M&A Director - Buy & Build - Healthcare - Netherlands

THE SEARCH:

Altus Partners have partnered with an investor backed, pan-European, Buy & Build Healthcare Services company to find a M&A Director to support & accelerate their inorganic growth strategy within the Benelux region. Based in the Netherlands, they are looking for a native or fluent Dutch speaker with a background in M&A to play a key role by covering the full transaction cycle as the company continues to scale up, whilst supporting on all commercial and operational aspects of the buy-and-build strategy.

THE ROLE:

• The successful applicant will be leading and conducting strategic acquisitions, implementing group inorganic growth strategy and key strategic projects all across the Benelux region.
• The role offers an attractive career development track and will allow to gain significant practical M&A and operational experience.
• Developing & implementing business plans and group strategy closely with the senior management team.
• The successful applicant will assist on transactions end-to-end, from sourcing to closing, allowing them to own full scope of the process.
• Working closely with the C-Suite and Head of M&A to find new leads & source new targets across the region to continuously support the company's dynamic buy-and-build strategy.
• The successful candidate will engage in direct contact with the targets, build relationships and support on the pipelining efforts with the stakeholders.
• Involvement in operational tasks to ensure the successful integration of the acquisitions, offering hands-on experience and full ownership of the transactions.
• This role offer a large degree of autonomy with significant exposure to top management (C-suite, board members, investors )

THE REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in M&A, from advisory, corporate, banking or private equity.
• Experience managing full transactions end-to-end.
• Strong modelling and financial / accounting skills
• Strategic, analytical and commercial thinker, as well as resourceful problem solver
• Excellent communication & presentation skills
• Motivated, entrepreneurial and self-driven nature.
• Ability to work independently while communicating and developing strong working relationships with all stakeholders.
• Due to the nature of this role, a Dutch native speaker or full fluency in Dutch is required.
• Location can be flexible in the Netherlands, depending on the profile, but with a preference for minimum 1 to 2 days a week in the office in the Rotterdam area