Director, M&A (Software)

TL;DR

Director, M&A (Software): Leading multiple software company acquisitions from early-stage evaluation through post-closing integration, with an accent on financial valuation, diligence, and operational improvements. Focus on executing transactions, developing a specialized vertical, and building an M&A team.

Location: Paris, France (hybrid, 2-3+ days a week in office required)

Company

hirify.global provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software companies, their employees, and customers.

What you will do

• Lead multiple acquisition processes per year from LOI to closing.
• Analyze financial data and prepare financial valuation models.
• Lead diligence efforts to surface key risks and opportunities in target businesses.
• Manage post-acquisition integration, implementing best practices for running software companies.
• 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.

Requirements

• Proven experience as an M&A leader having executed a volume of buy side transactions in the software and technology sector in France.
• Ability and willingness to strategically influence leadership and grow the team.
• 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 French.
• Comfortable working in a hybrid capacity in Paris, ideally 2-3+ days a week in the office.

Nice to have

• CA/CPA and/or MBA is an asset.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent capital base setup to preserve the legacy of founders.
• Focus on a buy and hold for life strategy for growing software companies.
• Named the #1 fastest-growing private software company in the US on the Inc. 5000.
• Committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic.
• Supports an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit.