Senior Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions

Overview :

With more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and 84,000 stores globally, it is no wonder 7-Eleven, Inc. has been named an iconic brand.

In addition to 7-Eleven stores, 7-Eleven, Inc. also operates and franchises Speedway, Stripes, Laredo Taco Company and Raise the Roost locations.

Since inventing the convenience industry in 1927, 7-Eleven has built a rich 96-year history filled with beloved products like Slurpee, Big Gulp and Big Bite, and fan-favorite holidays like Slurpee Day and Bring Your Own Cup Day.

Now, 7-Eleven is on a mission to contemporize the brand and redefine convenience and we need your help.

About This Opportunity

Responsibilities :

The Senior Manager will be a key member of M&A team leadership and assume a leading role on project teams for transactions.

As a manager, he / she will lead and develop the M&A Analysts, and support and assume leadership and responsibilities from the M&A Directors and Vice President.

They will be a key member of cross-functional teams supporting and accelerating the strategic growth of 7?Eleven. He / she will lead efforts across departments, working together with other leaders to analyze, diligence, and consummate transactions.

Working closely with Directors, Vice President, and rest of the M&A group, he / she will be part of world-class M&A team and have direct deliverables to, and interaction and opportunities to influence, senior management of 7?

Eleven on strategic initiatives. The ability to quickly decipher information, evaluate opportunities, and creatively solve problems will be critical to success in this role.

This leader will need to leverage the 7?Eleven Leadership Principles and Digital / Agile thinking to move quickly and decisively.

A successful Senior M&A Manager will lead and accelerate the development of and lead the analyst team, provide support for the directors and vice president, and provide leadership across all M&A projects, even assuming the lead role on smaller M&A deals and on select M&A divestiture activity.

• Quickly analyze and evaluate opportunities and present such to the directors and vice president.
• Lead team to develop detailed acquisition site assessments and characterizations for each site.
• Provide clear input and direction to the initial economic assumptions for investment modeling.
• Determine key drivers for a successful transaction based on appropriate cross-functional input from internal and external stakeholders and experts.
• Be able to interface with all levels of the organization.
• Review and approve pro-formas and valuation models for acquisition opportunities.
• Coordinate scenario and sensitivity analyses to further analyze strategic investment decisions.
• Develop a letter of intent with the Legal department and submit valuation and deal terms to seller / target / broker.
• Provide leadership and support to drive Interim Period due diligence, planning and acquisition integration activities.
• Track, direct, and lead M&A divestiture activity, including valuation, negotiation of price and contract terms, and the transition process to the new owner.
• Work cross functionally to ensure that Legal, Accounting, Operations, IT, Real Estate, SEI Fuels, etc., are all properly informed and engaged with each divestiture project.
• Lead analysis, valuation, negotiation, etc. on smaller acquisition opportunities, including valuation and contract negotiation, working cross functionally (e.

g. SEI Fuels, Merchandising, Construction, Acquisition Integration) to develop support and buy-in for assumptions used in M&A models.

• Work with Digital and Business Development teams to evaluate and analyze prospective early stage or start?up companies for strategic ventures that could include material investments, joint ventures, partnerships and / or acquisitions.
• Lead cross-functional analysis of goals and potential acceleration of such strategic plans through structured transactions.
• Analyze financials and potential operations of prospective partners and be a leading member of the team determining the potential for a transaction and structuring and leading such transaction negotiation and integration.
• Provide other technical support for M&A deals, including working with Real Estate systems, reviewing leases and 3rd party contracts, etc.
• Develop and maintain tracking tools to assess performance of historical acquisitions and integrations.
• Work with the Acquisition Integration Team as needed and appropriate.

Key Skills Required :

• Actively participate in strategic decision making.
• Make key assumptions and support those assumptions.
• Give prospective deals all appropriate consideration, actively contributing to assessment of alternative deal components, structures, etc.
• Generate clear and supported conclusions.
• Coach & train Analysts / Senior Analysts Share vision / framework, review work with them and delegate as appropriate.

Qualifications :

• Strategy, Finance, Negotiation, Problem-Solving, Analytical / Deductive Thinking, Creativity, Decisiveness, Integrity, Team Player, Leadership Ability (lead up the chain, across functions and down), Communication (verbal and written), Development (continual self-development, as well as development of team members), Ability to Manage Multiple Tasks, Organizational Skills
• MS Office Suite (in particular, Excel, PowerPoint & Word) expertise, Smartsheets, Salesforce, Mapping / GIS Programs
• 7+ years of M&A / Investment Banking / Private Equity / Venture Capital / Corporate Development / Similar Experience
• Bachelors / 4 Year Degree (MBA / CFA is preferred)
• General understanding of Retail, C-Store and Real Estate industries; technology and start-up / emerging company knowledge is a plus.

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