• Manages M&A and investment transactions from pre-transaction strategy phase through post-closing integration/separation.
• Partners with operating executives to create, source and maintain a pipeline of inorganic growth opportunities.
• Leads engagement and discussions with potential M&A targets and strategic partners.
• Manages comprehensive understanding of a target’s market position, business operations, risks, and financial profile.
• Provides insights on key deal issues—including quantifying key opportunities, risks and potential synergies.
• Oversees and manages investment bank and other third-party relationships.
• Develops market intelligence and performs on-going analysis of competitive landscape.
• Performs financial modeling and valuation of strategic alternatives and engages in balanced risk assessment.
• Coordinates global and cross-functional M&A activities.
• Oversees integration and separation activities.
• Simplifies complex information and financial analysis into easy to understand and digestible form necessary to make smart and informed business decisions.
• Regularly updates key stakeholders on M&A activities, including senior leadership
• Represent Firestone at management presentations, introductory meetings with target executives and investment bankers.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field.
• 4 to 6 years of related M&A experience, with at least 3-4 years of experience in a corporate M&A and/or private equity setting. Experience in investment banking, transaction advisory services, consulting, and strategic corporate roles are all highly valued.
• Experience supporting senior leadership as they navigate through the entire life cycle of an M&A transaction.
• Successful record of leading, negotiating and executing strategic M&A transactions from start to finish, including ideation, pipeline development, diligence, financial modeling, negotiation, documentation, closing, integration, and post-closing items.
• Able to lead complex transactions independently.
• Demonstrated ability to build meaningful relationships, collaborate with cross-functional groups, communicate with senior leadership, and foster a team-oriented environment.
• Superior financial and analytical skills, including strong valuation capabilities.
• Ability to work in a results-oriented, project-driven, real-time team environment, prioritize projects and deliver quality results within tight time constraints.
• Proven ability to develop strategic plans that meet business objectives.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Demonstrate poise, professionalism, integrity and business savvy in representing Firestone to external partners and M&A targets.
• Experience and comfort in initiating and cultivating relationship with external parties.
• Ability to navigate and collaborate up and down, and peer to peer throughout the organization.
• Highly motivated; proactive and action‐oriented; strong sense of pace, bias for action and urgency.