Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world. Driven by its employees around the globe, LyondellBasell produces materials and products that are key to advancing solutions to modern challenges like enhancing food safety through lightweight and flexible packaging, protecting the purity of water supplies through stronger and more versatile pipes, improving the safety, comfort and fuel efficiency of many of the cars and trucks on the road, and ensuring the safe and effective functionality in electronics and appliances. LyondellBasell sells products into more than 100 countries and is the world's largest producer of polypropylene compounds and the largest licensor of polyolefin technologies. In 2020, LyondellBasell was named to Fortune Magazine's list of the 'World's Most Admired Companies' for the third consecutive year.

Basic Function

Based in Houston and reporting to the Director, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), the Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions will manage the company's activities in corporate transactions. This will include development and execution of specific plans for acquisitions of target companies or divestitures of current operations, determining the best approach for contact of targets or prospective buyers, and pursuing targets through relationship building, working with the deal team at LyondellBasell and engaging with teams at various targets. He/she will identify target acquisition opportunities, drive the transaction, manage the deal team, and participate in negotiations with third parties through to closing.

This manager will have to be a hands on individual who should be willing to roll up his/her sleeves and work with the team to contribute to the overall execution of the transactions, including organizing the deal team, working on financial modeling, managing due diligence as well as participating in and coordinating negotiations and the overall deal execution effort.

Roles & Responsibilities

General

• Lead and manage all the financial modelling, valuation, returns analysis, etc in evaluating and analysing various strategic M&A and investment transactions contemplated
• Manage the execution of engagement letters, confidentiality agreements, offer memoranda, MOU's/LOI's, and definitive agreements.
• Analyze the merits and risks of strategic investments, acquisitions, divestitures and partnerships and provide recommendations to senior leaders
• Coordinate evaluation of the business portfolio, assessing existing business performance and new market development, including adjacent and new verticals and geographic expansions.
• Prepare senior leaders and executive level communications on M&A project pipeline, individual project summaries including transaction competitive landscape and critical transaction issues, alternative evaluations, strategic fit and business case.
• Develop best practices and continuous improvement of processes within the function.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor of Science, Finance or Economics
• MBA preferred

Work Experience

• Minimum of 6 years of total work experience required
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant M&A experience required (including corporate development, private equity, and/or investment banking)
• Superior skills in financial modeling and quantitative analysis, use of Excel and PowerPoint and keen attention to detail
• Deep knowledge of financial statements and valuation methodologies, Merger modeling, accretion/dilution analysis, merger accounting, depreciation, tax, write-ups
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Excellent analytical, research, organizational, and project management skills
• Experience managing M&A deal processes through the deal execution lifecycle
• Has exceptional problem-solving skills and sound judgment
• Chemicals/broader process industries experience preferred

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Competencies

Builds effective teamsCollaboratesCultivates innovationCustomer focusDemonstrates courageDrives resultsEnsures accountabilityInstills trust and exemplifies integrity

Must be at least 18 years of age and must be legally authorized to work in the United States (US) on a permanent basis without visa sponsorship.

LyondellBasell does not accept or retain unsolicited résumés or phone calls and/or respond to them or to any third party representing job seekers.

LyondellBasell is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The US EEO is the Law poster is available here .

Nearest Major Market: Houston