitating business transactions related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other corporate restructuring activities. These professionals provide strategic advice and support to companies looking to buy, sell, or merge with other businesses, helping to ensure that these transactions align with the company’s goals, maximize value, and minimize risk.

Key Responsibilities

As a successful candidate, you will perform the following:
Conduct detailed due diligence on different aspects of target companies (with support from relevant organizations within the company)
Perform valuation of target companies based on different methods (with support from other organizations within the company) and evaluate the business plan of the targets,
Independently draft business proposals, Term Sheets, Non-Binding Offer (NBO), and develop a negotiation strategy and commercial terms for the transaction.
Lead the Negotiation and execution of definitive agreements (with the help of legal department and other relevant organizations in the company),
Validate activities to progress proposals through stage gates, prioritize business proposals against investment criteria and NBD portfolio strategy,
Manage all aspects of transaction execution including management of the overall project such as selecting, onboarding and working with a full team of advisors,
Manage the overall stakeholder management including working with internal organizations, consultants and potential partner(s),
Provide administrative direction in the development and review of legal documents which include head of terms, MoU, Cost sharing agreements, and shareholder agreements and manage business portfolio,
Ensure compliance to process stage gates and approvals, approves contract payments and variations within limit, provides administrative direction and personnel management to all assigned Business Development Analysts and performs other miscellaneous duties as directed.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate, you should have:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Business, Finance from a recognized and approved international program. An MBA and/or an equivalent qualification will be a plus, although not a requirement.
Minimum of (10) years of experience in business development which should include at least five (5) years of experience in M&A transaction execution in international oil companies/ national oil corporation.
Work experience with international consulting firms, accounting firms and investment banks or Private equity firms
Strong M&A background, demonstrated in previous roles, extensive experience in financial valuation, modeling, due diligence, commercial negotiations and transaction execution.
Adequate understanding of financial analysis of companies and valuation methodologies; commercial principals of a transaction; and different transaction structures. Industry specific expertise in Renewables, Carbon Capture and Storage, and/ or Hydrogen is a plus.
Extensive knowledge of specific commercialization strategies, including but not limited to spin-offs, joint venturing, project development, financial valuations, facilities planning, and strategy development is ideal.
Strong understanding of commercial business models in various sectors preferably including Solar, Wind, Storage, Hydrogen, Carbon Captures, Geothermal and Biomass amongst others new energies technologies
Strong experience with risk reporting and dash board maintenance
Full understanding of portfolio management principles
Solid understanding of accounting fundamentals
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification are preferable.

Company Industry

• Oil & Gas
• Petroleum

Department / Functional Area

• HR
• Human Relations
• Industrial Relations