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About our client

Our client is a highly successful European buy-and-build platform backed by an international PE investor, that has grown to a turnover of over EUR 1bn and is successfully acquiring ~30 add-on acquisitions per year. As they are on a growth journey, they are looking for someone to match their scale-up mentality.

They are now looking to grow their German team with an outgoing and proactive M&A Manager, with native-level German and fluent in English.

In this role, you will have significant control over your work, challenging and developing yourself by executing their M&A strategy, owning the M&A process, and regularly following up on cases within the cross-border M&A team, country organisations, and group management. 

The role reports directly into the C-level and is ideally based in Hamburg, but can also be located elsewhere in Germany and involves several days of travel per month to visit potential targets. 

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What the job involves

• Collaborate with the M&A team in the development and execution of the M&A strategy
• Source and evaluate potential acquisition candidates
• Plan, execute and lead due diligence processes
• Conduct deal negotiations
• Develop balanced business case proposals
• Present and pitch cases internally
• Build and maintain relationships both internally and externally

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Who we are looking for

• Several years of experience in corporate development, M&A, private equity or transaction services
• Proven track record in executing deals
• Comfort in working independently and with a commercial mindset
• Valued personal traits include a self-starting mentality, humility, and social competence, as you will interact with a wide range of people, from the local entrepreneur of a 10-person firm to nationwide firms with private equity owners
• Fluency in English and native-level German