Director, Mergers and Acquisitions - Heritage Environmental Services

Director, Mergers and Acquisitions

About Heritage Environmental Services
Headquartered in Indianapolis with over 1,600 employees across the United States, Heritage Environmental Services proudly provides safe and compliant industrial waste management solutions to clients across the country. Our legacy of environmental leadership was founded on the precipice of the environmental movement in the 1970s, and since our inception, we've been solving complex problems in the name of a cleaner world. We take pride in providing a full suite of tailored environmental service solutions - from proper management of hazardous and special waste via our transportation and disposal services and emergency response to onsite support and technical solutions - to thousands of customers in hundreds of industries.

At Heritage, it is every employee's responsibility to ensure Health & Safety is the number one priority by following policies, processes, and acting in a safe manner and ensuring that other employees are always aware of this. Heritage believes that each employee makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this position description is designed to outline primary duties, qualifications, and job scope, but not limit the incumbent nor Heritage to just the work identified. We expect that each employee will offer his/her services and experience wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our endeavors as it is core to our business that everyone has the freedom to learn and grow.

EQT Infrastructure VI fund ("EQT Infrastructure") assumes a majority position of Heritage Environmental Services.

About EQT
EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with EUR 232 billion in total assets under management (EUR 128 billion in fee-generating assets under management), within two business segments - Private Capital and Real Assets. EQT owns portfolio companies and assets in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas and supports them in achieving sustainable growth, operational excellence, and market leadership.

The Future of Heritage Environmental Services
Heritage's goal is to become the fastest growing and most profitable hazardous waste platform powered by industry-leading, end-to-end capabilities, that allow us to be the most compelling choice for our customers - delivered by a high-performing organization that loves to solve, learn, and grow.

Director, Mergers and Acquisitions

Primary Purpose:
The Director, Mergers and Acquisitions is responsible for developing and executing the evaluation, financial, and operational strategy for mergers, acquisitions and divestiture projects for the organization.

This role and the Merger and Acquisitions function are new to the organization and will have the opportunity to help establish M&A targets and practices across the Company.

Essential Functions & Requirements:

• Ensures Health & Safety is the number one goal by following policies, processes, and acting in a safe manner at all times
• Develops and executes the evaluation, financial, and operational strategy for mergers, acquisitions, and divestiture projects for the organization
• Advises on and evaluates deal rationale, financial projections, risk assessment and financial implications
• Oversees due diligence, financial planning, scoping, negotiations, closing and integration of organizations involved in the merger or acquisition
• Plans and implements negotiation strategies and leads negotiations with stakeholders
• Monitors post-deal integration activities, including synergy goals
• Conducts industry research, competitive analyses, and financial due diligence
• Monitors the accuracy of target pipeline, project flow, and key milestones to ensure the timely execution of transactions
• Actively maintains the M&A pipeline distribution to the executive leadership team
• Maintains contact with large pools of independent owners and competitive or strategic targets for tracking pipeline of acquisitions
• Conducts meetings with potential sellers on-site / in market to build relationships
• Attends regional trade shows and conventions to further assess existing or potential pipeline targets
• Partners with Sales leaders to gain feedback for succession planning reviews and engagement of acquisition targets and planning
• Prepares reports and presentations for the Board of Directors, executive leadership and other stakeholders
• Oversees all activities of junior M&A personnel and actively develops their capabilities to further benefit the M&A process within the organization
• Maintains a willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of the time, which may include overnights; this could involve traveling to different locations, attending meetings, conferences, or other work-related activities that require being away from the primary work location
• Completes other duties or projects as assigned

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or Economics or related field (required)
• MBA (preferred)

Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Private Equity/Venture Capital or Consulting (required)
• Previous experience with M&A deal execution and integration (required)
• Previous experience in U.S. government contracting and / or corporate social responsibility (preferred)
  
  

Competencies:

• Strong financial modeling and analysis skills to conduct necessary due diligence
• Knowledge of research databases and tools such as Bloomberg, CapitalIQ, FactSet, and Pitchbook
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting required deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to develop quality presentations
• Executive presentation skills and presence with a comfort level working directly with senior executives
• Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team
• Strong personal initiative and comfort with ambiguity
• Regular and predictable attendance to perform the functions and requirements of this role
  
  

Benefits, Compensation, & Workforce Diversity:
Heritage offers competitive pay and bonus incentives. Benefits include choice of medical, dental, and vision plans, flexible spending or health savings accounts, employee and dependent life insurance, short and long-term disability, 401(k) savings plan with company match, and tuition reimbursement.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

A post-offer drug screen will be required.