Director, Global M&A, Strategy and Business Development
Reports to: VP, Head of Global M&A
About LexisNexis Risk Solutions
LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides customers with solutions and decision tools that combine public and industry specific content with advanced technology and analytics to assist them in evaluating and predicting risk and enhancing operational efficiency. We use the power of data and advanced analytics to help our customers make better, timelier decisions. By bringing clarity to information, we ultimately help make communities safer, insurance rates more accurate, commerce more transparent, business decisions easier and processes more efficient. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, https://risk.lexisnexis.com/ .
About the Role
The Director, Global M&A, Strategy and Business Development role will report to the VP, Head of Global M&A and will help drive the inorganic business strategy to maintain and enhance LNRS’s competitive position and growth.
Responsibilities
Primary Roles and Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to):
Lead strategic projects to identify priority areas for LNRS to expand through acquisition, and devise acquisition hypotheses for these areas.
Work closely with LNRS Strategy, Product, and other commercial leaders to identify areas for growth
Maintain an understanding of key market developments and trends through customer and competitive research, industry conferences, and industry news
Assess opportunities by conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis
Summarize analysis and recommendations in presentations and papers
Develop and maintain the global acquisition pipeline, including managing relationships with acquisition targets and industry contacts.
Gather information on companies via desk research and interviews
Evaluate companies in the pipeline to identify priority targets
Support LNRS leadership in nurturing relationships with top priority targets
Develop acquisition cases for priority targets, including:
Customer, competitor, and industry research and analysis
Identification and quantification of revenue synergies
Managing external CDD providers
Present acquisition cases to senior leadership
Draft internal review and approval documentation
Management of diligence workstreams, identification of key challenges and driving cross-functional alignment around implications / path forward
INTERFACES WITH:
The role will interface internally and partner with LexisNexis Risk Solutions senior leaders, including the C-Suite, Business Unit Leaders, the LNRS Strategy and Business Development team, as well as key leaders of RELX.
Requirements
Strategy Consulting Experience : The ideal candidate has 3-5+ years of post-MBA strategy consulting, private equity, investment banking or corporate finance experience with a top-tier firm.
Relevant Industry Experience : The ideal candidate has deep knowledge in market research, analytics, or data science within complex industries such as financial services, insurance, transportation, or energy
Relevant functional Experience : The ideal candidate’s experience has focused on inorganic strategy projects such as Commercial Due Diligence for corporate acquisitions or private equity. Prior experience on transactional work (e.g., investment banking, private equity, in-house M&A/corporate development) including familiarity with M&A processes and corporate finance (e.g., valuation analysis) is preferred.
Structured & Logical Thinking: The ideal candidate should have extensive experience identifying, framing, and structuring strategic analysis and developing strong, well-supported recommendations.
Analytical and Technical Aptitude : Proven capability conducting and managing quantitative analyses, including modeling in MS Excel; strong MS PowerPoint and Word skills.
Executive Presence : The ideal candidate will inspire confidence in stakeholders, while building followership with team members at all levels in the…