VP, Mergers & Acquisitions

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Job Description

Position Summary

The Vice President (VP) of M&A heads the entire M&A department and oversees all activities. This position performs with a focus on delivering value to the business through target prospecting, deal negotiation, assessing integration fit and readiness, developing integration strategies, target due diligence, and post-close integration management.

The VP of M&A’s duties encompass the entire merger and acquisition life-cycle with a strong mix of operational, financial and strategic aspects.

Objectives and Responsibilities of the VP – M&A

Leadership/Supervisory Role: The VP of M&A is tasked with leading merger and acquisition transactions through cross-functional due diligence work. This position works through diligence processes and gathers and leverages integration planning inputs in order to support integration planning and valuation inputs.  Key deliverable is also identifying and understanding synergies and returns of potential deal(s).

The VP of M&A also gathers important information regarding risks and opportunities for impending and ongoing M&A activities, translating this information into fact-based and well-reasoned insights on the valuation and structural impact of the merger or acquisition.

This leadership position requires continual interactions with both internal and external business leaders in driving ongoing alignment of current acquisitions and mergers. The VP of M&A is additionally responsible for ensuring that internal M&A processes and standards are adhered.

Strategy: The VP of M&A plays a strategic role in leading, planning, and providing support for due diligence activities across all functional areas of any transaction inclusive of commercial, financial, products, operations, technology, HR, sales and marketing.

Research and Analytics: The VP of M&A will also play an analytical role where (s)he will assist with modeling and financial analysis of impending and on-going transactions.

This position enables detailed target analysis and financial model lead creation using KPIs and other variables as sales drivers in order to estimate revenue and profitability of merger or acquisition over a multi-year project period. The VP of M&A will develop operating models that are highly flexible in order to be able to maneuver through multiple scenarios for the purpose of enabling any necessary and abrupt changes on a real-time basis.

In this position, the VP of M&A is also tasked with leading the preparation of valuation models following the business’s M&A standards and performing key analyses inclusive of ROIC, accretion and dilution analyses, comparable company analysis, and discounted cash flow analyses.

Collaboration: The role of the VP of M&A is also a collaborative one and, as such, this position partners cross functionally with most functional areas across the business including the legal department in order to ensure that proper protocols and processes are followed and adhered to in a timely manner for each transaction.

(S)he also works hand-in-hand with top leadership in the finance and operations functions in making final approvals of M&A transactions as well as delivering well communicated, balanced, and comprehensive analyses for each stage of merger and acquisition transactions for the business’s executives and key stakeholders.

In this collaboration (s)he also identifies markets, industries, geographies, and technologies that complement the overall M&A strategy and translate these analyses into specified targets. The VP of M&A additionally works with external business leadership of prospecting businesses in supporting management and execution of the merger or acquisition process throughout the transaction life cycle.

Knowledge: The VP of M&A is responsible for maintaining knowledge of the industry, keeping up with industry best practices, and maintaining a high-performance level and success rate of merger and acquisition activities for the business.

(S)he also keeps up with legislation and regulatory policies governing merger and acquisition transactions within the business’s jurisdiction of operation, ensuring all of the business’s M&A activities fall within the confines of these policies and legislation.

Required Qualifications of the VP of M&A

Education: The VP of M&A must have a college degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics or other related field. An equivalent of the same in working experience is also acceptable.

Experience: A candidate for this position must have had at least 10 years in working experience in an M&A capacity within a fast-paced, highly-competitive, and dynamic environment, preferably working as an M&A executive/senior leader. The candidate will demonstrate an in-depth operational and valuation financial modeling experience and an ability to generate new business through the exploitation of existent relationships as well as the development of new relationships in the industry.

The VP of M&A will also have experience making effective decisions through the analysis of information and proficient deal analysis, negotiation, and execution. The candidate will have extensive knowledge of accrual accounting concepts, corporate finance, and will also have experience managing a large M&A team through the entire life-cycle of a merger or acquisition transaction. A suitable candidate will also have had a vast and successful track record of managing transactions, transaction valuation, and strategic transaction analyses.

Communication Skills: Communication skills, both in written and verbal form, are an essential skill for the VP of M&A.

Communication skills will be especially important in the VP of M&A’s collaborative capacity and for collaborations with external and prospective business leadership, which will play an important part in the success or failure of impending transactions. The VP of M&A will also be required to draft regular reports and make presentations to the business’s executives, stakeholders, and team members for final informed decision-making. These reports must be clear, easy to understand, convincing, exhaustive, engaging, and tailored to suit various audiences.

MS Office/Software: A candidate for this position must be highly proficient in the use of MS Word, MS Excel, and PowerPoint, necessary for the creation of visually and verbally engaging reports and presentations for the business’s executives, stakeholders, and collaborating personnel.

Analytical Skills: The VP of M&A must also have a passion for research and analysis, being highly skilled in efficiently analyzing large data quantities and driving financial modeling and due diligence. (S)he will be able to process raw information and data, translating this into actionable insights for informed decision-making within the department.

Interpersonal Skills: The VP of M&A must also have certain personal attributes that are well-suited for this position.  This includes flexibility, openness to change, an ability to work in a constantly evolving environment, executive presence, a can-do attitude, drive, and an ability to work comfortably with people at all levels and backgrounds.

The VP of M&A will also have an ability to work on multiple simultaneous projects and meet aggressive deadlines, and have an ability to remain calm in uncertain and stressful times, inspiring the same in the others.

Leadership/People Skills: The VP of M&A is a representative of the business and, as such, (s)he must be a confident, likable, and approachable individual who brings out a similar image of the business. This position should be capable of forming strong, lasting, and meaningful relationships with others.

These skills will also inspire trust and confidence internally, with the business’s executives and stakeholders, giving more credit to insights, judgments, and directives.

Additional Responsibilities: Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed to support business objectives.

Travel: Up to 50% travel required, nationally

Physical Requirements

Work is performed in a typical office environment and may require standing, bending, lifting boxes or packages under 10 lbs., and sitting for long periods of time. Work requires regularly inputting/retrieving words or data into or from an automated/computer system.

TopBuild Corp. (NYSE: BLD) is the leading installer and distributor of insulation and building material services nationwide. TopBuild has a family of companies, which comprises of approximately over 450 branch locations across the United States and Canada. As a company, we actively engage in corporate social responsibility through our commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices. Additionally, we prioritize diversity and inclusion in our organization. If this interests you, we encourage you to join our company and find a variety of career opportunities awaiting you!

TopBuild Corp. is an equal opportunity employer (EOE), this includes protected Veterans/Disability. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position. Upon request and absent undue hardship, reasonable accommodation will be offered to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.