Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies.
We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.
Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903.
We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.
Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers.
Purpose of the role: The role holder will operate as a strategic partner to the Executive Committee in defining the M&A strategy.
Responsible for leading and planning the successful delivery of key opportunities inclusive of acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and partnerships.
What you'll do: Advise the CEO and Executive Committee on the strategic and commercial decisions relating to M&A opportunities and projects inclusive of acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and partnerships aligned to the business strategy.Work with key shareholders and Group colleagues to build compelling business cases to support M&A opportunities.Provide oversight of the portfolio of M&A activity and lead the team(s) to successfully complete transactions providing expertise and leadership on deal structuring, valuation, effective governance and best practice methodologies.Build and manage strong working relationships with our Investment Banks and Advisors ensuring that CLUK interests are understood.Understand, keep up to date and apply industry best practice and innovative thinking, sharing to provide solutions.
Identify opportunities for value creation through insightful analysis of internal data and external research.Manage, develop and motivate the team in the achievement of their individual and business objectives.
Provide direction, guidance and coaching to colleagues to develop skills and capabilities in order to continually evolve the output from the area.What you'll be accountable for: Lead on M&A opportunity scanning, evaluation of key organic growth opportunities and ad-hoc analysis.Responsible for the oversight of end-to-end M&A activities.Own and lead on Corporate finance transaction management.Provide strategic insight to business decision making.Lead on Investment Banking & Advisory relationship management.Responsible for maintaining CLUK sum of the part valuation and market position.Own competitor performance monitoring and horizon scanning.What you'll bring to the role: Demonstrable track record of successfully leading and completing M&A transactions and experience across a wide variety of transaction types and deal structures.Experience of structuring deals, determining optimal valuations and supporting the negotiation of critical deal points.Ability to support the development of M&A pipelines and originating opportunities.Ability to develop clear and pragmatic recommendations and plans.Ability to lead teams and work in conjunction with specialist teams across multiple programmes and projects.Track record of senior relationship management up to and including C-Suite and Board(s).Commercial skills and ability to develop perspectives on business strategy, sourcing and evaluating M&A opportunities and their execution.Excellent verbal and written communications skills.Expert level understanding of financial metrics, statements and valuation approaches.Expertise in financial market infrastructure, financial services data, B2B data and platform business models.Demonstrable track record of operating in a combination of M&A, Strategy and Finance within the Financial Services industry.Benefits of working at Canada Life: We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that's regularly reviewed.
As a Canada Life UK colleague, you'll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance.
We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.
How we work at Canada Life: Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us.
We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures.
Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others.
Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.
We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces.
That's why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop.
Diversity and inclusion: Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us.
We are proud of the progress we're making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.
We appreciate that everyone has different work and life responsibilities.
We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part-time, for any of our roles should this be a requirement for you.
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