Senior Manager, Acquisitions

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Acquisitions to join our team in Winnipeg, Toronto, or Calgary.

At People Corporation we are committed to helping organizations succeed. We are a national provider of group benefits, health, wealth, and human resource consulting and administration. Our experts provide valuable insight and offer customized solutions designed to fit the unique needs of Canadian organizations.

The Senior Manager, Acquisitions will join a motivated and high performance team responsible for due diligence and analysis of potential partner firms using a combination of quantitative and qualitative analytical skills coupled with strong communication and emotional intelligence strengths.

The Senior Manager, Acquisitions will:

• Ensure that diligence efforts appropriately balance the needs of stakeholders (risk management, financial analysis, and business onboarding) with vendor experience and process speed.
• Gain a solid understanding of the business -- such as its revenues, client base, service model, distribution channels -- to both identify potential risks of a transaction and also to inform onboarding efforts.
• Financial analyses, including determining economics of the potential partner firm on a standalone basis and preparation of financial forecast as part of People Corporation.
• Scope the diligence project based on an initial understanding of the business.
• Ensure timely and efficient progress of the diligence project by leveraging and coordinating with relevant stakeholders as well as internal and external resources.
• Oversee supporting diligence workstreams such as IT, compliance, tax.
• Work with post-closing stakeholders to support successful onboarding / integration of acquired businesses, leveraging the comprehensive understanding of the partner firm gained during diligence.

To be successful as the Senior Manager, Acquisitions you will need:

• An ability to advance multiple workstreams under tight timelines while maintaining quality of work product.
• To coalesce information of various types (qualitative and quantitative) and from different sources/formats into a holistic understanding of the target business and solve problems leveraging this understanding.
• To follow a structured process to ensure consistency while exercising professional judgement to deviate from the standard process where appropriate to meet the core purpose.
• Willingness to work in excess of standard working hours to accomplish goals and meet timelines.
• Strong attention to detail and appreciation of data-informed, nuanced analysis.
• The ability to communicate effectively both in written and verbal form, tailor communication to audience.
• Understanding of (or ability / base knowledge to understand) high-level finance and/or accounting concepts such as free cash flow/EBITDA, one-time v. recurring items, net working capital, and similar.

All-star candidates will have:

• Experience in retail financial services distribution.
• Prior experience in due diligence engagements, transaction advisory services, corporate development, or capital markets more broadly.
• Post-graduate professional education such as CPA, CBV, CFA, MBA, P.Eng., or comparable designations or experience
• French language proficiency an asset.

What's in it for you:

• Intellectually stimulating and challenging set of responsibilities, tackling varying and evolving problem sets.
• Opportunity to work on a high-performing team with a high degree of cooperation.
• An understanding of how to evaluate a business and insight into what makes a business more or less valuable, risky, and so on.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package, including retirement plan with company contributions.
• Opportunity to participate in private markets M&A.