M&A Manager, Rapidly-Growing PE-backed European Buy&Build, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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 doing circa 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 have recently expanded into the Dutch market and are now looking to add an M&A Manager, fluent in Dutch to lead their acquisition strategy in the Netherlands.

In this role, you will have significant control over your work, challenging and developing yourself by executing on their M&A strategy, owning large parts of the M&A process, and regularly following up on cases within the cross-border M&A team, country organisations, and group management. This role reports directly to the group M&A Director, who is based in Stockholm.

The role is based in Amsterdam and is a hybrid role. 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

Who we are looking for

• Several years of experience in Corporate Development or Private Equity. Alternatively M&A or Transaction Services with additional experience in a PE-backed portfolio company or corporate M&A-Team
• Proven track record in executing deals
• Fluency in English, Dutch
• 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 owner