M&A Business Analyst (C&I)

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

The M&A Business Analyst supports mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and new facility openings by delivering comprehensive business and IT analysis. This role collaborates with leaders, functional teams, and IT partners to document requirements, plan integration activities, define milestones, and ensure operational readiness. The analyst also contributes to major initiatives at existing sites by applying consistent analysis and delivery practices. Through structured execution and cross-functional coordination, the M&A Business Analyst helps ensure new and acquired operations are effectively established, integrated, and aligned with organizational goals.

Major Responsibilities

• Partner with business, functional, and IT stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and define business and service requirements that shape M&A and facility opening initiatives and ensure delivery of expected business outcomes.

• Lead requirements planning and validation activities, including scope definition, dependency identification, and timeline alignment across business users and delivery teams.

• Review, analyze, and document timing, readiness, and operational requirements, ensuring alignment with integration milestones and Day 1 / post-close objectives.

• Collaborate with solution partners to shape and communicate recommended solutions, including presenting options, impacts, and trade-offs to project teams and stakeholders.

• Identify, document, and track deviations, risks, and constraints related to standards, timelines, or integration assumptions; support governance forums by clearly articulating risk implications.

• Facilitate risk acceptance and decision documentation, including capturing Senior Leadership approval for accepted risks and deviations.

• Provide analysis, input, and review of Transition Services Agreements (TSA), including service scope, dependencies, and exit timelines to support successful transitions.

• Contribute to and review executive-level summaries and materials, translating complex information into clear insights to support informed decision-making.

• Support post-close verification activities, including validation of data, systems, and asset transfers to ensure completeness, accuracy, and operational readiness.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or related field, or equivalent work experience. Certification / License

• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, product owners, and external consultants to recommend solutions

• Prior experience working with IT technical solution implementations.

• Experience with gathering requirements and enforcing best practices.

• Prior Experience coordinating and leading technical teams

• Ability to map business process flows and journey maps

• Ability to analyze and organize data to resolve problems and identify risks and/or improvements

• Prior experience working on M&A integrations and/or standing up production facilities Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group.

• Ability to successfully engage in multiple tasks simultaneously

• Excellent problem-solving skills and techniques

• Ability to act as a liaison between capability team and business stakeholders · Ability to identify opportunities and propose solutions

• Ability to understand the perspective of the business and end users and apply that understanding to solution proposals

• Ability to utilize IT Best Practices and IT tools related to implementation, and documentation

Preferred Qualifications

• Business Analyst Certificate or similar certifications

• Experience in writing stories in an agile tool such as Jira or DevOps

• Experience with defining project timelines

• Experience with resource time and availability

• Knowledge of IT Best Practices · Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously

Great Reasons to work for Generac:

• Competitive Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401k and many more

• Free onsite gym open Monday through Saturday for Generac employees

• We offer product loan (for up to 4 days) and discount programs 

• Pride! When a storm strikes, Generac employees always rise to the occasion. Each time a storm hits, many employees volunteer their time with the customer support team or on the production line, while others go right into storm-affected areas to repair generators 

• Make a positive impact. Generac has always been community-minded and dedicated to giving back. The company proudly offers a Volunteer Time Off program, inviting team members to participate in charitable volunteer opportunities on company time. 

• We believe in having fun. From minor celebrations to major events, our employees balance their work by building a strong culture of teamwork and collaboration through a variety of occasions, including our Fun Days. 

• We’re an inclusive company that celebrates differences and keeps equity and respect at the forefront.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk.  On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”