Mergers and Acquisitions Manager [Remote USA]

Mergers and Acquisitions Manager [Remote USA]

Department: Mergers & Acquisitions

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Remote

Compensation: $140,000 - $160,000 / year

Build deals. Build relationships. Help build our US business.

Celnor Group is entering an exciting new phase of international growth, and we're looking for an experienced M&A Manager to play a central role in building our US platform.

The United States is an important part of Celnor's long-term growth strategy. We have ambitious plans and are looking for someone on the ground who can identify exceptional businesses, build genuine relationships with their owners, and lead transactions from initial opportunity through to completion.

This isn't a role where you'll simply manage a pipeline or coordinate advisors.

We're looking for someone who can find opportunities, understand businesses, build relationships, and get deals done.

You’ll be based remotely in the United States, working closely with our established M&A leadership in the UK while taking significant ownership of activity across our priority US markets, including the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, North Carolina, Texas, and California.

What you'll be doing:

You’ll take genuine ownership within our US acquisition pipeline, working across multiple opportunities at different stages and helping Celnor identify businesses that are both commercially attractive and culturally right for our Group.

You'll be responsible for:

• Identifying and originating acquisition opportunities, including off‑market opportunities
• Building trusted relationships directly with founders, owners, and entrepreneurs
• Assessing businesses from financial, strategic, and commercial perspectives
• Developing investment cases and recommendations for senior leadership and the Board
• Leading transactions through evaluation, due diligence, negotiation, and completion
• Building financial analysis and deal models in Excel
• Producing clear, high-quality investment papers, reports, and presentations
• Coordinating external advisors and internal stakeholders throughout the transaction process
• Working closely with Finance, HR, Integration, and operational leadership
• Managing multiple live transactions while maintaining pace, accuracy, and attention to detail
• Contributing ideas, market intelligence, and potential opportunities to our wider US acquisition strategy

This is deliberately a hands‑on M&A role. We want someone who enjoys being close to the transaction and wants to personally drive deals rather than oversee the process from a distance.

What we're looking for:

Fundamentally, we need someone who already knows how to do deals.

You may currently be working in corporate development, lower‑middle‑market M&A, investment banking, or transaction advisory. We're less concerned with the name above the door and more interested in what you've actually done.

• A strong track record of executing and leading M&A transactions
• Experience working within the lower‑middle market
• Strong financial analysis and transaction capability
• Excellent commercial judgment and the ability to recognize what makes a genuinely attractive business
• Confidence building relationships directly with founders and business owners
• The ability to originate opportunities rather than relying solely on intermediated processes
• Strong Excel financial modeling and PowerPoint skills
• The ability to turn complex financial and commercial information into clear recommendations
• Confidence presenting investment cases to senior stakeholders
• The judgment to assess cultural alignment alongside financial performance
• Excellent attention to detail
• The ability to operate autonomously while remaining part of an internationally connected team
• Willingness and ability to travel within the United States as required

A CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional finance/accounting qualification would be advantageous.

Experience combining M&A with consulting, corporate strategy, or another commercially focused environment would also be valuable.

The person behind the resume matters

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