Description
Frontline Road Safety
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Mergers and Acquisitions Associate
$105-$120K
Frontline Road Safety Group (FRS), a portfolio company of Bain Capital, is the undisputed North American pavement marking leader. Our company proudly provides its customers with unparalleled customer service and the use of innovative technology to ensure timely and value-added results. In our time of growth, we are seeking dedicated and talented individuals to add to our team.
We are currently looking to add a Mergers and Acquisitions Associate to our Denver HQ team. This is an on-site position in our downtown Denver headquarters.
Position Summary:
Reporting into the VP of M&A and Corporate Development, the Mergers & Acquisitions Associate will help to lead the company's organic and inorganic development as it relates to mergers and acquisitions ("M&A") to achieve growth, differentiation, and/or new capabilities. The Associate will work alongside the Vice President and Manager of M&A and Corporate Development in identifying, evaluating, acquiring and integrating the businesses necessary to meet its strategic objectives in close collaboration with the senior leadership team. This role will ultimately take ownership of Frontline's smaller tuck-in acquisition processes. The Associate will also lead and conduct special projects/growth initiatives as applicable.
Primary Roles and Responsibilities Include:
- Assist in identifying appropriate acquisition opportunities that support Frontline's strategic priorities through interaction with business leaders, entrepreneurs, investment bankers and organic pipeline generation.
- Evaluate the inflow of acquisition opportunities in addition to identifying both sectors to target, and individual companies to target.
- Coordinate with all levels of management to gather, analyze, summarize, and prepare recommendations regarding acquisitions, new business investments, and deal modeling.
- Develop and manage pro forma valuation models and operating models - including identification of synergies, forecasts and creative structures.
- Manage due diligence with third party advisors across business, financial, tax, and legal processes including organizing, reviewing, and analyzing information received.
- Special projects, analysis, and initiatives to support the overall growth of the business.
- Assist in driving process improvements and memorialize best practice/lessons learned for acquisition sourcing and execution
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics or a quantitative discipline.
- At least 2 years of M&A experience. Investment banking, private equity, and/or corporate M&A experience preferred.
- Analytical, methodical and rigorous approach; ability to independently take apart complex business issues, quickly form a hypothesis and synthesize/present conclusions in concise, easy-to- understand terms is critical.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work both individually and cross functionally with team members of all levels across business units and geographies.
- Skilled in prioritizing a large number of initiatives. The ability to pivot quickly as demands change in real-time and the ability to adjust workflows to reflect practical time constraints are key.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and to manage multiple constituencies/priorities to meet deadlines with minimal supervision
- Self-motivated and high energy; can easily function in a high-demand, fast paced, performance- driven environment
- Must be willing to roll-up sleeves and get work done; this position requires tactical, hands-on execution and a personal drive for results
- Ability to identify opportunities through business judgment and pattern recognition
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