Senior Director Business Development
Job Summary
The Senior Director - Business Development Finance serves as a key executive partner responsible for driving financial strategy, evaluation, and execution of the company's business development initiatives. This role involves leading end-to-end financial support for acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures while partnering with senior leadership. The position focuses on ensuring financial rigor, analytical excellence, and successful post-close value realization across complex commercial transactions.
Responsibilities
- Lead financial strategy for M&A and strategic transactions
- Oversee deal evaluation, due diligence, and financial modeling
- Manage post-close integration and synergy delivery
- Lead and develop a high-performing finance team
- Partner with executive stakeholders and internal functions
Required Skills
- 12-15+ years in M&A, investment banking, or corporate finance
- Advanced financial modeling and valuation expertise
- Executive leadership and negotiation skills
- Bachelor's degree (MBA/CFA preferred)
- Strong commercial and strategic acumen
Job Details
### KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
**Strategic Partnership & Governance**
- Serve as the primary finance partner to the Business Development leader and related executive stakeholders on major strategic transactions.
- Support BD operating mechanisms on finance matters (e.g., deal approvals, investment committee reviews, deal memos, executive and Board materials).
- Champion standard work, lean principles, and best-practice tools to drive consistency and rigor across all BD Finance activities.
**Deal Evaluation & Execution**
- Lead end-to-end financial support for acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and other complex commercial transactions.
- Build and/or review financial rationale for deals; challenge and refine financial models and key assumptions.
- Support valuation, financial modeling, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and return-on-investment (ROI) assessments.
- Develop and challenge business cases to ensure robust assumptions, risk-adjusted returns, and alignment with strategic goals.
- Oversee finance workstreams across active deals, ensuring high-quality, timely analysis and clear recommendations.
- Partner with Corporate Development, Legal, Tax, Operations, and Business Units on deal structuring, bidding strategies, and negotiation support.
- Oversee financial due diligence and coordinate with internal teams and external advisors where appropriate.
- Lead post-close finance activities, including purchase price adjustments, earn-out calculations, working capital true-ups, and resolution of price-related disputes.
- Partner with Business Units, Integration Management Offices (IMOs), and functional leaders to ensure financial accountability for integration plans and synergy delivery.
**Leadership, Communication & Stakeholder Management**
- Lead and develop a high-performing Business Development Finance team; attract, coach, and retain top finance talent.
- Foster a culture of analytical rigor, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Promote best practices, tools, and methodologies for deal evaluation and strategic financial analysis across the finance organization.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leaders, advisors, and potential partners.
- Represent Finance in key strategic forums, steering committees, and deal governance processes.
### QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required; MBA, CFA, or equivalent advanced degree strongly preferred.
- 12-15+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant exposure to corporate M&A, investment banking, private equity, or transaction advisory.
- Proven track record leading large, complex transactions from evaluation through execution and post-close value realization.
- Experience operating at the executive level within a global, matrixed organization.
### TECHNICAL & FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
- Deep expertise in financial modeling, valuation techniques (DCF, trading and transaction comps, precedent transactions), and scenario/sensitivity analysis.
- Strong understanding of deal structures, financing alternatives, and key value drivers in strategic transactions.
- Solid knowledge of accounting, financial reporting, and corporate finance principles.
- Strong commercial acumen on finance topics and an ability to connect legal, commercial, and financial considerations on key business matters and transactions.
### LEADERSHIP & BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES
- Strong executive presence with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Exceptional influencing and negotiation skills; able to challenge assumptions and drive decisions with data and insight.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, manage multiple priorities, and deliver under tight timelines.
- Inclusive people leader with a track record of building, developing, and engaging diverse, high-performing teams.
- Enterprise-first mindset, with the ability to balance near-term deal objectives with long-term value creation and risk management.