Mergers and Acquisitions Manager at Rely Services® in MEDINAH, Illinois

Mergers And Acquisitions Manager

We are seeking a full-time Mergers And Acquisitions Manager to support the Company's acquisition growth strategy. This role will be responsible for acquisition sourcing, transaction advisory, deal execution, due diligence coordination, closing readiness, and post-merger integration support. The M&A Manager will work closely with Company leadership, internal teams, offshore financial analysts, legal counsel, tax advisors, accounting teams, lenders, insurance providers, quality of earnings providers, and other external advisors to manage active and future acquisition opportunities from initial sourcing through closing and post-close integration.

The M&A Manager will be responsible for preparing, managing, and maintaining the following deliverables, as applicable:

• Acquisition target pipeline and sourcing tracker
• Target company profiles and initial screening summaries
• Transaction timelines and execution workplans
• Due diligence tracker and open-items list
• Weekly transaction status reports
• Executive summaries of diligence findings and key risks
• Investment and internal approval materials
• Transaction issue logs, action-item trackers, and decision logs
• Closing readiness checklist
• Post-close integration plan and milestone tracker

• Source and identify acquisition targets aligned with the Company's growth strategy.
• Build and maintain a qualified acquisition pipeline.
• Conduct outreach through owners, brokers, M&A advisors, lenders, and referral networks.
• Screen targets based on financials, strategic fit, growth potential, and transaction readiness.
• Prepare target profiles with key risks, fit, and next steps.
• Maintain relationships with business owners, intermediaries, advisors, and deal sources.
• Track sourcing activity, follow-ups, and deal progress.
• Present qualified opportunities to leadership for review.

• Coordinate end-to-end deal execution.
• Develop, manage, and monitor detailed transaction timelines, workplans, due diligence trackers, and closing schedules.
• Serve as the primary internal coordination point across legal counsel, tax advisors, accounting teams, lenders, insurance providers, quality of earnings teams, and other internal or external advisors.
• Facilitate transaction meetings, maintain follow-up items, and ensure timely resolution of open issues.
• Partner with the offshore M&A financial analyst team to review financial models, validate assumptions, analyze transaction economics, and support investment decision-making.
• Support preparation of investment memoranda, internal approval materials, management presentations, and transaction summaries for leadership review.
• Identify execution risks, bottlenecks, unresolved diligence issues, and key dependencies.
• Escalate critical transaction matters to Company leadership in a timely manner.

• Coordinate and manage the due diligence process across financial, legal, tax, operational, technology, HR, compliance, and commercial work streams.
• Prepare, maintain, and regularly update a comprehensive diligence tracker and open-items list.
• Monitor diligence requests, ownership, status, deadlines, and resolution of open matters.
• Coordinate with target-company management, data room administrators, and third-party advisors to obtain required information and documentation.
• Review diligence outputs and summarize key findings, issues, and risks for leadership.
• Work with internal teams and external advisors to track outstanding diligence matters.
• Support risk assessment, purchase price evaluation, transaction structure review, and final deal decision-making.

• Prepare and circulate weekly transaction status reports covering progress, timeline updates, diligence status, key risks, dependencies, critical decisions, and next steps.
• Prepare executive summaries of diligence findings and risks, including financial, legal, tax, operational, compliance, technology, HR, and integration considerations.
• Maintain transaction issue logs, action-item trackers, and decision logs for each active deal.
• Organize key transaction information and…