Director, M&A - Iberia

2 Months ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

The Director of M&A - Iberia will lead multiple acquisitions per year from early evaluation to post-closing integration, meeting with business owners, analyzing financial data, and preparing valuation models. They will manage post-acquisition integration and implement best practices. The role involves building relationships, leading an M&A team, and contributing to strategic growth within their industry vertical. Responsibilities include leading acquisitions, analyzing financial data, managing diligence efforts, and nurturing broker relationships. The ideal candidate will have experience in the software and technology sector in Spain and/or Portugal. The position requires fluency in English and Spanish or Portuguese, with a hybrid work arrangement in Madrid.
Must have:
  • Proven M&A experience in software and technology.
  • Ability to evaluate risks and opportunities in businesses.
  • Fluent in English and Spanish or Portuguese.

Job Details

Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software companies, their employees, and customers. We are on a mission to acquire, build and grow great enterprise software businesses all over the world that have dominant positions in niche vertical markets. In recent years, Banyan was named the #1 fastest-growing private software company in the US on the Inc. 5000 and amongst the top 10 fastest-growing companies by the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Founded in 2016 with a permanent capital base setup to preserve the legacy of founders, Banyan focuses on a buy and hold for life strategy for growing software companies that serve specialized vertical markets.

Director of M&A - Iberia

 

Job Profile: 

As a front-line leader on the M&A team, the Director leads multiple acquisitions per year from early-stage evaluation through to post-closing integration, meeting with business owners to evaluate alignment with the company’s acquisition criteria and to determine prospective company valuations. Post-acquisition, the Director will be responsible for strategy and key operational improvements.  Working closely with the origination team, operating partners, and finance team, the Director will be expected to lead and grow the M&A function within their industry vertical, providing senior leadership and direction to the team. 

Location: Madrid, Spain

Responsibilities:

  • Meet with software owners and share the company’s value proposition of being the best permanent home for the acquired business.
  • Lead multiple acquisition processes per year from LOI to closing, collaborating with business owners on key issues and roadblocks along the way to successful closings.
  • Analyze financial data and prepare financial valuation models.
  • Lead diligence efforts to surface key risks and opportunities in target businesses.
  • Effectively manage internal resources and outside vendors as needed (tech, accounting, legal). 
  • Manage post-acquisition integration, implementing the company’s best practices for running software companies and capitalizing on the opportunities surfaced during diligence.
  • Nurture business broker and banker relationships to aid in business development efforts.
  • Build an M&A team to support the development of a specialized vertical.

Qualifications for success:

  • Proven experience as an M&A leader having executed a volume of buy side transactions in the software and technology sector in Spain and/or Portugal.
  • The ability and willingness to strategically influence leadership, grow the team and develop the region, while also being comfortable 'rolling your sleeves up' in transactions as the first execution headcount in the region.
  • CA/CPA and/or MBA is an asset.
  • Ability to quickly evaluate key risks and opportunities in a business.
  • Ability to negotiate and execute acquisitions with business owners/executives.
  • Financial literacy and ability to build presentations for executive team/board-level audiences.
  • Business level written and spoken fluency in English and Spanish and/or Portuguese.
  • While we don't have a physical office in Iberia yet, it will be in Madrid and we will be looking for people comfortable working there in a hybrid capacity, ideally 2-3+ days a week in the office.

 

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Banyan: Banyan affirms that inequality is detrimental to our Global Teams, associates, our Operating Companies, and the communities we serve. As a collective, our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Banyan is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.

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Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software companies, their employees, and customers. We are on a mission to acquire, build and grow great enterprise software businesses all over the world that have dominant positions in niche vertical markets. Founded in 2016 with a permanent capital base setup to preserve the legacy of founders, Banyan focuses on a buy-and-hold-for-life strategy for growing software companies that serve specialized vertical markets. As a purpose-driven company, Banyan is committed to making an enduring, positive impact on the world.

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