Director Of M&A - Chief Financial Office-Sandyford

Director of M&A - Chief Financial Office-Sandyford

This role will play a key role in driving the inorganic growth of Arachas through the delivery of an outstandingly executed buy-and-build strategy. This role working closely with the CEO and CFO and will focus on delivering the Arachas M&A strategy.

• Build out Arachas M&A strategy through assessing and identifying key targets within each of the following key focus areas: (i) Commercial lines broking consolidation, (ii) High growth market / product / value chain opportunities, (iii) Insurtech opportunities. In doing so collaborate with senior leaders across Arachas to think about opportunities in a progressive, systematic and routine fashion.
• Manage Arachas engagement and deal/investment relationships with corporate finance and investment banking firms.
• Partner with business leaders before, during and after the M&A processes, to ensure the deals make strategic and financial sense, fit with the forward-looking business plans, and are integrated smoothly and fully optimized.
• For investment / acquisition activities, serve as the primary Arachas interface with regional /business unit management teams and the point of coordination for all M&A activities with these divisions.

Coordinate Origination and Manage Pipeline:

• Build relationships with each business unit to keep an ongoing flow of opportunities that is aligned with Arachas's objectives.
• Establish and lead a robust and comprehensive pipeline process to identify, evaluate, prioritise and manage execution of potential opportunities. This will include a rigorous idea generation and screening process that will deliver rapid execution of quality acquisition and investment ideas.
• Play a key role in all Arachas M&A activities and provide general transaction and analytic support to business unit management teams including the creation of summaries and presentation materials to communicate recommendations to senior management and other internal stakeholders.
• Manage key deliverables including creating analyses, overseeing timely delivery of Heads of Terms, and project management of due diligence, legal documentation and investment approval processes.
• Lead cross-functional teams in developing acquisition business case analyses and executing and interfacing with finance, accounting, legal, tax, risk & compliance, HR and IT departments to ensure seamless deal execution.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of transaction experience in M&A, Corporate Development or Investment in a large Corporation or Financial Services institution.
• MBA or relevant graduate degree from top-tier institution or similar academic / professional qualifications
• Significant experience in leading teams to execute all aspects of transactions including direct experience in
• negotiating and executing complex M&A transactions, and post deal integration.
• Proven track record structuring and managing complex cross-enterprise projects and processes with multiple stakeholders at both senior and junior levels.
• Broad exposure to and understanding of insurance distribution and/or financial service industries.
• Experience working in a demanding environment with highly motivated and driven professionals.

Person Specification:

• Superior strategy development, analytical and problem solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor.
• Excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities; ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to senior managers and external business partners.
• Ability to handle projects with multiple workstreams, with proven leadership success over a wide variety of functional business problems.
• Strong leadership skills with a team-oriented and collaborative approach to work.
• Clear understanding of the disciplines of a PE environment (e.g. investment thesis development and delivery including revenue and cost synergies).

In an industry that never stands still, neither do we. The Ardonagh Group was founded in 2017 and has grown to become the UK's largest independent insurance distribution platform and a top 20 broker globally. Our best-in-class entrepreneurial and specialist brands are based across a network of 150+ locations worldwide and have a combined workforce of more than 10,000 people. Across our portfolio, we offer a highly diversified range of insurance-related products and services across the full insurance value chain in the UK, Ireland and broader international markets. From complex multinational corporations to individuals purchasing personal insurance policies, our understanding of the communities we serve, together with our scale and breadth, allows us to deliver a broad range of product and risk solutions to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving market.