Senior Manager Corporate Development

Nord Anglia Education is the world's leading premium international schools organization. Our over 80 international schools are located in the Americas, Europe, China, South East Asia and the Middle East. Together, they educate more than 80,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary education.

Although each Nord Anglia Education is unique in character and tailored to meet the needs of their specific location, all our over 14.000 employees around the world engaged in the common vision and mission.

• Our vision to shape a generation of creative and resilient global citizens that will change our world for the better.
• Our mission is to be the most forward-thinking, technology-enabled educators in the world, using our global reach and world-class teachers to create a learning experience like no other.

Most of the Nord Anglia schools benefit from our performing arts collaboration with The Juilliard School as well as our Global Campus, which offers unique global experiences for students at every age. Many of our schools will also benefit from our new approach to teaching STEAM subjects (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) through our collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Our goal as the leading international schools organization is to provide an education so that students can succeed academically, socially and personally.

Our schools educate students from preschool to the end of secondary education. Curricula taught in our schools include the English National Curriculum, International Baccalaureate, American Curriculum, Swiss Curriculum, French Curriculum and Shanghai National Curriculum.

You will be responsible supporting NAE's growth strategy by providing full transaction support to the 3 major types of corporate development projects (Acquisition transactions, New build projects and Existing campus expansions), with a focus on acquisition projects.

Reporting to:
Head of Transaction Delivery & Integration (London).

• Develop a sound working knowledge of the international schools market and of market participants, to allow market prioritisation. Drive and manage internal and external geographical markets and education sub-sectors analysis
• Support the team in identifying potential acquisition and new build opportunities in line with the Corporate Development strategy
• Develop and manage the acquisition pipeline through market visits and other initiatives

• Participate in the entire transaction process from sourcing/origination to transaction documentation and completion together with the Head of Transaction Delivery and Integration and the Heads of Corporate Development in regions
• Take leading role in key aspects of transaction processes such as evaluation of opportunity, LOI, due diligence, and/or documentation
• Build and manage relationships with School owners, investors and business partners
• Prepare and evaluate complex financial models (analysis, forecast and valuation), including impact of acquisitions to Nord Anglia Education from financial and operational perspectives
• Prepare investment cases to Nord Anglia Education's Executive Committees and Board for investment approvals
• Support Head of Integration on integration planning and execution
• Manage project budgets and ensure cost effectiveness

• Support the production of the integration and issues mitigation plans during acquisition, in close cooperation with the Heads of Corporate Development in regions, the Head of Transaction Delivery and Integration and with Regional teams and Central functions
• Ensure that…