Director of Swiss M&A - PE-backed Healthcare (SWITZERLAND-BASED)

Job title : Director of Swiss M&A - PE-backed Healthcare (SWITZERLAND-BASED)
Location : Amsterdam
Job-type : Permanent
Contact : Philip Hodson
Call : Philip
Email : email Philip
Reference : J8599
THE SEARCH:

Altus Partners are delighted to be partnering with a Private Equity House to find an M&A associate for one of their portfolio companies based in Switzerland. They require a native German- or French-speaker with eight years minimum experience within an investment bank, preferably covering Healthcare.

The role will be based out of Switzerland

THE ROLE:
•Based in Switzerland, the Head of M&A will report to the Group’s senior management team (CEO, CFO, COO and Head of M&A)
•The Director of M&A will be involved in conducting strategic acquisitions into new and existing markets, developing and implementing group strategy and key strategic projects
•This is an exciting and dynamic role with attractive career development opportunities which will allow you to gain significant practical M&A and operational experience in the best in class roll up team
•Involvement in developing the group growth strategy together with the senior management team
•Involvement in defining and overseeing cross border operational strategic projects (e.g. best practices transfer in procurement, operational excellence)
•This role offers a large degree of autonomy with significant exposure to top management (group management and country-level management teams).
THE REQUIREMENTS:
•+8 years of experience in M&A at a top tier investment bank, Consultancy or Big Four.
Fluent German or French is a prerequisite
•Strong modelling and financial / accounting skills, proficient in Powerpoint
•Strategic, analytical and commercial thinker, as well as a resourceful problem solver
•Excellent communication skills, ability to work closely with the senior management teams as well as interact with entrepreneurs, advisors and small business owners
•Motivated and self-driven with the ability to multitask across projects
•Ability to work independently while communicating and developing strong working relationship with the country teams
•International work exposure a definite plus