Associate Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Harris Onyx Group is seeking an Associate, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) to work closely with our VP of M&A in continuing the company’s successful capital deployment activity. The selected candidate will play a key role in identifying, evaluating, and closing acquisition opportunities. The ideal candidate is someone who is inherently curious, has mature interpersonal skills and has meticulous attention-to-detail. Prior M&A or Finance experience is critical and required.

What Your New Role Will Be:
M&A Execution

• After learning our business model and processes, you will lead acquisition transactions from initial evaluation through to integration hand-off.
• You will be responsible for financial modeling, due diligence (including project managing our functional and business unit teams), negotiation, investment approval and post-close monitoring for multiple M&A transactions per year.

M&A Business Development

• Work with our M&A business development specialists to ensure acquisition opportunities are being effectively nurtured and appropriately escalated to the M&A team.
• Maintain relationships our existing network of acquisition targets and intermediaries through telephone calls, emails and from time to time in-person visits.

Other 

• Internal reporting on pre-close acquisition activity and pipeline and post-close acquisition performance
• Some travel required (10-25%) 

What We Are Looking For:

• 4+ years of M&A or Finance experience
• Experience building investment memorandums
• Exceptional organizational, written and verbal communication skills
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
• Self-starter with exceptional organization, prioritization and multi-tasking abilities who thrives on new challenges and takes initiative.
• Fluent in English
• Completion of an undergraduate or MBA degree

What We Offer:

• Vacation & Personal Time
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits starting from your first day of employment
• Employee stock ownership and RRSP/401k matching programs
• Lifestyle rewards
• Remote work and more! 

Who We Are:

Harris is one of the largest operating groups of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU). Based in Ottawa, Canada, Harris acquires vertical market software businesses, manages them using industry best practices and builds them for the future. Through acquisitions, Harris has grown extensively from its roots in the utilities, local government, education, and healthcare sectors. We have completed over 170 software acquisitions in dozens industries, have nearly 200 offices globally and employ over 15,000 team members.