We have an exciting opportunity to join a global leader in the food ingredients space.
Our client offers sustainable, natural, value-added food products and ingredients with market leading businesses operating across a broad range of food categories.
From its own farms to manufacturing facilities, our client has built a unique integrated global value chain, in addition to partnering with customers, leveraging its complementary portfolio of “on-trend” food products, to co-create solutions that anticipate and meet changing consumer preferences as demand increases for healthier food that’s traceable and sustainable.
As a key member of the team, the M&A Manager will be assisting in the:
M&A transactions: end-to-end management of acquisition and divestment processes (~40-50% of time spent)
Strategy projects (~20-30%)
Building / refreshing Corporate as well as Business Unit (BU) strategy
Environmental scanning for future growth
Other projects & internal reporting (~20-30%)
Evaluation of greenfield investment proposals
Analytical P&L for the select businesses, incl. trend analysis, cost sheets, transfer pricing etc.
Reporting to the corporate centre
Educational & Experience
Relevant professional qualification (e.g., MBA with a major in finance and/ or strategy, CA or CPA)
Ideal candidate would be one who has 4-8 years of experience in a food & beverage ingredient corporate, in one or more of the following areas:
Strategy business development and commercial due diligence
Analytical finance (transfer pricing, cost sheet, trend analysis, actual vs budget)
Exposure to live M&A transactions (even if not the full deal cycle), including due diligence
Other experience will be considered such as Strategy Consulting, with significant exposure to the food and ingredients industry.
Solid knowledge of valuation & accounting concepts, is adept at building financial models and power point presentations, has passion to learn about new businesses and has attention to detail & outcome orientation
Ability to grasp high-level landscape and articulate complex situations/ structures in a lucid manner
High degree of proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and Power point
Familiarity with tools like Capital IQ, Reuters, Bloomberg