Director, M&A

Summary

Join Experian as the Director, M&A, leading inorganic growth for the Financial Services & Data business. You will spearhead mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, and market expansion. This high-profile role involves creating and managing M&A pipelines, conducting due diligence, and integrating acquired companies. You will also develop compelling business cases and present them to executive management. Success requires strong analytical and financial modeling skills, industry connections, and excellent communication abilities. The position reports to the SVP, Business Ventures and Partnerships and involves up to 25% travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business or related fields
• 5+ years of experience in mergers and acquisitions
• Experience in related areas such as corp dev, strategic growth, ventures, management consulting, product/product improvement
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
• Analytical and financial modeling experience
• Connected and networked within the industry, investor community, startup founders, and able to develop external partners/prospects for "win win" outcomes
• Experience presenting to internal and external audiences, and influence to the best outcomes
• Desire for ownership and impactful work
• Management skills, including managing pipelines, relationships, milestones, timelines, and driving progress in collaboration within our teams

Responsibilities

• Create inorganic investment and M&A, including sourcing, pipeline creation, pipeline management and strategic assessments, from POCs to grow
• Cultivate with prospects, founders and the investor community, and vetting external companies for investment and M&A consideration and insights
• Determine strategic fit with companies for FSD, with an eye towards industry trends, new spaces, main growth areas and expansion opportunities for Experian
• Perform financial modeling, prepare business and investment cases, and articulate detailed strategic fit/market view with compelling rationale for executive management
• Be the champion of "the why" for an M&A or investment prospect within Experian, and a stellar representative in the industry for Experian
• In collaboration with teams, help promote strong product outcomes and strategic growth with external prospects – from POCs to grow
• Conduct due diligence with a critical lens, and lead the integration of successful acquisition candidates
• Additional related work (including related strategic plans), on an as-needed basis

Preferred Qualifications

Subject matter expertise in FSD business domains a bonus

Benefits

• Great compensation package and bonus plan
• Core benefits include full medical, dental, vision, and a matching 401K
• Flexible work environment, ability to work fully remote, hybrid, or in-office #LI-Remote
• Flexible time off, including volunteer time off, vacation, sick, and 12 paid holidays