Director, Mergers and Acquisitions
About Heritage Environmental Services
Headquartered in Indianapolis with over 1,600 employees across the United States, Heritage Environmental Services proudly provides safe and compliant industrial waste management solutions to clients across the country. Our legacy of environmental leadership was founded on the precipice of the environmental movement in the 1970s, and since our inception, we've been solving complex problems in the name of a cleaner world.
At Heritage, it is every employee's responsibility to ensure Health & Safety is the number one priority by following policies, processes, and acting in a safe manner. Heritage believes that each employee makes a significant contribution to our success. Therefore, this position description is designed to outline primary duties, qualifications, and job scope, but not limit the incumbent nor Heritage to just the work identified.
Director, Mergers and Acquisitions
Primary Purpose:
The Director, Mergers and Acquisitions is responsible for developing and executing the evaluation, financial, and operational strategy for mergers, acquisitions, and divestiture projects for the organization.
This role and the Merger and Acquisitions function are new to the organization and will have the opportunity to help establish M&A targets and practices across the Company.
Essential Functions & Requirements:
- Ensures Health & Safety is the number one goal by following policies, processes, and acting in a safe manner at all times.
- Develops and executes the evaluation, financial, and operational strategy for mergers, acquisitions, and divestiture projects.
- Advises on and evaluates deal rationale, financial projections, risk assessment, and financial implications.
- Oversees due diligence, financial planning, scoping, negotiations, closing, and integration of organizations involved in the merger or acquisition.
- Plans and implements negotiation strategies and leads negotiations with stakeholders.
- Monitors post-deal integration activities, including synergy goals.
- Conducts industry research, competitive analyses, and financial due diligence.
- Monitors the accuracy of target pipeline, project flow, and key milestones to ensure the timely execution of transactions.
- Actively maintains the M&A pipeline distribution to the executive leadership team.
- Maintains contact with large pools of independent owners and competitive or strategic targets for tracking pipeline of acquisitions.
- Conducts meetings with potential sellers on-site/in market to build relationships.
- Attends regional trade shows and conventions to further assess existing or potential pipeline targets.
- Partners with Sales leaders to gain feedback for succession planning reviews and engagement of acquisition targets and planning.
- Prepares reports and presentations for the Board of Directors, executive leadership, and other stakeholders.
- Oversees all activities of junior M&A personnel and actively develops their capabilities.
- Maintains a willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of the time, which may include overnights.
- Completes other duties or projects as assigned.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or Economics or related field (required).
- MBA (preferred).
Experience:
- 7+ years of experience in Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Private Equity/Venture Capital, or Consulting (required).
- Previous experience with M&A deal execution and integration (required).
- Previous experience in U.S. government contracting and/or corporate social responsibility (preferred).
Competencies:
- Strong financial modeling and analysis skills to conduct necessary due diligence.
- Knowledge of research databases and tools such as Bloomberg, CapitalIQ, FactSet, and Pitchbook.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting required deadlines.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to develop quality presentations.
- Executive presentation skills and presence with a comfort level working directly with senior executives.
- Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team.
- Strong personal initiative and comfort with ambiguity.
- Regular and predictable attendance to perform the functions and requirements of this role.
Benefits, Compensation, & Workforce Diversity:
Heritage offers competitive pay and bonus incentives. Benefits include choice of medical, dental, and vision plans, flexible spending or health savings accounts, employee and dependent life insurance, short and long-term disability, 401(k) savings plan with company match, and tuition reimbursement.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.
A post-offer drug screen will be required.
