M&A Associate Jobs

About Volaris Group

Volaris Group acquires, strengthens, and grows vertical market technology businesses. We are not your typical private equity or strategic acquirer. We buy and hold forever and operate in a highly decentralized manner. We are a key operating group under Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU), one of the world’s largest conglomerates of software companies, with a market capitalization of over $45 billion. Constellation has been named the top strategic software acquirer by the Corum Group for the past three years and has completed 600+ transactions in the past 20+ years. Volaris Group and Constellation acquires and operates hundreds of industry specific software businesses in 90+ niche verticals (e.g., software for Transit, Banking, Supply Chain & Logistics, Retail, Education, and etc.). With 30,000+ customers in 30+ countries and a proven track record of consistent growth, we are establishing a broad portfolio of software businesses to provide our customers and shareholders with exceptional returns.

Job Summary

The ideal candidate is inherently curious, has mature interpersonal skills and has meticulous attention-to-detail. Prior M&A experience is critical and required. Knowledge of software is also an asset. This is a great opportunity for someone who has either heavily involved in M&A/strategy consulting projects or have led multiple M&A transactions. You will join a prolific acquiror and learn through the highly successful acquisition culture of Constellation Software. You will have opportunity to participate in the entire M&A due diligence process from deal sourcing, strategy analysis, market research and/or financial modeling as well as managing successful software companies. You will be an integral part of the Portfolio and be able to have wide-open opportunities to progress within the organization in the long-term.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate creativity, persistence, and credibility in reaching out to Owners, Operators and C-Suite leadership
• Help develop and execute of our M&A strategy (i.e. coverage and valuation)
• Some travel required for on-site DD or industry conferences when travel is allowed
• Respond to ad-hoc requests in a high-pressure and time-sensitive environment – conduct research to identify and map out potentially attractive markets and software companies to acquire
• Identify and qualify leads for high interest M&A opportunities to move along the M&A funnel
• After learning our business model and processes, you will have the opportunity to lead acquisition transactions from initial evaluation through to integration hand-off
• Perform industry and trend research, market analysis and market sizing
• Build a robust pipeline of companies for potential acquisitions
• Understand and articulate Volaris’ acquisition criteria and unique value proposition to owners of target software businesses – both verbally and in writing
• Proactively initiate and maintain relationships with owners of software businesses and brokers through email, phone, LinkedIn, conferences / tradeshows and other in-person meetings
• Responsible for financial modeling, due diligence (including project managing our functional and business unit teams), and build investment mem to be presented to our investment committee

Skills and Experience

• Experience with software M&A is a plus
• Exceptional organizational, written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter with ability to take ownership and initiatives to get things done
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills – creative and resourceful
• 5+ years of experience; previous experience in mgmt. consulting, top-tier PE/asset mgmt preferred
• Highly inquisitive and a fast learner
• Strong academic record from undergraduate and/or graduate degree