Senior Manager - Corporate Development & Credit; Treasury

Senior Manager
- Corporate Development & Credit (Treasury)

Join the Future of Workspace Innovation  you ready to shape the future of how people work, live, and thrive? At Haworth, we're not just creating furniture, we're revolutionizing the way the world interacts with spaces. As a global pioneer in workspace design since 1948, we've been pushing boundaries and redefining possibilities for over seven decades. We're looking for visionaries like you to help write the next chapter of our story.

We are currently looking for a Senior Manager
- Corporate Development & Credit to join our team onsite in Holland, MI. As a Senior Manager
- Corporate Development & Credit, you will:

• Manage acquisition and other corporate development projects as assigned including responsibility for developing preliminary valuations, target research, due diligence oversight, transaction document preparation, and post transaction implementation.
• Provide comprehensive analysis to support assessment and valuation of new business opportunities.
• Identify innovative assessment strategies and frameworks to build corporate development recommendations.
• Oversee credit procedures/policies for North America through development and administration of credit management programs.
• Serve as key point of contact with customer/dealer community to resolve critical credit issues that arise.
• Maintain favorable rapport with customers/dealers to balance credit loss prevention with sales activities.
• Also responsible for activities of Haworth Financial Services ("HFS") through collaborative dealer engagements, applied financial analysis, and loan portfolio administration.

Required Qualifications:

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Finance or other relevant field.
• Education Equivalency:
  Associate's degree in Finance or other related field, plus 2 years of working experience in corporate finance, commercial banking, acquisition and transaction management, private equity, credit and/or accounting.
• 4 years of working experience in corporate finance, commercial banking, acquisition and transaction management, private equity, credit and/or accounting, if no post-secondary education.
• Experience:
  
  7 years of working experience in corporate finance, commercial banking, acquisition and transaction management, private equity, credit and/or accounting with a Bachelor's degree. 5 years of working experience in corporate finance, commercial banking, acquisition and transaction management, private equity, credit and/or accounting with a Master's degree.
• In addition:
  Current and continuing right to work in the United States without sponsorship. Willing and able to travel up to 25 percent of the time domestically, including international as needed. Ability to work onsite in Holland, MI without relocation assistance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA).
• 3 years of supervisory experience.
• Prior experience managing M&A transactions or investment banking background.
• Experience in credit, lending, or commercial banking background.
• Experience with corporate valuation, credit underwriting and/or financial modeling.

Job Responsibilities:

• M&A:
  Supports identification, research, and strategic/financial/product analysis of business development opportunities (i.e., acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures) to support corporation's global strategies and growth objectives. Utilizes applied valuation methods and other financial and accounting techniques to determine firm value and develop pro-forma financial forecasts. Plan, assemble team, and lead the due diligence review process for acquisition and business development projects, ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
  
  Coordinates preparation of legal documents as required to support transactions. Leads in the creation of transaction synergies in partnership with cross functional product and operational teams to ensure areas of synergy are identified and tracked for execution post transaction.
• Credit / HFS:
  Formulates sound and constructive policies and procedures and applies adequate controls to measure and regulate credit administration and collections with the goal of maximizing overall profitability of the Company. Manages activities of Credit team ensuring all extensions of credit are granted in accordance with established credit procedures; collections minimize Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), reduce delinquency, and control bad debt losses;
  
  disputes and deductions are resolved expeditiously; and security arrangements are made for orders in excess of risk tolerances. Interacts with customer/dealer principals to manage and attempt to resolve credit situations that arise; manages all activities related to accounts placed for collection, in suit, or involved in bankruptcy proceedings to protect Haworth's interests and maximize bad debt recovery. Performs ongoing analysis in terms of financial performance and covenant compliance for HFS borrowers to monitor changes in corporation's portfolio risk.
  
  Recommends strategies to mitigate or…